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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (4 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I thank Deputies for their succinctness and for sticking to the times.

Message from Select Committee (4 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the African Development (Bank and Fund) Bill 2018 and has made amendments thereto.

Estimates for Public Services 2018: Messages from Select Committees (4 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of Vote 13 for the year ending 31 December 2018; the Select Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection has completed its consideration of Vote 37 for the year ending 31 December 2018; and the Select Committee on Education and Skills has completed its consideration of Vote...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (4 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the income levels for eligibility for the SUSI grant in line with tax band and tax credit increases announced in budget 2019; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the increase in tax bands and credits now puts many persons outside the bracket of eligibility for a SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (4 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 361. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the income levels for eligibility for medical cards in line with tax band and tax credit increases announced in budget 2019; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the increases in tax bands and credits now put many people outside the bracket of eligibility for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (4 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 554. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high speed broadband will be rolled out to homes and businesses in remote parts of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50380/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: As expected, the legal advice of the UK's attorney general was issued in the past hour, but an equally important document prepared by the EU and UK concerns the more than 150 issues identified by the mapping exercise on cross-Border co-operation and the implications for the Good Friday Agreement. Like many others, the Taoiseach is on record as saying he would like to see that document...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I express my abhorrence of the vilification, disrespect, disparaging and name-calling during this debate in the House. When I came into the Chamber, I had freedom of conscience in how I voted on whether a referendum should be held. In that vote one third of those who voted, 32 out of 110, were not in favour of holding the referendum. When it was held, one third of the people voted in a...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Address the Bill.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I ask Deputies to stay within the time limits. We are back to the second round of two-minute contributions and I encourage people not to be repetitive.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I have already called time. If people do not show respect for the time, it is a problem.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Please allow Deputy Fitzpatrick to continue without interruption. His time is running out.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: The Minister is waiving his entitlement to speak again on these amendments.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Speak to the Bill, please.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Is the amendment being pressed?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (5 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 80. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to reduce the number of bed days lost owing to delayed discharges in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50733/18]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I apologise for being late. I thank the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, for the information and advice it has given. I am one of the newer members of the committee and one of the newer Members of the Dáil. One issue that concerns me is that we are entering into a skills shortage right across the economy. Reference was made to building more than 30,000 houses but there are not...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Whose role is it to do that?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: As the Tánaiste and many others in this House well know, legacy issues from the Northern Ireland Troubles continue to impact on many families. I refer not only to the Dublin-Monaghan or Dundalk bombings, but also to many individual cases that have had an impact both North and South. It is an issue that persistently comes up in the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: As Deputy O'Dowd said, it is great to see some former and current colleagues at this meeting.