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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (16 Jan 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 1716. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeless persons reported by his Department in County Wicklow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54563/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (14 Dec 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the legal standing of the joint report from the negotiators of the European Union and the United Kingdom Government on progress during phase 1 of negotiations under Article 50 of the treaty on European Union on the United Kingdom's orderly withdrawal from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (14 Dec 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Brexit Secretary, David Davis's, comments that the agreement reached in phase 1 of Brexit negotiations is a statement of intent more than anything else. [54105/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (14 Dec 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the priorities of Ireland for phase two of Brexit negotiations as they relate to individual sectors of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54103/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (14 Dec 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on all meetings scheduled with Task Force 50 in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54104/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Policy (14 Dec 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 510. To ask the Minister for Health the policy changes undertaken by St Columcille's Hospital with regard to the number of inquiries to private and voluntary nursing homes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54123/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (13 Dec 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent progress that has been made regarding Ireland's domestic responses to Brexit, including progress with our EU counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53240/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (13 Dec 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: There is a lot we still do not know about Brexit. We do not know whether there will be a hard or soft Brexit. We do not know if there will be a transition period. If there is such a period, we do not know how long it will be or what conditions might apply to it. We do not know whether there will be a deal. One of the parties might walk away from the table over the next one, two or three...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (13 Dec 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: We know that trade will be more difficult regardless of the type of Brexit that happens. We also know that tens of thousands of Irish firms trade with the UK.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (13 Dec 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: Given what we know, what supports are in place for Irish firms and Irish jobs that are exposed to Brexit?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (13 Dec 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: We have been waiting for these sectoral reports all year. I have probably asked for them from the Tánaiste, the Taoiseach and the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation on five or six occasions. I keep being told that they are coming or not coming, or that they are being put together or not being put together. There is a fund which will provide credit to enterprise. I put...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (13 Dec 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: What has he done to provide high-quality training in areas like pricing strategy and market development? What has he done to ensure that our firms will be able to avail of proper, joined-up supports in the markets of the 26 member states that will remain in the EU with us?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (13 Dec 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: While Fianna Fáil has supported the Government's international efforts on this agreement, I believe the Government is asleep at the wheel when it comes to domestic preparations. I have heard the mantra that "Brexit has not happened, and we will start talking about state-aid rules when we know what is going to happen" again and again, but we might not know the final trade deal for ten years.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (13 Dec 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: Businesses are in trouble today. The conversation on state-aid rules needs to happen today. We have had three Ministers for Business, Enterprise and Innovation in the past five months. I am yet to see a coherent and substantial response. I accept that Enterprise Ireland is helping a few hundred companies, but that is not enough. The Tánaiste spoke about 38,000 Irish companies, but I...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (13 Dec 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: It is not.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Documents (13 Dec 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: When? The Tánaiste has been asked three times when the House can expect a report.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (13 Dec 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if analysis has been conducted regarding the designation of Northern Ireland as a special economic zone, including maintaining ongoing connectivity with the European Union. [50016/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Documents (13 Dec 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the difference between regulatory divergence and mainlining full alignment as described in the final draft of the EU-UK deal. [52887/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (13 Dec 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review a sports capital grant application (details supplied); and if an appeals process will be in place for unsuccessful applications. [53423/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Negotiations (12 Dec 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the Democratic Unionist Party, DUP, leader since 4 December 2017. [52886/17]