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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: Yes, Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: I thank the Deputy for that reminder, and I will do so next week in New York.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: That issue will more than likely be on the Taoiseach's agenda in Washington. I thank the Minister and we wish him well in his mission next week. I understand he is travelling to Canada and New York. We wish all the Ministers well in their travels for St. Patrick's Day. It is a glorious opportunity for Ireland to sell itself in that special week and an opportunity we get only once a year....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (11 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: 75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme and the agri-environment options scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10603/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (10 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: 494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding leaving certificate results in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10449/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: 109. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the situation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare, under the single payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9615/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (5 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: 205. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the differential in price which arose in the case of a drug (details supplied) since it stopped being a prescription only medicine and became widely available over the counter; if the cost of this medicine can be included in the discussions between the Health Service Executive and the pharmaceutical company involved, with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will facilitate a meeting between her officials and representatives of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9620/15]

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: Like other speakers, I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important Bill, the main purpose of which is to give effect to the back-to-work family dividend scheme flagged in budget 2015. The Bill also addresses a number of other issues and clarifies the circumstances in which a person is considered as requiring full time care in respect of the application of the carer's benefit, carer's...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists (4 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: 178. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department's proposals to assist in reducing the long waiting lists for orthodontic care in the mid-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9583/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (3 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: 161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons from County Clare who have participated in the JobBridge scheme since its inception; the number of those participants who have been offered full-time or part-time employment on completion of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8906/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (3 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: 289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when area based payments for 2012 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9213/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: 482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the status of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8950/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Community Involvement Scheme (3 Mar 2015)

Pat Breen: 598. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the community involvement scheme; his plans to operate the scheme in 2015; his views on the introduction of a similar scheme for local improvements, such as a local improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8814/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (26 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: I thank the Minister. The last paragraph of his statement is helpful in that he recognises that the current limits may discriminate unfairly against certain classes of households and said that the limits will be considered in the context of the review of social housing assessment procedures being carried out by his Department. I would like the Minister to consider the example of the...

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (26 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for facilitating me in raising this issue. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Paudie Coffey, for being present and congratulate him on the work he is doing in reforming the delivery of social housing. The social housing strategy for the period to 2020 provides the roadmap in terms of tacking our social housing crisis. Some 35,000 additional...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: Deputy McGrath spent more time wasting time and talking about time than anything else. If he had come up with some good analysis of the Bill I would have something different to say, but he has spent the past 15 minutes talking about nothing and only trying to fill up time. I was disappointed with his contribution.

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: This is an important Bill. I commend the Minister on her introduction of the legislation. As most previous speakers have said, it is complex, challenging and lengthy. One thing about this legislation is that it is a watershed in the development of Irish family law, and that is to be welcomed. We must all accept that the family unit, as we traditionally know it, has changed dramatically...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (25 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: We will now commence the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (25 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: I will allow the Deputy to speak first if he wants to leave early. I have received apologies from two Members of the Seanad, Senators Jim Walsh and David Norris. The draft minutes of the meeting of 18 February have been circulated to members. Are the minutes of that meeting agreed? Agreed. Unless there are matters arising from these minutes, we will proceed with the main business of the...