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Topical Issue Debate: School Closures (24 Apr 2018)

Seán Haughey: I am aware of the integrated model. As the Minister knows, I was a Minister of State in the Department of Education and Skills with special responsibility for educational disadvantage as well as further education and training. Decisions were made at that time on senior Traveller training centres and so on. This school is a special one. It has a very special model in its own right. When I...

Topical Issue Debate: School Closures (24 Apr 2018)

Seán Haughey: St. Thomas's school in Clonshaugh, Dublin 17, provides junior and senior cycle education for boys from the travelling community. It has been in existence for more than 30 years and currently has 33 students enrolled. Significantly, two pupils will do the leaving certificate examinations this year, three pupils are in fifth year and five pupils who will do the junior certificate examinations...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (24 Apr 2018)

Seán Haughey: 154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the schedule to fully restore the pensions of retired public servants having regard to previous deductions under FEMPI legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17917/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (24 Apr 2018)

Seán Haughey: 211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the closure of a school (details supplied) has been sanctioned; the reason for this decision; his views on whether this will have a detrimental effect on existing students and Traveller education generally; if the decision will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17595/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Voluntary Sector Funding (24 Apr 2018)

Seán Haughey: 547. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason funding is being withheld from an organisation (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to concerns of local scout units that this will lead to the cessation of scouting activities in the near future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17892/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Postal Voting (24 Apr 2018)

Seán Haughey: 611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will sanction the appropriate measures to allow citizens who are abroad on holidays to vote in the forthcoming referendum on the eighth amendment and subsequent elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17891/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Apr 2018)

Seán Haughey: 86. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed new cystic fibrosis unit in Beaumont Hospital will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17107/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Waiting Times (19 Apr 2018)

Seán Haughey: 93. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 519 persons over 75 years of age waited more than 24 hours in the emergency departments of Beaumont and the Mater Hospitals during the first two months of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17106/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (18 Apr 2018)

Seán Haughey: 194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that local authorities are proactive and have adequate powers regarding the removal of abandoned vehicles on suburban roads and streets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16951/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (18 Apr 2018)

Seán Haughey: 202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the provisions in relation to the display of tax certificates, insurance certificates and NCT certificates need to be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16951/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Apr 2018)

Seán Haughey: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel on 20 March 2018 in Berlin; and if he discussed corporate tax rates and the European Commission proposal for a digital tax with the chancellor. [13797/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Apr 2018)

Seán Haughey: With the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, the Franco-German axis is becoming more central in determining the future of the European Union, the dynamics of which will change. It is welcome that the Taoiseach travelled to Berlin last month to meet the Chancellor. German support for the Irish position of avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland will be very important coming up...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (17 Apr 2018)

Seán Haughey: 193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he plans to take regarding the suppression by Israel of the recent peaceful protest by Palestinians in Gaza; if he will condemn these actions by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15909/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Correspondence (17 Apr 2018)

Seán Haughey: 192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he plans to take regarding a complaint this Deputy made to him on behalf a person (details supplied) who was prevented from travelling from one EU state to another EU state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15908/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (17 Apr 2018)

Seán Haughey: 254. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will intervene with the Central Bank to ensure that the bank's print works in Sandyford, County Dublin, are retained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15906/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (17 Apr 2018)

Seán Haughey: 736. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many general practitioners' practices particularly in the north County Dublin area are charging persons with medical cards or doctor visit cards for routine blood tests deemed clinically necessary by their general practitioners; the steps he will take to prevent this practice; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (17 Apr 2018)

Seán Haughey: 878. To ask the Minister for Health if cannabis based medicines will be made available to terminal lung cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15907/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Reform (17 Apr 2018)

Seán Haughey: 1568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend voting rights to Irish citizens living abroad; the consideration given to this matter to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15874/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Control (17 Apr 2018)

Seán Haughey: 1648. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will implement measures to control the seagull population in Howth, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15875/18]

European Council Meeting: Statements (28 Mar 2018)

Seán Haughey: There has been much discussion, both yesterday and today, about this European Council meeting. All the issues have been raised. I want to put place on record my position on the backstop. I am concerned that the formulation of a legal text in the context of the protocol seems to have been put back until October at the latest. I hope we can make substantial progress on it by the June summit...