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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Conference on Financing for Development Briefing: Dóchas (10 Jun 2015)

Pat Breen: That is excellent. I know the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Sherlock will be part of the Irish delegation but the final composition of the delegation has yet to be decided. I also know that it is top of the agenda for the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Flanagan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Conference on Financing for Development Briefing: Dóchas (10 Jun 2015)

Pat Breen: I call Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan, after whom I will revert to the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Conference on Financing for Development Briefing: Dóchas (10 Jun 2015)

Pat Breen: I will let Deputy O'Sullivan speak again if she wishes. I call Ms Lorna Gold.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Conference on Financing for Development Briefing: Dóchas (10 Jun 2015)

Pat Breen: What do the delegations see as the main obstacles to achieving the new mechanisms for financing the whole development situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Conference on Financing for Development Briefing: Dóchas (10 Jun 2015)

Pat Breen: That is very important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Conference on Financing for Development Briefing: Dóchas (10 Jun 2015)

Pat Breen: Will countries make financial pledges at the conference?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Conference on Financing for Development Briefing: Dóchas (10 Jun 2015)

Pat Breen: Will it be more policy statements than financial pledges?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Conference on Financing for Development Briefing: Dóchas (10 Jun 2015)

Pat Breen: It will be a policy document. Deputy O'Sullivan expressed her concern about only having a review every four years. Is McCaughey concerned about the same matter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Conference on Financing for Development Briefing: Dóchas (10 Jun 2015)

Pat Breen: So that parliaments, in various countries, could monitor the same as well?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Conference on Financing for Development Briefing: Dóchas (10 Jun 2015)

Pat Breen: It is probably in their best interests to have the highest level of delegation in their own countries. I thank the three witnesses for attending. This matter shall not go away and we are not going away. Next week the director general of Irish Aid and his officials will be in attendance and we will discuss this subject. The Irish UN representative is David Donoghue and we congratulate...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure (16 Jun 2015)

Pat Breen: 162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the implications of cuts to the one-parent payment for persons (details supplied); her plans to address this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23166/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (16 Jun 2015)

Pat Breen: 345. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the beef genomics scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22972/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Jun 2015)

Pat Breen: 658. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of a service (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23913/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (16 Jun 2015)

Pat Breen: 741. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional support available for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23796/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (17 Jun 2015)

Pat Breen: 70. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24217/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Ambulance Service Provision (17 Jun 2015)

Pat Breen: 130. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of missions carried out by a service (details supplied) in County Clare in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23999/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (17 Jun 2015)

Pat Breen: 152. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision concerning a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the treatment abroad scheme will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23981/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (17 Jun 2015)

Pat Breen: Apologies have been received from Senators David Norris and Jim Walsh and Deputies Maureen O'Sullivan and Seán Crowe. I welcome Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh who is substituting for Deputy Crowe. In order to afford the members of the joint committee an opportunity to pay their respects this morning, I added an item to the agenda in respect of the yesterday's events in Berkeley.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Deaths of Irish Citizens in Berkeley: Expressions of Sympathy (17 Jun 2015)

Pat Breen: I wish to convey my sympathy and that of the joint committee to the families whose loved ones were lost so tragically as a result of yesterday morning's events in Berkeley. It will be very difficult for the families to come to terms with this tragedy. I am sure many of those involved in the events were looking forward to a bright experience abroad but suddenly all of that has been cut...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Deaths of Irish Citizens in Berkeley: Expressions of Sympathy (17 Jun 2015)

Pat Breen: We will get that information out. We will write to all the colleges affected.