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Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I have to mind the Minister because he is bringing forward the legislation.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am focusing on it. Will the Minister, as the Minister with responsibility for safety on our roads, use his power to ensure that the local authorities will go back cutting hedges and to the basic work they used to do long ago when we had section men who went out every day? They were proud of keeping their sections of road clear of water and keeping the hedges cut. This work has been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (13 Jun 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25850/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 Jun 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 112. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in Galway Regional Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25755/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (13 Jun 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 136. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) regarding cardiac care in County Kerry will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25871/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (13 Jun 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 139. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided with additional home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25888/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (13 Jun 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25873/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Control (13 Jun 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 212. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to have a cull in the population of seals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25876/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (13 Jun 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: Apologies have been received from Deputy Brophy and Senator Craughwell. I remind members to switch off their mobile phones or put them in silent mode. The purpose of this meeting is an engagement with the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy McEntee, on the work of the General Affairs Council. I am glad she and her officials were able to take time out of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (13 Jun 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Minister of State. We appreciate very much her comprehensive overview and the work she put into it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (13 Jun 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: Before going to Deputy Durkan, I apologise for Deputy Frank O'Rourke, who had to leave to chair another meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (13 Jun 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Deputy Durkan. From my own point of view, we know the Government and the Departments are going through the details but does the Minister of State have any initial impression or is it fair to ask whether Ireland can support the European Commission's proposal on the future budget? I am thinking of the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, in particular, following on from yesterday's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (13 Jun 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: That is not a problem and I thank Senator Coghlan for his participation. To return to the issue of Brexit, does the Minister of State think a deal will be struck by the time the European Council meets in June? If it goes on beyond that, will there be enough time? Have the chances increased of no deal being reached? We are all worried about what is happening across the water. It seems...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (13 Jun 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: Did the Minister of State get a chance to digest that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (13 Jun 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Minister of State and her officials. We appreciate that she has some very important meetings over the coming weeks. The committee is not 90% or 95%, but 100% behind her in the work she is doing. We are all flying the same flag on this issue and we are very supportive of her and the people working with her. I wish her the best of luck with everything.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 Jun 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to open a passport office in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26036/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 Jun 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff working in the passport offices in counties Cork and Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26037/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Budgets (14 Jun 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department's budget for 2018; the breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26039/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (14 Jun 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications being processed at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26040/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Administration (14 Jun 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when it will be possible to renew a child's passport online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26061/18]