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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 1428. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the dates can be altered to allow an entry to the beef exceptional aid measure scheme in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36271/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Eligibility (6 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 1438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the number of cows will be altered to allow entry to the beef exceptional aid measure scheme in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36481/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Foreshore Licence Applications (6 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 1445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an official from his Department will contact a person (details supplied) that wishes to develop an area of foreshore on the Shannon estuary near Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36559/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Schemes (6 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 1521. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position in circumstances in which a person had not applied for the SEAI deep retrofit grant before July 2019 in view of the fact they were awaiting planning permission with the aim of undertaking a deep retrofit in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36077/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Registration (6 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 1644. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that vehicles can have ownership registered to persons under 17 years of age and minors and also to fake names with bogus addresses and that in many instances these vehicles are being used in criminal and illegal activity; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (6 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 1969. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to allow tenants of voluntary housing agencies to purchase their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35766/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Anglo-Irish Relations (17 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Anglo-Irish relations and the way in which the Government proposes to ensure ongoing and sustained dialogue between the United Kingdom and Ireland in a post-Brexit environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37473/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Anglo-Irish Relations (17 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: Can the Tanáiste update the House on Anglo-Irish relations and how the Government proposes to ensure the ongoing and sustained dialogue between the United Kingdom and Ireland in a post-Brexit environment?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Anglo-Irish Relations (17 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: Brexit and the ongoing political instability in the UK has disrupted Anglo-Irish relations. Our two countries are going in different directions and are at odds over the manner in which UK will exit the EU. This presents difficulties for the peace process, the Good Friday Agreement, and maintaining the all-island economy, to name but a few. It is imperative, despite the obvious...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (17 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent progress made in addressing the issue of the undocumented Irish in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37465/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (17 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: I ask the Tánaiste to update us on the progress, if any, in regard to the undocumented Irish in the United States.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (17 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: I thank the Tánaiste. We are all aware this is a long-running issue and there has not been any significant progress. We saw during the summer that a number of raids were carried out in the United States, which terrified Irish communities. Obviously, Irish man, Keith Byrne, was at the centre of one of those raids, which showed the vulnerability of Irish people living in the United...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (17 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: I understand the E3 visa project and the fact that the Bill nearly passed on the previous occasion and that one Senator put a hole in it. What I am focusing on are the undocumented Irish in the United States. Where do matters stand in the context of finding a pathway, a glimmer of hope or a light at the end of the tunnel in order to regularise their status in the United States? I refer to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (17 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the announcement by the Israeli Prime Minister that he will annex large parts of the occupied West Bank if re-elected; the steps he believes should be taken at EU level in response to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37461/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (17 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: It is hard to have any confidence that we will see any progress, as I believe the Tánaiste will agree, if one looks at the pattern, with the deteriorating situation in Gaza, the cutting of humanitarian funding to UNRA, the closing of the Palestinian mission in Washington, the relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the nation-state Act and so on. These developments,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (17 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: No.

Beef Sector: Statements (17 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: I again raise the issue of beef farmers in my Limerick constituency with the Minister. It is fair to say that this issue has been dragging on far too long. The talks, which the Minister convened belatedly, have yielded some result but it is important we realise that this is only the beginning of the process of sorting out the issue for beef farmers. There is no other business - farming...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Millennium Development Goals (17 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made in developing a roadmap to achieve Ireland's ODA/GNI target by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37464/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (17 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of efforts to restart the executive in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37462/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Security Council (17 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Ireland’s efforts to win a seat at the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37463/19]