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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report: Discussion (30 Jun 2021)

Joe McHugh: The Deputy may ask a supplementary question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report: Discussion (30 Jun 2021)

Joe McHugh: If the Deputy is agreeable, I will allow another speaker in and come back to him later. Murphy's Law is taking over here today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report: Discussion (30 Jun 2021)

Joe McHugh: I would like to home in on a particular issue in reference to the concept of flexibility introduced by Deputy Ó Murchú. I know Deputy Calleary will want to come in on this issue as well as it relates to County Mayo. I acknowledge Mr. Murphy is not the person who designs policy. He is a bookkeeper and all of the rest of it. However, he and his team may be able to help us in terms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report: Discussion (30 Jun 2021)

Joe McHugh: Does Deputy Ó Murchú want to come in on this issue or his previous issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report: Discussion (30 Jun 2021)

Joe McHugh: I appreciate that. It brings it so close to home to have that connection through someone on your own team, so you know at first hand what the situation is. Does Deputy Ó Murchú want to come in on his supplementary of supplementaries?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report: Discussion (30 Jun 2021)

Joe McHugh: Okay. I thank members. We have had a bit of Murphy morning, from Brian Murphy to Tony Murphy to Ruairí Murphy. It is the first time I have called the Deputy Ruairí "Murphy" but it might stick anyway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report: Discussion (30 Jun 2021)

Joe McHugh: I thank Mr. Murphy very much. We really appreciate this. It is important from a constituency point of view, but also from a national legislator point of view, to know about the checks and balances within funding. In solidarity with Deputies Calleary and Ó Murchú, I re-emphasise we would appreciate any signposting or direction he can give us on the defective building materials...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report: Discussion (30 Jun 2021)

Joe McHugh: We are grateful for that and appreciative of Mr. Murphy's contribution and presence here today. I thank him, his team, Brian Murphy and Niamh Mahon, and the committee members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report: Discussion (30 Jun 2021)

Joe McHugh: Before calling Deputy Haughey, I want to say that Deputy Howlin has asked pertinent questions which are probably on all our minds. We are looking for a fairly circumspect response from Mr. Tony Murphy but it is on all our minds and the minds of Irish people.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (29 Jun 2021)

Joe McHugh: 287. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of E3 visas between the United States of America and Ireland; the engagement that has taken place over the past year between Irish representative groups in the US and the Irish Embassy and consulates on the issue of the undocumented Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34954/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (23 Jun 2021)

Joe McHugh: 311. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will intervene regarding recent changes in mackerel licences for small fisherman in view of investments made ranging from €10,000 to €15,000 and time spent in fisheries school in Greencastle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33801/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (23 Jun 2021)

Joe McHugh: Apologies have been received from Deputy Calleary and Senator Martin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland: Representatives from the House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (23 Jun 2021)

Joe McHugh: Ar son an choiste, ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur romhat go dtí an gcruinniú. On behalf of the committee, I welcome to the meeting the members of the House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland. I welcome Lord Jay of Ewelme, Lord Caine, Baroness Goudie, Lord Hain, Baroness O'Loan and Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick. Without putting too much...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland: Representatives from the House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (23 Jun 2021)

Joe McHugh: I thank Lord Jay. I will start the ball rolling with a quick question, which he can pass on to one of his colleagues. He emphasised the importance of strengthening interparliamentary dialogue between the Oireachtas and Westminster. In appreciating the formal mechanisms that are open to us, we all know what is happening with the North-South Ministerial Council, NSMC, and that formal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland: Representatives from the House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (23 Jun 2021)

Joe McHugh: We will come back to Baroness O'Loan in the next round. I thank the witnesses for their comprehensive answers and insight. I call Deputy Ó Murchú, followed by Deputy Haughey. We will take the members individually and Lord Jay of Ewelme can decide how many people should reply.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland: Representatives from the House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (23 Jun 2021)

Joe McHugh: I will hand over to Lord Jay of Ewelme. There are three questions, one on animal medicine, one on potential unilateral action and one on legacy issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland: Representatives from the House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (23 Jun 2021)

Joe McHugh: I have to come back in. There are other members. Deputy Ó Murchú is the first to contribute. We will try to get them in at the end. We will have to be fair to everybody. If Lord Jay has somebody left in this round, we can bring them in in the next round. This time I will bring in Deputies Haughey and Howlin and that will offer a broader range for Lord Jay to signpost to his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland: Representatives from the House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (23 Jun 2021)

Joe McHugh: Thank you. Senator Chambers requested that I ask a specific question on her behalf, which is whether our guests are concerned about political instability in Northern Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland: Representatives from the House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (23 Jun 2021)

Joe McHugh: It is interesting to hear that a man with a young child in the house has time to butter and eat toast in the morning. I do not know where he finds the time. I will pass the questions over to Lord Jay and his team. After this round of answers, his colleagues might want to return serve in our direction. We will be happy to answer as best we can.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland: Representatives from the House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (23 Jun 2021)

Joe McHugh: I thank Lord Jay and his colleagues also. Perhaps we may go back now to Lord Jay if he has any questions. I know that we have Deputies Ó Murchú, Howlin and Haughey on standby to answer any of the questions that they may wish to pose. Perhaps we will take just two questions at a time if that is okay with our guests in the half hour that we have remaining to us.