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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Boko Haram Insurgency: Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of Nigeria (16 Dec 2015)

Pat Breen: Okay, thank you.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Framework Agreement: Motion (16 Dec 2015)

Pat Breen: This select committee meeting will commence in public session. Before proceeding with the business ordered for today, I remind members and those in the Gallery that mobile telephones should be switched off completely for the duration of the meeting as they cause interference, even on silent mode, with the recording equipment in committee rooms. The purpose of today's meeting is to consider...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Framework Agreement: Motion (16 Dec 2015)

Pat Breen: I thank the Minister of State. I believe I had the pleasure of meeting Ms Collins when she was in Japan.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Framework Agreement: Motion (16 Dec 2015)

Pat Breen: Was Ms Collins with the EU office there as well?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Framework Agreement: Motion (16 Dec 2015)

Pat Breen: It is good that Ms Collins is staying in that area. I have two brief questions for the Minister of State before handing over to Deputy Smith. How will this partnership and co-operation agreement improve the prospects of Irish trade? I note Irish exports increased by 3% in 2013, while imports increased by 27%. The area in which I am particularly interested is the dairy sector, which is...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Framework Agreement: Motion (16 Dec 2015)

Pat Breen: I will tell you about it after Christmas.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Framework Agreement: Motion (16 Dec 2015)

Pat Breen: I thank Mr. Dowling and call on Deputy Smith.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Framework Agreement: Motion (16 Dec 2015)

Pat Breen: It is over to the Minister of State. There is a series of questions.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Framework Agreement: Motion (16 Dec 2015)

Pat Breen: If there are supplementaries, I can being in the members again.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Framework Agreement: Motion (16 Dec 2015)

Pat Breen: Will the tourism issues be left out?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Framework Agreement: Motion (16 Dec 2015)

Pat Breen: Thank you, Ms Collins. Are there any other questions?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Framework Agreement: Motion (16 Dec 2015)

Pat Breen: I call on the Minister of State to reply.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Framework Agreement: Motion (16 Dec 2015)

Pat Breen: It is really not part of what we are discussing. This is a partnership and co-operation agreement. It is not a trade agreement, so we need to clarify that.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Framework Agreement: Motion (16 Dec 2015)

Pat Breen: We must bear in mind that the Minister of State only looks after his house and this country. One must note that China is one of the largest trading partners of Vietnam given its geographical location. China is a huge market.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Framework Agreement: Motion (16 Dec 2015)

Pat Breen: This is a very positive partnership agreement for the European Union and Vietnam in a number of ways. First, trade between Vietnam and Ireland is growing all the time. Every member state has signed up to this and other countries are in the process of ratifying it. It must be positive because the ten ASEAN countries are important trading partners for Europe. The fact that we have an...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Message to Dáil (16 Dec 2015)

Pat Breen: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade has completed its consideration of the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the terms of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Co-operation between the European Union and its member states, of the one part, and the Socialist...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (13 Jan 2016)

Pat Breen: 121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the carer's allowance scheme will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1311/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (13 Jan 2016)

Pat Breen: 125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the domiciliary care allowance scheme will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1381/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (13 Jan 2016)

Pat Breen: 126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the disability allowance scheme will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1382/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Pat Breen: 176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1556/16]