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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Development Priorities for the Post-2015 Development Framework: Discussion with Dóchas (12 Jun 2013)

Pat Breen: I thank all members for their contributions here today, which were varied. Christianity, health and many other themes were covered. I will now hand over to Mr. Zomer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Development Priorities for the Post-2015 Development Framework: Discussion with Dóchas (12 Jun 2013)

Pat Breen: There will be plenty of time for the Senator to raise that issue in the Seanad during the debate on the abortion legislation, rather than at this committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Development Priorities for the Post-2015 Development Framework: Discussion with Dóchas (12 Jun 2013)

Pat Breen: I thank Ms Gold for her interesting thoughts and thought-provoking ideas. Some were simple and some were complicated. Trying to criss-cross all Departments would be difficult but, in theory, it is possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Scrutiny Reports 2012: Discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2013)

Pat Breen: I thank Mr. Cooney. Obviously this is an issue we will keep under review.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Scrutiny Reports 2012: Discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2013)

Pat Breen: I did not expect Mr. Cooney to answer the question. I thank Mr. Cooney for his very informative discussion on foreign policy matters in the EU. It has been a very useful meeting for the members. It is good to have such meetings once or twice a year. As Mr. Donohoe will probably not come before the committee again before his new appointment at the UN in September, I wish him well in his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Scrutiny Reports 2012: Discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2013)

Pat Breen: We will discuss it with correspondence and any other business. It is on the agenda.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Development Priorities for the Post-2015 Development Framework: Discussion with Dóchas (12 Jun 2013)

Pat Breen: I thank the witnesses for their patience. The first part of the meeting continued for longer than we expected and I apologise. I am sure the witnesses listened to what the Secretary General and his team had to say, which was of interest to them in their work. I welcome the following: Mr. Hans Zomer, director of Dóchas; Mr. Jim Clarken, chairperson of Dóchas and CEO of Oxfam; Ms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Scrutiny Reports 2012: Discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2013)

Pat Breen: I ask Mr. Cooney to speak about Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Scrutiny Reports 2012: Discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2013)

Pat Breen: The matter has obviously been debated in many parliaments throughout the European Union. Is consensus expected or is it unlikely?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Scrutiny Reports 2012: Discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2013)

Pat Breen: I do not doubt that it was included in the report, but the Deputy has had considerable time already. What is his question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Scrutiny Reports 2012: Discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2013)

Pat Breen: Did anybody cover the new democracy in Myanmar-Burma and the European Union's relationship with it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Scrutiny Reports 2012: Discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2013)

Pat Breen: Are plans in place for the European External Action Service to facilitate small countries like Ireland in, say, setting up permanent missions in particular capital cities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Scrutiny Reports 2012: Discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2013)

Pat Breen: I do not believe any other member desires to contribute. The Secretary General can now understand the reason I asked every member to ask questions first in order that he would not have to reply to each individually. I am not saying he can duck or choose questions, but that he should do his best to answer as many as he can. Many of the themes were similar.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Scrutiny Reports 2012: Discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2013)

Pat Breen: It might be an issue for the Department of Justice and Equality rather than Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Scrutiny Reports 2012: Discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2013)

Pat Breen: I hope so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (12 Jun 2013)

Pat Breen: Draft minutes from the meeting of 29 May have been circulated. Are they agreed? Agreed. Unless there are other matters arising we will proceed with the main business of the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Scrutiny Reports 2012: Discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2013)

Pat Breen: I remind members, witnesses, in particular those in the Visitors Gallery, to ensure their mobile telephones are switched off completely for the duration of the meeting as they cause interference even in silent mode with the recording equipment in the committee rooms. I welcome the Secretary General, Mr. David Cooney, from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade who is present to discuss...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Appeals (12 Jun 2013)

Pat Breen: 109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a one parent family payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28124/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (12 Jun 2013)

Pat Breen: 110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding and overpayment of supplementary welfare allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28126/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (12 Jun 2013)

Pat Breen: 113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity pension appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28135/13]