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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: I welcome the comments the Minister made on Brexit. It is time we talked it up and not down. There is enough negative talk regarding Brexit. I hope there will be many positives for Ireland. We should continue to push the pluses, not the minuses. That is probably a statement more so than a question.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: I have a particular interest in the Middle East and I hope the committee will have an opportunity to visit, as I have, the refugee camps in northern Lebanon to see the hundreds of thousands of Christians who have been displaced from Syria. The two major superpowers are squaring up to each other in the Middle East, and whatever will happen now with the election of Trump? Peace in the Middle...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: On St. Patrick's Day, I fully support the Taoiseach going to the White House and the Ministers going abroad. We are the only country in the world whose national day is celebrated, and whose Ministers can get access to prime ministers and presidents, in various countries around the world. That should continue.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: I acknowledge the tremendous work done by the consular services abroad. Unfortunately, when there is an accident abroad, the first port of call is the local Deputy who will then ring the embassy or consulate. A telephone call from an embassy or a consulate to a family affected gives them comfort that there is somebody who can handle the situation. Will the Minister, please, pass on to...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: Will the Minister of State visit the refugee camps in Lebanon?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: I thank the Minister of State for his presentation. Were any organisations or projects suspended owing to fraud or because they were not being run properly? Are there projects or agencies under the remit of the Department under investigation in terms of the manner in which funding was spent? How does the Department police the spend of funding on projects? How does it ensure money is spent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Joint Sitting with Joint Committee on European Union Affairs
First Vice-President of the European Commission, Mr. Frans Timmermans: Discussion (21 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: I am delighted that the Commissioner had the opportunity to come here. A number of speakers have already touched on the issue of Brexit. I was disappointed to hear the Commissioner say that there should be no bilateral negotiations between Ireland and the United Kingdom. I say that because at the time of the economic crisis in Ireland, David Cameron, the then Prime Minister of Britain said...

Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: In September 1961, 155 men from A Company, 35th Infantry Battalion, under the command of the late Commandant Pat Quinlan fought bravely against overwhelming odds for five days in the siege of Jadotville, Congo, against a force of over 3,000 mercenaries and Katangese forces. These brave Irish men followed orders and miraculously suffered no fatalities, while the enemy suffered 300 dead and...

Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: Gabhaim mo bhuíochas leis an Taoiseach. I acknowledge the support of my colleagues in Galway. Deputy Catherine Connolly raised this in a question to the Minister of State last week. There is full support on this from all Members of the Oireachtas from Galway. The UN military commander in Katanga, Brigadier K. A. S. Raja memorably said that "the Irish troops in Jadotville were...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Plan (22 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to the publication of the Action Plan for Rural Development, and under Pillar 1, action number 8, when a review of derelict sites legislation will be carried out with a view to assisting in the revitalisation of towns and villages; the timeframe for the completion of this review; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (22 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 173. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Parkinson's groups across the country in receipt of State aid; the amount that an organisation (details supplied) received in State aid in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; if any voluntary groups and charities in County Galway are currently receiving State aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8872/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (22 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of nivolumab; if this drug will be licensed here; the timeframe for completion of the review of the cost effectiveness of this drug in view of the fact that the manufacturer discontinued a compassionate access programme on 30 June 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8873/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (22 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any grants available through his Department for the purchase of fishing vessels by a person wishing to set up a new business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8871/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Legal Cases (23 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies or officers of companies that have been prosecuted for delivering to the Revenue Commissioners incorrect accounts in connection with corporation tax whereby a period of six years has expired from the date of the delivery of these accounts to the date of the commencement of this prosecution between the years 2007 to 2016; the number...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Legal Cases (23 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies or officers of companies that have been prosecuted for delivering to the Revenue Commissioners incorrect information in connection with corporation tax where a period of six years has expired from the date of the delivery of this information to the date of the commencement of this prosecution between the years of 2007 to 2016, both...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporate Governance (23 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of officers of companies who have been prosecuted for causing a company to fail to keep proper books of account within the meaning of section 202 of the Companies Act 1990 in which a period of six years or more has expired from the last date that the company is alleged to have failed to keep proper books of account and the commencement of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (23 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units in each of the 31 local authorities as of 31 January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9111/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (23 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of housing units built or purchased by each of the 31 local authorities in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9112/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (23 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the rate of vacant housing units in relation to housing stock belonging to each of the 31 local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9113/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (23 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of residential units starts that were registered with a company (details supplied) in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9114/17]