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Northern Ireland and Brexit: Statements (12 Jul 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I have read voluminous reports and perspectives on the impact of Brexit on this island, including a report commissioned by the East Border Region Limited, which is a group of six local authorities from North and South led by the two chief executive officers of Down District Council and Louth County Council. There was also a more recent report compiled by Dr. Katy Hayward on behalf of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (7 Sep 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 153. To ask the Minister for Finance if the 9% VAT rate for the hotel sector will be maintained in budget 2019, which would bring Ireland in line with tourism VAT rates in other competing European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36492/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Maternity Protection Entitlements (7 Sep 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the delay in implementing breastfeeding breaks for teachers as agreed upon by the Teachers Conciliation Council at its meeting of 8 May 2018; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that it was agreed that breastfeeding breaks would be extended until 104 weeks after the birth of the child and that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (7 Sep 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 826. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no statistics on non-Irish duty-paid and illicit tobacco products were included in the Tobacco Free Ireland report released in July 2018; if his attention has been drawn to the reason this information was omitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36250/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (7 Sep 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 1338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if new guidelines regarding development contributions will be issued to all local authorities outlining that purpose built housing or alterations to housing to cater for persons with disabilities should be exempt from development contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35560/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (7 Sep 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 1390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average connection fee charged by Irish Water for mains and sewerage for each local authority area in 2016, 2017 and 2018 in tabular form. [36493/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (7 Sep 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 1391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the large discrepancies in the cost of new water and sewerage connections from one local authority area to another; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 57 different connection charging regimes exist with over 900 different connection charges due to the fact that each local authority area has its...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (7 Sep 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 1392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Commission for Regulation of Utilities plans to publish recommendations regarding Irish Water's plan to charge a flat fee of €5,636 for connection to both water mains and sewerage; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that publication of this report has been delayed twice; if his attention has been...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (7 Sep 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 1398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to increase the stock of social housing by 50,000 by 2021; the immediate measures he is taking to alleviate the plight of the increasing number of families presenting as homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36584/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Student Accommodation (7 Sep 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 1399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to alleviate the crisis in student accommodation; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the severe shortage in rental accommodation is continuing to push rents upwards and out of the reach of most students that are then left with no choice but to defer their college place; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (18 Sep 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that redress that is owed is paid by the Church (details supplied). [36587/18]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I will be as brief as possible. I would like to pay compliments to both organisations. They perform great services locally and nationally. I have a few questions. I am not sure of the wording here - I refer to the strategic housing development, the more than 100 buildings that go directly to an Bord Pleanála. It has been suggested that this body is almost as slow as the local...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Dundalk is an exemplar.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Sep 2018)

Declan Breathnach: The Commission for Regulation of Utilities was established under the programme for Government and the confidence and supply arrangement. To date, the whole issue of Irish Water's connection charging policy has not been agreed. I am sure that, as Meath Deputies, the Minister, Deputy Regina Doherty, and Minister of State, Deputy Damien English, will be acutely aware that Irish Water is...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Sep 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I apologise for having to leave earlier. I missed the presentation. I want to make sure that I do not ask questions which were asked and will concentrate on housing. I was interested in the response to Deputy Burton that it was not the role of the council to evaluate the mechanisms or structures of housing systems. If it is not the council's job, whose is it? We have approximately 650...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Sep 2018)

Declan Breathnach: If it is not the IFAC's job, whose job is it? I cannot see who is taking any responsibility for it.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Sep 2018)

Declan Breathnach: No.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Sep 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I want to address the same matter of agriculture. Storm Ali devastated up to 70% of the maize crop in Louth, Meath and north Dublin last week. Less than 60% of the crop, if it is salvageable at all, will only be salvaged by the introduction of imported specialist machinery. Much of that maize was grown to meet the demand of the cereal crisis that we have had over the past number of years....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (25 Sep 2018)

Declan Breathnach: The school transport scheme is 50 years in existence. It started in 1968. It is commendable that in the current year, 117,000 children are availing of it. Some 12,000 of them have special needs. Over 4,500 vehicles have covered what I am told was over 100 million km since the scheme started. As the old poem states, "The wheels on the bus go round and round", but unfortunately the doors...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (25 Sep 2018)

Declan Breathnach: As I said, there are 450 special needs students who have not been accommodated, which is an indictment on the scheme. I also acknowledged that the scheme was very successful for a time but as stated by most people on this side of the House it is now not fit for purpose and it needs to be recalibrated. Twelve months ago, the Minister of State gave an assurance to the education committee...