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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: 154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the allocation of new gardaí to the Dublin metropolitan region, specifically to Malahide Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6545/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: 155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the allocation of new gardaí to the Dublin metropolitan region, specifically to Lusk Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6546/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (6 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: 157. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the reopening of Rush Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5981/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Brexit Issues: British Irish Chamber of Commerce (1 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank Mr. O'Neill and Ms Daughen. I appreciate all their work to date. I had dealings with Ms Daughen in early January and some of my colleagues in Fianna Fáil spent two days around Westminster. We got great assistance from Claire who does a lot of work with the British Irish Chamber of Commerce, Member of Parliament, Mr. Conor McGinn, and the APPG group. The question is how to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Brexit Issues: British Irish Chamber of Commerce (1 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: Did somebody tell him what CETA is?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Brexit Issues: British Irish Chamber of Commerce (1 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: Before we move on, I have a question on state aid rules and the EU Commission.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Brexit Issues: British Irish Chamber of Commerce (1 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: That is something to reinforce. The reason for the EU reform fund is not Ireland specific. Rather, it is EU wide and that is why it would be much more acceptable for it to be available for all businesses affected by these changes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Brexit Issues: British Irish Chamber of Commerce (1 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: On St. Brigid's Day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Brexit Issues: British Irish Chamber of Commerce (1 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: I had indicated that I was going to ask a question. Mr. O'Neill stated that the UK looks for the ability to set out its own migration policy. That is something that Mr. O'Neill has dealt with in his own paper. Freedom of movement is one of the four freedoms of the European Union and it is a crucially important freedom. I would not want, and I do not think that any members, as EU citizens,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Brexit Issues: British Irish Chamber of Commerce (1 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank Ms Daughen and Mr. O'Neill for their presentation. We really appreciate it.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (31 Jan 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: 301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out the number of homes that have been remediated under the pyrite remediation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4699/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (31 Jan 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: 302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline his plans for homes that are affected by pyrite but which have been left out of the current remediation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4700/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (31 Jan 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: 303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline his plans to extend and expand the pyrite remediation scheme for homes that failed to reach the high thresholds set down under the previous Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4701/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (30 Jan 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the works to provide a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin in addition to the associated refurbishment works will commence as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4317/18]

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: I would like to say to colleagues that I have always approached, and continued to approach, the issue of abortion and the right to life in a compassionate and responsible way and I genuinely respect all opinions on a matter that is very personal to thousands, if not millions, of people. I thank in particular all those who have been in contact with me in recent weeks, particularly since the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Jan 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: Reasonable people.

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Jan 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: On page 20, section B of the programme for Government, the action plan on housing is outlined. Is the Government committed to reviewing the pyrite remediation scheme in full? I ask this in the context of the Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 with which the Tánaiste will be familiar as a former Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. The Act only includes those with...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: In recent days, the Government has given in to pressure and decided to partly address the anomaly that the Government created and voted for in 2012 when the former Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, made changes to the State's pension contribution rules. The Government ploughed ahead and voted for the cut despite having the discrepancies and anomalies pointed out to it at...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: I am not undermining it in any way. I put it to the Tánaiste that his Government was dragged kicking and screaming into reversing the changes that the previous Fine Gael Government brought forward. It is certainly welcome that in time many people will receive a reimbursement of money that should have been due to them. Most of those people are women who worked in the home raising their...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: The current anomaly is not all of it, but it is a major part of it.