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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Aer Lingus and Stobart Air (17 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: If one wants to downgrade services, pricing is the best way to do it of all the options.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (17 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: 179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a domiciliary allowance review will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6662/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (17 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: 268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to explain the reason a payment under the calf welfare scheme has been withheld in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6777/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Priorities of Latvian Presidency of European Council: Latvian Ambassador to Ireland (11 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: I thank the ambassador for his presentation. I compliment him on Latvia's accession of the Presidency and particularly the way Latvia has set about its work programme and we wish his country well. The first speaker is Deputy Smith and other speakers include Deputies Mitchell, Eric Byrne, Neville and Crowe.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Priorities of Latvian Presidency of European Council: Latvian Ambassador to Ireland (11 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: Does Ms Busa wish to say something?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Priorities of Latvian Presidency of European Council: Latvian Ambassador to Ireland (11 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: We have five minutes

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Priorities of Latvian Presidency of European Council: Latvian Ambassador to Ireland (11 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: We are running short of time. Could Dr. Apals give general answers?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (10 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: 268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the disadvantaged areas scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5486/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Scheme (10 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: 271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5536/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (4 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: I thank Brian for being our clerk for the past 18 months. I am sure I am speaking for the members of the committee when I say it was great to have known him. We will miss him but we wish him well in his new role. I am sure our new clerk, Mr. Noel Murphy, will work just as hard. Before we start today's business, Deputy Byrne has indicated he wishes to speak.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (4 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: To be fair to most of the international networks, most of them did not show the photograph.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (4 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: I do not want to have a debate on that issue at this stage. It is something we will return to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (4 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: I agree that perhaps we should not mention anything at the moment because this is a time of mourning for the people concerned.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (4 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: It is an issue we can visit later. Members of the committee visited Jordan two years ago and met with the foreign Minister and other Government officials. We saw for ourselves at the first hand the frustration that is there, as Deputy Byrne has said, about the number of refugees and the limited resources the country has. The Jordanian ambassador, who is based in London, has been here on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (4 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: Yes, we can do the same for the Japanese. It is great to see Senator Norris back after his illness, we are delighted to have him back. We look forward to his interaction in the committee over the coming year and wish him well and good health.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (4 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: The draft minutes of the meeting of 14 January 2015 have been circulated. Are those minutes agreed? Agreed. Unless there are other matters arising we will proceed with the main business of the meeting. I have to absent myself at 3 p.m. because I have a delegation from my own County Clare here to meet a Minister. The Vice Chairman also has to leave to speak in the Dáil.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (4 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: I will not be long gone but with the committee's permission, could Deputy Eric Byrne take over as Acting Chair?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Bilateral Relations and the Activities of Boko Haram: Ambassador of Nigeria (4 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: I welcome the ambassador, H.E. Dr. Bolere Elizabeth Ketebu. I thank her for coming before the committee this afternoon to update it on the current political situation in and Ireland's bilateral links with Nigeria. Ireland has established strong links with Nigeria and in today's meeting we hope to further strengthen those links. Today's meeting will concentrate on bilateral relations...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Bilateral Relations and the Activities of Boko Haram: Ambassador of Nigeria (4 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: On the matter of bilateral relations between Ireland and Nigeria, two issues arise in regard to trade. A former Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Joe Costello, led a delegation to Lagos approximately two years ago with our development agencies and financial institutions. Are more Irish industries being set up in Nigeria as a consequence? Are investors...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Bilateral Relations and the Activities of Boko Haram: Ambassador of Nigeria (4 Feb 2015)

Pat Breen: I thank the ambassador for being so forthright and honest in her answers. I wish her country well in the forthcoming elections and hope they are free of violence. I hope a government, parliament and President for and by the people are elected and that the present security threat can be dealt with, not by Nigeria alone but also by all its neighbours. We wish the ambassador well in that...