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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (13 Dec 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 131. To ask the Minister for Health if the capital submission request from the HSE in respect of the upgrade of St. Patrick’s Community Hospital, Fermoy, County Cork has been approved. [52563/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Dec 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Almost 12 months ago I hosted in the AV room of Leinster House a group of consultants and sufferers of pulmonary hypertension. As the Taoiseach will know, given his profession, it is an acute illness of the lungs which causes breathing problems and leads to other ailments. To get through daily life, sufferers incur enormous costs due to the need for oxygen machines and medical prescriptions...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Olympic Games (12 Dec 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 3. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a recent decision by an organisation (details supplied) to suspend the boxing competition at the 2020 Olympics; and if he has made representations on this matter. [52437/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Olympic Games (12 Dec 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I put this question to the Minister of State on the ongoing dispute between the International Olympic Committee and the International Boxing Association. Tokyo 2020 is fast approaching and at the moment it is asked that we suspend boxing competitions from the Olympics. Can the Minister of State please comment?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Olympic Games (12 Dec 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I acknowledge the Minister of State's response and I appreciate that there are talks ongoing to get the matter resolved, but as he can see, this is an international issue. The issue that has arisen is not just about the quality of the sport, it is about the governance of the organisations in question. In other words, we have governments issuing warrants to the president of the International...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Olympic Games (12 Dec 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: The Minister of State fobbed me off again with glossy answers. I have two straight questions. Has the Minister of State spoken to the Irish Athletic Boxing Association? When the Minister was in the capital of the US, Washington DC recently - where they have initiated concerns about the president of the International Boxing Association - attending the World Anti Doping Agency conference...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Olympic Games (12 Dec 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I asked the Minister a question.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Olympic Games (12 Dec 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the recent decision by an organisation (details supplied) to suspend the boxing competition at the 2020 Olympics; and if he has made representations on the matter. [52204/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Olympic Games (12 Dec 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the recent decision by an organisation (details supplied) to suspend the boxing competition at the 2020 Olympics; and if he has made representations on the matter. [52358/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (11 Dec 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I have been following most of the deliberations on the monitor, but if I ask questions that have been asked already, the witness can tell me. I welcome the officials. In the past five or six months, following the severe drought, did the Department notice a spike in the incidence of TB arising in places where farming practices have changed such that farmers are feeding livestock in fields and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (11 Dec 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I am not talking about when the detected animal is being valued but about the carryover period when a farm is locked down.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (11 Dec 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: On the consequential loss issue, I give the example of a farmer who carries store cattle but usually lets them off in the autumn. If his or her farm is locked up before October and before he or she goes to the mart, his or her cycle is upset. He or she is carrying stock into the winter, which means extra feed and extra costs when he or she is not into that type of farming. That is the loss...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (11 Dec 2018)

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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 Dec 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person (details supplied) in County Cork can avail of a three-year passport instead of a ten year passport [51982/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals (11 Dec 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the appeal procedure in place for an area not being designated under the area of natural constraint. [51748/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports (6 Dec 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 56. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent decision of a company (details supplied) to enter the American market with its own butter product; if his attention has been drawn to the fact producers have voiced concerns that this may undermine a premium quality butter brand which is already well established in the American market. [51045/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (6 Dec 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the future national consultative forum arranged by a board (details supplied) will have members from other associated interests. [51460/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (6 Dec 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the employment arrangements in a specific area (details supplied) are satisfactory. [51461/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Eligibility (6 Dec 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if persons (details supplied) in County Cork have qualified for participation in the reviewed ANC. [51469/18]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I will be short and brief. I just want to support this amendment. I suppose the Minister will admit that we must try to bring the whole of society along on the issue that is before us today. While there are two sides to the argument, it is only fair for the Minister to give time and to accept this amendment. Maybe things will progress and there will be changes down the road, but we will...