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Topical Issue Debate: Ibrahim Halawa (5 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I do not have to answer the Deputy at all. My concern, and the concern of all us in the House, should be to get Ibrahim home. What is the next step? The Minister mentioned his recent meeting with Foreign Minister Shoukry and the Taoiseach has written directly to President el-Sisi. Is another call lined up? Will there be further visits? I am heartened to some degree that the length of...

Topical Issue Debate: Ibrahim Halawa (5 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I will tell the Deputy outside.

Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: As my party's spokesperson on foreign affairs and trade, I welcome a further opportunity to speak on Brexit, but all of us would rather not to be in this position. The date 23 June of last year was a sad one for the EU, Ireland and, in particular, Britain, especially in light of the disgraceful and treacherous campaign run by the Brexiteers, the lies that were told and the unrealisable...

Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: Fine Gael wasted €500 million on obsolete water meters

Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: Read our manifesto. The Minister, Deputy Varadkar, is talking nonsense.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (6 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the proportion of the €1 million funding provided for in budget 2017 for community CCTV schemes which will be allocated to north County Dublin; when she expects this money to come into effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17181/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (11 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the commitments the Government has made in terms of accepting refugees and unaccompanied minors here; the number of persons to date who have been accepted here under the various resettlement and relocation programmes, in tabular form; the number of unaccompanied minors who have arrived here; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council Meetings (11 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 410. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his most recent meeting at the European Foreign Affairs Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17631/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (11 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 411. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the situation in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17632/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 412. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the current political situation in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17633/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Registration of Births (11 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 417. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of foreign birth registrations from 2012 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18136/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the rights of 1.8 million persons in Northern Ireland to EU citizenship under the Good Friday Agreement will be protected in full after Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18552/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: In light of the decision of the British people and British Government to lodge the Article 50 letter, will the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade confirm that the right of the 1.8 million people in Northern Ireland to EU citizenship under the Good Friday Agreement will be protected in full by the Irish Government in the post-Brexit Europe? Will he expand on the steps our Government is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Minister for the response. We would or should all agree that anyone born in Dungannon, Belfast or Newry is as Irish as anyone born in Swords, Malahide or Skerries and that their rights need to be protected. On foot of that, their right to EU citizenship needs to be protected. I welcome the Minister's response but I have a concern over the manner in which the British Government...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Minister. We want respect for the Good Friday Agreement to form part of the Brexit agreement. The British Government will have to buy into this, as will the European Union. I seek that after 2020, for argument's sake, people born in Belfast or elsewhere in the North who rightly claim the right to Irish citizenship will be conferred automatically with EU rights and EU...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration has been given to the need for new formal structures for dialogue to be established between the Irish and British Governments in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18553/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: In light of Britain's decision to leave the European Union and the moving of the formal letter, has the Government given consideration to the need for new formal structures for dialogue to be established between Ireland and Britain and indeed, between the Irish and British Governments? Can the Minister outline whether any discussions or preparations are in train at this early stage?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I am quite disappointed with the Minister's response. Our shared membership of the Union has given both countries a space to build and consolidate trust and to work in a formal way but with Britain's exit, that is at risk. That is why I and my party fundamentally believe that a new Irish-British agreement dealing with matters other than the peace settlement will be required. I do not...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: The Minister is missing the point. The mechanisms in place under the Good Friday Agreement have not been utilised over the past five, six or seven years to their full potential and we need to consider adding to them. The most recent summit of the British-Irish Council was held in Cardiff in November 2016. The next one will take place in the North of Ireland in June 2017. It is too loose....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: Two meetings in six months.