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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (29 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 366. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development of additional capacity for the M11 and N11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14769/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (29 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 453. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number beds for rough sleepers to be provided to the end of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14771/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (29 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 454. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the closure of homelessness beds opened under the winter initiative in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14774/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (28 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the comments by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Ms Karen Bradley, that bringing forward a joint view by the UK and Irish Governments for power sharing would not be helpful; if the role of both Irish and UK Government is to facilitate and not impose a solution for the establishment of an assembly and that the DUP...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (28 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the length of time the Government is willing to let the Brexit talks proceed in 2018 without wording on the Northern Ireland Border backstop being agreed by the UK and EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14254/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (28 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: The draft wording for the backstop was published by the EU on 28 February 2018. It was rejected by the UK, however. The British Prime Minister said emphatically it represented a threat to the constitutional integrity of the United Kingdom. Last Monday, many of us were taken by surprise when the EU's task force released the Brexit document which showed no progress had been made on agreeing...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (28 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I am concerned by that. The longer we go on without agreed wording on the Border, the more it becomes one of many legitimate priorities across the EU member states. The talks were set up to ensure we could get agreement on a reasonably small number of important issues, including for us the Border in phase 1, before agreeing a transition and moving to phase 2. It was recognised right at the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (28 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Why has the Tánaiste allowed it to go on? Why, at the end of phase 2 before moving on, will he not insist on asking our UK colleagues to agree to the wording on what they agreed to in December?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (28 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Nobody is suggesting that a free trade agreement will be signed, sealed and delivered by October. It will take years to do that. The Brexit talks were, nonetheless, structured in phases 1 and 2. The whole purpose of that was to make sure we got closure on some important issues. The so-called withdrawal bill, reciprocity of people's rights and the Irish Border were the three which received...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (28 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the UK Government has a different view than the EU and the Government as to the issues which have been agreed in regard to the EU-UK December 2017 agreement on phase one of Brexit; and if so, the areas of difference. [5420/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Supports (28 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the attempts made by the State to secure additional funding from European institutions to mitigate the impact of Brexit. [5422/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new building construction for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the timeline for construction; if a schedule of accommodation has been provided to the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14465/18]

Services for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (27 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Tonight's motion concerns the rights of those with disabilities to lead equal and dignified lives. Andrew O'Malley is 33 years. Two years ago, he had an accident in Sligo that left him paralysed from the neck down. He was stabilised in Sligo because it was the nearest hospital and was admitted to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, NRH, in June last year where he received great care. In...

Services for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (27 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I have Andrew O'Malley's permission. I have worked closely with him and he knows I was going to raise the matter this evening.

Services for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (27 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I will not mention him again. I am not making accusations, I am simply laying out the facts as they occurred. I take the Ceann Comhairle's point and will not mention his name again.

Services for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (27 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Right. Three months since I first spoke to the national disability team, I have still heard nothing. Six months since Andrew was discharged, he has heard nothing. That is the reality on the ground for people with disabilities. I ask that the Government and the officials who make these decisions affecting these people's lives be held to account for their actions.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I have raised previously with the Minister and her colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Coveney, my ongoing concern about the mismatch between the resources being deployed by the Government to help small and medium enterprises prepare for Brexit and what these companies are seeing on the ground. I am sure the Minister is aware of a recent study...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I do not mean this disrespectfully but the answer the Minister just gave illustrates exactly the dialogue I have been having with the Government for the past year where I say the businesses are saying they are not getting ready. We had data from the Department last year and data from AIB and InterTradeIreland. Survey after survey indicates Irish businesses are not getting ready for Brexit....

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I will move on. The point I am making is that for me, it is not some companies, it is 94%. It is not like 20% are not getting ready. A total of 94% are not getting ready. Clearly, that is not what any of us want. In respect of Brexit funding, Colm Kelpie wrote that the Brexit unit had requested about €40 million but the figure reported was only €1.3 million. He wrote...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: It concerned the head of the Brexit unit writing to the Minister before the last budget seeking €40 million for Brexit preparation.