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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Payments (7 Feb 2019)

Paul Kehoe: 249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the working family payment for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6073/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Budgets (7 Feb 2019)

Paul Kehoe: 252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6127/19]

Children's Rights: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2019)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the Labour Party and Deputy Howlin, in particular, for bringing forward this very important motion. I defend the position of the Labour Party in government between 2011 and 2016, as well as the role played by Deputies Howlin and Jan O'Sullivan and many other Labour Party Ministers who made very difficult decisions during those years. If had been some of the people on the opposite...

Children's Rights: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2019)

Paul Kehoe: I defend the position of Deputies Howlin and Jan O'Sullivan in that regard. Whatever about the next time-----

Children's Rights: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2019)

Paul Kehoe: -----we were there when the people needed us.

Children's Rights: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2019)

Paul Kehoe: I acknowledge the contributions of all speakers to this discussion. We are reminded that 100 years ago Dáil Éireann committed to the imperatives of the Democratic Programme and the principles of justice and equality to support the development of all children and in order to ensure a fair start in early childhood. We were asked to reiterate that commitment in a range of actions and...

Children's Rights: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2019)

Paul Kehoe: You should turn off the microphones when they go over time.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Legal Aid (6 Feb 2019)

Paul Kehoe: I acknowledge the Deputy's concerns and wish to ensure that the protections available under Abhaile remain in place. I emphasise that these changes do not undermine the free legal protection afforded to borrowers under Abhaile. Borrowers can still access full financial and legal aid services and help, including legal aid for a personal insolvency court review, without any charge. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Legal Aid (6 Feb 2019)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the Deputies for raising this issue. The Legal Aid Board recently notified some changes to professional fees payable to lawyers and personal insolvency practitioners in cases that are legally aided under Abhaile. I should emphasise these measures do not reduce the protections afforded to borrowers under Abhaile, as has been claimed by the Deputy. Under section 115A of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Foreign Policy (6 Feb 2019)

Paul Kehoe: I reiterate that Ireland has continuously voiced its support for the democratically elected national assembly, in which Mr. Guaidó was elected President last month. We have also urged Mr. Maduro to fully respect and restore the independence and powers of the national assembly. Ireland is committed to finding ways to foster shared democratic solutions that bring political stability and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Foreign Policy (6 Feb 2019)

Paul Kehoe: I apologise on behalf of the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, who is unable to attend because he is abroad. The Government continues to be deeply concerned by the political, economic, social and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela. The crisis continues to have a grave impact on the Venezuelan people and has resulted in mass migration, affecting countries in...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medical Services (6 Feb 2019)

Paul Kehoe: A psychiatrist has not yet been appointed to the Defence Forces. A direct entrant competition for the position of military psychiatrist that closed on 30th September 2018 yielded no applications. Efforts to secure a locum psychiatrist have also been unsuccessful to date. In an effort to address this I have recently given approval for my Department to conduct a competition for a contracted...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (6 Feb 2019)

Paul Kehoe: 105. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to a person (details supplied) to provide support to maintain their mobility and independence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5778/19]

European Defence Agency Project: Referral to Select Committee (5 Feb 2019)

Paul Kehoe: I am being honest, upfront and frank with the Deputy.

European Defence Agency Project: Referral to Select Committee (5 Feb 2019)

Paul Kehoe: We have to move with the times. The threats we face today, whether with UNIFIL, UNDOF or the European Union Training Mission, EUTM, in Mali, or indeed in the Congo, are totally different. That is why it is so important that we work-----

European Defence Agency Project: Referral to Select Committee (5 Feb 2019)

Paul Kehoe: -----as Deputy Boyd Barrett said, with like-minded states. These like-minded states are participating in peacekeeping duties as well.

European Defence Agency Project: Referral to Select Committee (5 Feb 2019)

Paul Kehoe: I am very disappointed that Deputy Boyd Barrett did not thank me for wishing him a happy birthday.

European Defence Agency Project: Referral to Select Committee (5 Feb 2019)

Paul Kehoe: His page notes that he is 51. I always thought he was 26 or 27, but perhaps that is wrong as well. Ireland's participation in the European Defence Agency affords us the opportunity to keep abreast of best practice and new developments in the defence environment and military capabilities for our Defence Forces which undertake the roles assigned to them by the Government. I will state...

European Defence Agency Project: Referral to Select Committee (5 Feb 2019)

Paul Kehoe: -----that we give members of our Defence Forces the best equipment, the best capabilities available and, more importantly, the best training. That is why we train with like-minded states, offering us interoperability which allows us to go out and participate in UNIFIL, UNDOF, EUTM in Mali and in the Mediterranean with our Naval Service. We have the experience of being able to participate...

European Defence Agency Project: Referral to Select Committee (5 Feb 2019)

Paul Kehoe: It is important that we do so, and -----