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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (21 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: 326. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications processed by the passport office in January 2017; if there is an increase or decrease on January 2016 applications; the number of these applications received from Irish citizens based in the UK, Northern Ireland and the United States of America, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (21 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: 529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8169/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (21 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: 538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Question No. 249 of 25 January 2017, when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8232/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications (21 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: 548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8508/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications (21 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: 549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8519/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications (21 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: 568. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8734/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (21 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: 576. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8747/17]

Mental Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: First Stage (22 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: No.

Topical Issue Debate: IDA Funding (22 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: I thank Deputy D'Arcy for raising this issue. I know he has a particular interest in ensuring Wexford gets its share of jobs. I apologise on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor, who was unable to attend due to a prior diary commitment. I think it would first be useful to set out some information on the aims and operation of the IDA regional property programme. As...

Topical Issue Debate: IDA Funding (22 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: The information I have in regard to the business site at Drinagh is that it is 7.5 acres and it is available for marketing. I want to highlight a point I referred to in my first contribution, namely, 70% of new jobs are created by existing clients. That is an important statistic. Wexford is very strong in the medical-technology, medtech, sector. Ireland's medtech sector is on a par with...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (22 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: 134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8864/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (22 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: 135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8865/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (23 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: Apart from public sector employees, where certain statutory retirement ages may apply, there is no statutory retirement age for employees in Irish legislation. A contract of employment will generally contain a retirement age but this is a matter of contract between the parties. The upper age limit for bringing claims under the Unfair Dismissals Acts was removed by a provision in the Equality...

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (28 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: I thank the Deputies for raising the matter and wish to take the opportunity to respond. I know that when this Topical Issue was put down, the position was somewhat different. We were in the midst of an ongoing strike involving pickets and high levels of stress for workers with significant impacts on the public and the company with many other traders suffering from collateral damage. We...

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (28 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: I want to put on the record of the House that I have no direct role in the resolution of this dispute or similar disputes. However, I do ensure that the Labour Court and the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, are equipped and resourced to handle industrial relations disputes that arise. I believe they continue to serve the country very well. They have settled many difficult disputes in...

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (28 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: I thank all speakers for debating this in a calm atmosphere. Last Friday the parties voluntarily agreed to take part in talks under the auspices of the Labour Court and they should be given the time to resolve the dispute with the help of the industrial relations institutions of the State. As I said earlier, it must be remembered that this is a difficult industrial relations dispute....

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: I welcome all those in the Visitors Gallery, whether they are actors, musicians or freelance journalists. They are all very welcome and I am sure it is a great night for all of them. I want to respond to the previous speakers concerning this Private Members' Bill. As earlier interventions have acknowledged, the Bill has as its basis the desire to protect vulnerable self-employed...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (28 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: 404. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9548/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (28 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: 672. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9779/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Zero-hour Contracts (28 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: My colleague, Minister Mitchell O’Connor, and I intend to bring forward proposals in response to the Programme for Government commitment to tackle problems caused by the increased casualisation of work and to strengthen the regulation of precarious work for consideration by Government. We intend to include protections aimed particularly at low-paid, more vulnerable workers....