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Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (7 Dec 2017)

Seán Haughey: Things change and evolve.

Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (7 Dec 2017)

Seán Haughey: We would love to have the Deputy back.

Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (7 Dec 2017)

Seán Haughey: Facilitators.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Applications (6 Dec 2017)

Seán Haughey: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a minor works grant for a school (details supplied) will be paid; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the non payment of these grants in November causes financial difficulties for schools generally; the reason the payment of these grants is held over until the new year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52167/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Applications (6 Dec 2017)

Seán Haughey: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a minor works grant for a school (details supplied) will be paid; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the non payment of these grants in November causes financial difficulties for schools generally; the reason the payment of these grants is held over until the new year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52168/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (30 Nov 2017)

Seán Haughey: 10. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the future of Ireland's corporation tax rate; if it has been discussed at recent EU Council meetings. [50539/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2017)

Seán Haughey: I thank the groups for their presentations. They have done us a great service in highlighting the environmental issues in the context of the debate on the future of Europe. I am disappointed to realise just how low a priority the environment has been given by the Commission in the debate on the future of Europe, and that is something we need to be very strong on in our final report,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe (resumed): European Anti-Poverty Network. (29 Nov 2017)

Seán Haughey: The witnesses have provided much food for thought. It is a very interesting discussion and I appreciate their attendance to give their opinions on it. We should recognise that the EU in many respects has been good for Ireland in terms of social legislation. The environmental people appeared before the committee earlier and we agreed that Europe was responsible for much of our environmental...

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (28 Nov 2017)

Seán Haughey: The Government must provide a minimum of four additional ambulances and the consequent funding for Dublin Fire Brigade immediately in order that it can respond to the ever increasing number of emergencies and incidents in Dublin. Dublin Fire Brigade personnel are also trained paramedics. If the Minister goes along with the changes proposed by the chief executive officer of Dublin City...

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (28 Nov 2017)

Seán Haughey: Dublin Fire Brigade provides emergency ambulance services in Dublin by arrangement between Dublin City Council, the National Ambulance Service and the HSE. In short, Dublin Fire Brigade provides a fire-based ambulance service. International best practice indicates that combining fire rescue and emergency services greatly improves the response to a crisis, particularly in this age of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (28 Nov 2017)

Seán Haughey: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the capital acquisitions tax provisions whereby siblings not living in the family home but who inherit this home from a deceased sibling are obliged to pay this tax straight away even though the house cannot be sold as another sibling who is not inheriting the house has a right of residence to remain there; his views on whether these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Policy (28 Nov 2017)

Seán Haughey: 266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce measures to allow family members join refugees and asylum seekers here; the public policy implications of such measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50026/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (28 Nov 2017)

Seán Haughey: 624. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a grant will be awarded to an organisation (details supplied) in order to enable it continue to participate in tidy district competitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50025/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (28 Nov 2017)

Seán Haughey: 645. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason it is necessary for widows to obtain new PPS numbers on the passing of their husbands; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there can be delays in the issuing of these new numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50027/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2017)

Seán Haughey: The programme for a partnership Government states that "we will commence the design of a new [emergency department] in Beaumont later this year with a view to funding for the construction being provided as part of the 2017 Capital Plan". By any stretch of the imagination, that timetable has now flipped somewhat. Budget 2018 provided just €100,000 to fund design team fees in this...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (16 Nov 2017)

Seán Haughey: 21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to commemorate the Good Friday Agreement and its twentieth anniversary. [41386/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (16 Nov 2017)

Seán Haughey: 37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his officials have written to Ms Aung San Suu Kyi regarding Ireland's concerns about the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people in Myanmar. [40540/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe (Resumed): Irish Farmers Association (15 Nov 2017)

Seán Haughey: As I represent an urban constituency in Dublin Bay North, agricultural issues do not arise very often. That said, I appreciate the important role that agriculture plays in the national economy. Mr. Healy pointed out that 40% of our food exports go to the UK, and that makes Brexit a great challenge for all of us. If my questions appear very basic it is because I am not involved in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe (Resumed): Irish Farmers Association (15 Nov 2017)

Seán Haughey: The Chairman had better not mention the farmers' strike in the 1960s. I remember it as a child.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (15 Nov 2017)

Seán Haughey: 78. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the long waiting times for orthodontic services in north Dublin. [48201/17]