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Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (5 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: 205. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the differential in price which arose in the case of a drug (details supplied) since it stopped being a prescription only medicine and became widely available over the counter; if the cost of this medicine can be included in the discussions between the Health Service Executive and the pharmaceutical company involved, with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will facilitate a meeting between her officials and representatives of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9620/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (10 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: 494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding leaving certificate results in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10449/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (11 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: 75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme and the agri-environment options scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10603/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: I extend a warm welcome to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan, who is accompanied by the Secretary General of his Department, Mr. Niall Burgess, the director general of Irish Aid, Mr. Michael Gaffey, and Mr. Barrie Robinson, political director. I also welcome the other officials in attendance. With so much happening in the world, members have many issues...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: I thank the Minister for such a comprehensive report on issues at home and abroad. It was an important update for the committee. On the issue of Ebola the Irish ambassador to Sierra Leone, Ms Sinead Walsh, who is appearing before the committee at the end of March, led our team in Sierra Leone on combatting the crisis. Her appearance before the committee will be very important as she was on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: I was in Abuja in Nigeria. The Department of Justice and Equality has a team there which processes the visas locally and this is of great assistance in getting the proper people into our country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: We are discussing the Foreign Affairs Council, not the situation in Northern Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: We are discussing the Foreign Affairs Council.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: I will allow Senator Mark Daly to make a brief intervention.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: I have already dealt with that matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: Members have asked a considerable number of questions, but some of them overlap and could be addressed together.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: I think so because they overlap.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: Senator Michael Mullins also raised the issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: I thank the Minister for comprehensively answering those questions. There were quite a number of them. It is great to have the Minister before the committee, and we would like see him here more often. We know he has a very busy schedule and it is hard to track him down at times, but we wish him well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: It is difficult. The Minister has a very busy diary and it is difficult to get everybody to match up with it. I thank the Minister, and we look forward to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: That is great. Hopefully, we will have the Minister back in after Easter, because it is important to have him here as regularly as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: That involves a limited number. The Minister could not generalise on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: Yes, Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: I thank the Deputy for that reminder, and I will do so next week in New York.