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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: The Minister makes it sounds as if there will be no problem in the event that there is a no-deal Brexit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Transport Sector: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Has the Minister's Department consulted with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine? Post Brexit, we could have controls and checkpoints for live exports of cattle, especially calves, that would delay movement. This will have repercussions for animal welfare on the boats and cattle trailers. What measures is the Minister taking to ensure we will have a free flow of exports of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Transport Sector: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I welcome the response. I am making the point that Project Ireland 2040 assumed that we were all happy members of the EU but that might change. I give the example of the Dunkettle interchange that is being upgraded at the Jack Lynch tunnel. It is already six months behind schedule. When there is the potential for a no-deal Brexit, we should be bringing it ahead of schedule by six months. ...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (12 Feb 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 176. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 27 November 2018, the reason for the delay in the Revenue Commissioners reply. [6727/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Feb 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 442. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be placed in a facility as a matter of urgency. [6685/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (12 Feb 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 445. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment for the provision of a public health nurse for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [6728/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications (12 Feb 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [6536/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I welcome the witnesses. I come from an area that depends greatly on the live export trade. At this time of year, we are coming into the peak calving season. I have watched today's proceedings closely. The issue of lairage has been touched on but I want to ask about the following. Exporters agreed to the 12 hour rest period to let calves get nourishment and a chance to lie down and rest....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: It is a comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: That is even worse from the economics perspective for the man with the lairage. The weanlings bypass them in Cherbourg.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I understand that but they bypass Cherbourg.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I know the question has been asked as to when the guidelines for wind farms will be published, which we last had in 2006, but I have an addendum in that regard. When our neighbours across the water sneeze, we get a cold. Not many years ago, when an issue arose about planning for wind farms in my area in north Cork, there was a major campaign at the same time in Britain to call a halt to the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: What about the number of wind farms? That is the question I asked.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Recruitment (19 Feb 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 166. To ask the Minister for Finance if a specific appointment has been approved by him and the EU Central Bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8489/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (19 Feb 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the procedures in place for the export of specific material to Northern Ireland post Brexit (details supplied). [8496/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Services Provision (19 Feb 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 548. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a meeting (details supplied) took place; and if so, the outcome of this meeting between his officials and the NTA in relation to rural transport. [7940/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Feb 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I also wrote to the Ms Moyadh Murdoch in the Road Safety Authority to express my concern about the format of the advertisement that is being carried on the airwaves. The alarm bells were ringing even prior to it being shown on television. During the week prior to Christmas a news item on "Crimecall" portrayed what was coming down the road on the issue as being of a personalised nature. I...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (20 Feb 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding appointments to a board (details supplied) in view of his request in May 2018; and the applicants being considered for same. [8530/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (20 Feb 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 155. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the approval of the drug Spinraza in respect of persons suffering from spinal muscular atrophy. [8578/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Guidelines (20 Feb 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider placing a moratorium on the development of windfarms until guidelines are in place. [8522/19]