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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (5 Jul 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: There may be opportunities for Irish companies post-Brexit and I understand that IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and others, through the Minister's Department and others, will try to seize upon those opportunities. It is not in our interest that the process be allowed to run into the next year or two. I agree that we should not force Britain to submit the Article 50 letter, but there is...

European Council Meeting: Statements (5 Jul 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: Have our EU partners who were at the Council of Ministers meeting accepted Ireland's distinct and unique position post-Brexit and that it is an urgent national priority for us that we are central to those negotiations? I want to get a handle on whether it has been accepted that our position is different from that of other countries within Europe. What plans, if any, has the Minister put...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: North-South Ministerial Council (5 Jul 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: 37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to strengthen engagement with regard to the North-South Ministerial Council and North-South bodies in general given the United Kingdom referendum result, the subsequent possibility of the re-emergence of a hard border on this island and the threat to European Union PEACE funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (5 Jul 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he is making to compel the British Government to allow access by an independent international judicial figure to all original documents in its possession relating to the Dublin Monaghan bombings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19464/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (5 Jul 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: 45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will publish a multi-annual plan with respect to overseas development aid funding outlining the way the Government proposes to move towards the 0.7% target for official development assistance over the course of next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19462/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UK Referendum on EU Membership (5 Jul 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: 51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to deploy further resources, including monetary and staffing resources, to his Department given the United Kingdom referendum result and that the decision of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union affects almost every unit within his Department; the need to protect and sustain trade, business, tourism and investment...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (5 Jul 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: 58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of his plans to formally recognise the state of Palestine as outlined in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19463/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Exemptions (5 Jul 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance to instruct the Revenue Commissioners to grant a local property tax exemption for a person (details supplied) whose house has pyrite and who has sent relevant supporting independent documentation to the Revenue Commissioners but has yet to be granted the exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19275/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Exemptions (5 Jul 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: 130. To ask the Minister for Finance to instruct the Revenue Commissioners to grant a local property tax exemption for a person (details supplied) whose house has pyrite and who has sent relevant supporting independent documentation to the Revenue Commissioners but has yet to be granted the exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19281/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Exemptions (5 Jul 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance to instruct the Revenue Commissioners to grant a local property tax exemption for a person (details supplied) whose house has pyrite and who has sent relevant supporting independent documentation to the Revenue commissioners but has yet to be granted the exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19284/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Exemptions (5 Jul 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance the requirements for a householder with pyrite to receive a local property tax exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19286/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (5 Jul 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: 243. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to ensure that a person's home is remediated under the pyrite remediation scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19278/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (5 Jul 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: 244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to ensure that the home of a person (details supplied) is remediated under the pyrite remediation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19336/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (5 Jul 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: 256. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the remediation works under the pyrite remediation scheme will commence at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19566/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (5 Jul 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: 257. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the remediation works under the pyrite remediation scheme will commence at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19567/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (5 Jul 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: 345. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications received by the passport office in the past six months to date; the number of passport applications received from residents in Britain and Northern Ireland in the same period; the number of passport applications received from residents in Britain and Northern Ireland since 23 June 2016; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sustainable Development Goals (5 Jul 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: 347. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of progress made with establishing an institutional framework for implementation and reporting with regard to the sustainable development goals in conjunction with the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. [19658/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (5 Jul 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: 348. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of passport applications per annum from 2010 to date, in tabular form. [19659/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (5 Jul 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: 349. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications for Irish passports from the United Kingdom per annum from 2010 to 2016 to date in tabular form. [19660/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (5 Jul 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: 350. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications for Irish passports from the United Kingdom per month in 2016 to date, in tabular form. [19661/16]