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Priority Questions: Passport Applications Data (30 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of new and renewal passport applications respectively in the system; the target turnaround time for each category of applicant; the actual turnaround time for each category of applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25613/17]

Priority Questions: Passport Applications Data (30 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I wanted to ask the Minister, following an update I received in February, to outline the number of new and renewal passport applications respectively in each of the systems, the target turnaround time for each category of applicant, and the actual turnaround time for each category of applicant. I know the Minister is acutely aware of the pressures our passport service is under at the moment....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Controls (30 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the detail of the requirement for all first-time passport applicants aged 18 years of age and over to have a public services card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25614/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Staff (30 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of additional staff that have been deployed to embassies and consulates since 23 June 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25615/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (30 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent actions taken to address the situation of the undocumented Irish in the USA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25617/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Immigration Policy (30 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts currently being made at EU level to address the migration and refugee crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25616/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (30 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 156 to 158, inclusive, of 23 May 2017, her views on whether the Government will meet its target of accepting 4,000 persons under the Irish refugee protection programme by the end of 2017 in view of the fact that to date it has only accepted 1,238 persons; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (30 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding progress on a permanent school building project for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25754/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (30 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 336. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that have been taken by the European Union to address the ongoing situation in Turkey which has resulted in a shutdown of the media and the arrest of thousands of persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25720/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (30 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 358. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the provision of coastal erosion protection measures at Portrane, County Dublin; the funding he has allocated for this project; the expected commencement date of work on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25485/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (30 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 641. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies that have made formal inquiries to Departments, State agencies or the Central Bank in regard to relocating here as a consequence of Brexit; the number of jobs that have been created here as a direct consequence of companies locating here as a result of Brexit; the number of jobs she expects to be created as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: EU Foreign Affairs Council (25 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I will try to be brief. The Minister dealt with a lot of issues in his presentation and I will not be able to cover everything in the time allowed. I acknowledge the Minister's commitment to providing advice and guidance to this committee. The Minister mentioned the situation in Yemen, which is obviously a catastrophic human rights tragedy. The ongoing conflict there is, in the main,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: EU Foreign Affairs Council (25 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: If it did not arise, it should have. What interaction did the those voting on behalf of Ireland have with the Minister or his officials prior to the vote? Do we just assume that they are going to do the right thing? I will leave that element to one side for now. I have a number of questions regarding the European consensus on development. I note that Mr. Gaffey, the Director General of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: EU Foreign Affairs Council (25 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I did not say that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: EU Foreign Affairs Council (25 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: EU Foreign Affairs Council (25 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: No one is asking the Minister to do so.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: International Trade Agreements: Motion (25 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: On behalf of the committee and of my party, I want to express our deepest sympathy and condolences to the people of Manchester, and to the British Government, following the horrendous attack on Monday, and also on the attack in Jakarta, Indonesia. I have two questions for the Minister. This debate is welcome, and I thank him for his presentation. First, I am interested to know the reason...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: International Trade Agreements: Motion (25 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Minister.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: Under section 39 of the Health Act 2004, many voluntary providers employ hundreds of home help workers who carry out a low-paid job on the front line of our health services. Since February 2013, I have raised with successive Ministers for Health, Senator James Reilly, Deputy Varadkar and Deputy Harris, the issue that the last Government and the current one are in breach of two Labour Court...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Programme Funding (24 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to open applications for grant aid funding for new swimming pools and refurbishment of existing facilities, in view of the fact they are specifically excluded from the capital sports grants programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24862/17]