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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Partnership and Co-operation Agreement between the European Union and Republic of Kazakhstan: Motion (23 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Helen McEntee and her officials and I invite her to make her opening statement.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Partnership and Co-operation Agreement between the European Union and Republic of Kazakhstan: Motion (23 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State. I will open the floor to the two members who want to ask questions and then I have some questions myself.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Partnership and Co-operation Agreement between the European Union and Republic of Kazakhstan: Motion (23 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I shall ask some questions and the Minister of State can then answer all of the questions together. I note that the agreement has been provisional for a couple of years and that there has been dialogue annually on human rights. I also notice the various things the European Union has called on the Kazakh Government to do in dealing with human rights issues, including the media not having...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Partnership and Co-operation Agreement between the European Union and Republic of Kazakhstan: Motion (23 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: That brings us back to the point I made about the potential for Irish companies that are trading in Kazakhstan to lead by example insofar as the Department, or the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, has any engagement with them. The report on business and human rights was a long time coming but it did come, and we should be implementing what the report recommends for Irish...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Partnership and Co-operation Agreement between the European Union and Republic of Kazakhstan: Motion (23 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: That has been noted. However, all we can do as a select committee is consider and report. I need to bring the meeting to a conclusion. I thank the Minister of State for engaging with us in the exchanges we have had.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Message to Dáil (23 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The select committee on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence has completed its consideration of the following motion:That Dáil Éireann approves the terms of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of...

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (24 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I will return to the issues I brought up last week when we made pre-European Council meeting statements. The first is the situation in Myanmar and the role the EU could play there. We know what is happening to minority groups in Rakhine State, Kachin State and Shan State and the EU has a role. In a reply to a parliamentary question, the Minister, Deputy Coveney, said Ireland is working...

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (24 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am returning to the issues I raised during my contribution earlier in order that they will be addressed. There are many serious human rights issues and violations going on in the world today and while the EU is a strong voice and provides aid, how much discussion, debate and concern is there at EU level about the two situations I mentioned today, namely, the problems in Yemen and Myanmar?...

Sale of Illicit Goods Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I welcome the Bill. Notwithstanding the great work that Revenue and customs staff do, smuggling is a major issue. It needs more State focus and intervention to combat the industry. We know it leads to a loss of Exchequer funding, damages legally operating businesses and costs jobs in a variety of sectors. I know from parts of Dublin Central that the sale of illegal cigarettes is...

Finance Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: First, I acknowledge the amazing work done by the PBO in making what is involved in the budget and the Finance Bill accessible in readable English. Not everybody has a background in economics or finance. There are some general points from the work the PBO has done that are important to take on board and make a reality. One question is about the timing of its work, which depends on the...

Third Interim Report of the Disclosures Tribunal: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Go raibh maith agat a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Nuair a chuaigh mé abhaile aréir bhí seans agam féachaint ar chlár ar TG4, an clár ar a dtugtar "Finné". Bhain an clár sin le cad a tharla d'Osgur Breatnach agus do dhaoine eile sna 1970í. Chuir an clár sin na rudaí a tharla in iúl dúinn, rudaí uafásacha, rudaí...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Betting Regulations (25 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 25. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the uncertainty the increased betting duty has caused for small betting shops; and if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that further taxation of online betting as opposed to retailers could have been more justified. [44236/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade in Fuel and Tobacco Products (25 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of small and local retailers regarding the threat of illegal selling of cigarettes'by continual increases in budget 2019; if the Revenue Commissioners have adequate resources to tackle smuggling and illegal sales; and if his attention has been further drawn to retailers' concerns for their business. [44235/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (25 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has taken action at intergovernmental or bilateral levels on the human rights violations perpetrated by the Nicaraguan Government against its people which are documented in reports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44246/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Aid (25 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance the dates on which funds from budget 2018 were drawn down by Irish Aid through Vote 27; the amount of each drawdown; if the total of over €500 million has been drawn down to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44256/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Conservation (25 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to initiate an investigation into whether myxomatosis has already been found in hares by coursing club personnel, veterinary personnel that attend some coursing meetings, wildlife rangers attached to the National Parks and Wildlife Service or by other persons involved with wildlife conservation or hunting activities; and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Implementation Bodies: safefood Ireland (25 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Today's presentation is another example of the challenges thrown up by Brexit. Every presentation we have had has thrown up a new area which we had not been thinking about and this is extremely challenging as we still do not know if we will have a hard deal, a soft deal or no deal. I do not envy anybody trying to work in that environment. We have a long way to go in respect of the labelling...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Implementation Bodies: safefood Ireland (25 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I do not know if safefood is involved in the initiative with some supermarkets in which food which is just past its sell-by date is taken for use. It is still safe to take and it is a good thing to do this as the wastage of food is terrible. The Healthy Ireland survey came out yesterday. In all our constituencies, not least my constituency of Dublin Central, some parts of the community are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (6 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (6 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I would like to put my question now, please.