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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 245. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the most recent development in relations between the USA and Cuba following the statement from President Trump; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30899/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 246. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the negotiations on the Northern Assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30900/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 259. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on recent discussions on forming the Northern Ireland Assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31253/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 248. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with his counterpart in Egypt regarding the continuous cancellations of a court case in regard to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31022/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: North-South Ministerial Council (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 257. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the North-South Ministerial Council. [30193/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 258. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement and outstanding issues regarding same. [30196/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 305. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an archaeological assessment has been undertaken in Bantry Bay recently; if not, if one is planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30798/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 382. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the lack of progress on paying staff money owed following the interim public sector deal for staff working in all the State's section 39 agencies inclusive of the country's main hospices; if he or his officials have corresponded with or met the Minister for Finance regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31100/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 404. To ask the Minister for Health the diagnostic facilities available to public patients to test for Lyme disease; his plans to make it more freely available; if his Department is examining this issue; if the Chief Medical Officer has issued guidelines regarding adequate tests being available; if he is satisfied that public patients are receiving adequate access to diagnostics; his views...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 457. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to funding being reduced to allow for the provision of wigs for cancer sufferers and persons with alopecia in a HSE area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31417/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 458. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department officials were consulted before there was a reduction made to the funding available for wigs for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31418/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 459. To ask the Minister for Health the various rates that the HSE allows for grants to provide wigs for persons who have cancer or suffer from alopecia; the reason for the variances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31419/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the role he and his Department have in the licensing of kelp; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30795/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 629. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the process for licensing for kelp is the same for commercial kelp as it is for smaller groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30796/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 630. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the mechanical harvest of 1,860 acres of kelp in Bantry Bay; if the licence was properly advertised at local and national level; if public consultation took place; if an environmental impact assessment was or is to be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30797/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 631. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he or his officials have policy concerns regarding the impact mechanical harvesting of over 100 acres of kelp in Bantry Bay will have on juvenile fish, lobster and other species; if a study has been taken on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30799/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he or his officials have concerns regarding the impact of over 1,000 acres in Bantry Bay being used for a mechanical harvest of kelp will have on angling tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30800/17]

European Council: Statements (28 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: To do this, we need to have sufficient staffing and expertise in place. The review of staffing resources engaged on Brexit, which was first promised almost a year ago, needs to be finished and its recommendations implemented. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for his forbearance.

European Council: Statements (28 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: Last week's summit took no significant decisions and all its specific outcomes were well signalled in advance, yet this is an important moment for Europe, where the future shape and direction of the EU is receiving more attention than at any time in the last quarter of a century. This divergence between the official agenda and the background discussions is striking. Unfortunately, Ireland...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (28 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach the issues that were discussed and, in particular, if he requested the need for special status for Northern Ireland in the context of the Brexit negotiations in his meeting with President Tusk; and if he invited him to address the Houses of the Oireachtas on Brexit. [29801/17]