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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Power Plant Closures (12 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: One of the key objectives behind the co-firing of West Offaly and Lough Ree power stations was to build up demand rapidly for indigenously sourced biomass. The principal reason for the lack of biomass was the absence of any proven demand for energy crops that would attract farmers. This led to the rejection of the planning application for the West Offaly power station by An Bord...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Visa Agreements (12 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: We need a clear legal pathway to regularise the status of Irish citizens living in the United States without documentation who are contributing to its economy. Is there an opportunity to have some bilateral arrangement whereby we could reciprocate in regularising the position of undocumented persons living here, particularly US citizens? As the Minister knows, there are many people from...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Visa Agreements (12 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if progress has been made on establishing an E3 visa agreement between Ireland and the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46480/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Visa Agreements (12 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: It is estimated that up to 50,000 Irish people are living in the shadows, in fear of deportation from the US. The E3 visa legislation was reintroduced to the US Congress during the summer. I seek an update on progress in that regard and the good work done to date by Deputy Deasy.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Visa Agreements (12 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: As the Minister will be aware, many Irish citizens have made the US their home. They have family, children and good jobs there and, as good citizens, are contributing to the US. As he will also be aware, during the summer raids were carried out throughout the US which have terrified Irish communities across the Atlantic ocean. A legal pathway should be put in place and the E3 visa is a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Female Genital Mutilation (12 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress being made to ban female genital mutilation at both EU and UN level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46479/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Female Genital Mutilation (12 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: Female genital mutilation, FGM, is a barbaric practice perpetrated on young girls. While the practice is concentrated in 30 countries in Africa and the Middle East, it is a universal problem which continues to persist among immigrant populations living here in Europe. I would like the Minister to update us on the progress on outlawing and prohibiting this practice.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Female Genital Mutilation (12 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: Based on UN estimates, two young girls have female genital mutilation performed on them every single minute. In a majority of countries the girls were cut before the age of five. This is happening here in Ireland, in that young girls have been taken out of Ireland to be cut. While FGM is prohibited here and it is also a criminal offence for someone in Ireland to take a girl to another...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Female Genital Mutilation (12 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister again for his reply. He is right: we are doing a lot here. We have very robust legislation such that offences committed outside of this jurisdiction - sadly, they are being committed outside of this jurisdiction - can be prosecuted here. As the Minister knows, however, that is not the case right across the member states of the European Union. I ask the Minister not...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Offices (12 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 83. To ask the Taoiseach the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city. [46301/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Offices (12 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 88. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46291/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Offices (12 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46295/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Offices (12 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 124. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46294/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Offices (12 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 144. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46299/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Offices (12 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46292/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 2 October 2019, the status of acquiring a site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46543/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Offices (12 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46298/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probate Data (12 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average and longest waiting time in each probate office for applications by solicitors and personal applicants, respectively; the number of applications on hand in each office; the timeline for the eProbate project to go live in each office; the status of the project; if the Revenue Commissioners have been incorporated...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Offices (12 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 285. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to her Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46287/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Car Parks (12 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 301. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the matter of hospital parking charges; the status of the implementation plan; the next steps that will be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46020/19]