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Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (4 Oct 2017)

Pat Gallagher: The others can raise questions, even though their questions are not priorities.

Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (4 Oct 2017)

Pat Gallagher: They will get 18 minutes.

Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (4 Oct 2017)

Pat Gallagher: They will get 18 minutes and I will be sensible about it. We will go one-to-one for the first question, perhaps, and if time is running out for the other questions then maybe we can-----

Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (4 Oct 2017)

Pat Gallagher: Was Deputy Stanley's question No. 24 or No. 23?

Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (4 Oct 2017)

Pat Gallagher: Yes. Let us just be sensible. Starting with Question No. 23, the Minister will have sufficient time to respond.

Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (4 Oct 2017)

Pat Gallagher: I will give the Minister some extra time because of the importance of this. It will be one-to-one now for the first three questions. I call Deputy Stanley.

Animal Welfare: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2017)

Pat Gallagher: In accordance with Standing Order 70(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Thursday, 5 October 2017.

Animal Welfare: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2017)

Pat Gallagher: I thank Deputy Daly and ask the Minister to respond. While the members of the public in the Visitors Gallery must be very happy with the contributions, I ask them to please remain silent.

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)

Pat Gallagher: I understand Deputy Michael Collins, is sharing time.

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Stations (3 Oct 2017)

Pat Gallagher: The Minister of State is inviting comment.

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)

Pat Gallagher: I call Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony who I understand may be sharing time.

Topical Issue Debate: Referendum in Catalonia (3 Oct 2017)

Pat Gallagher: Deputies Crowe, Ó Broin and Boyd Barrett have one minute each.

Other Questions: Legislative Process (3 Oct 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017 in view of the fact the voisinage arrangements between zero and six miles are part of the London Convention and will no longer apply in Northern Ireland waters once the two years UK withdrawal notice expires in July 2019 and in view of the fact that the United Kingdom has served...

Other Questions: Legislative Process (3 Oct 2017)

Pat Gallagher: Where stands the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017 in the context of the voisinage agreement? There are only three questions on the marine before the House today, of which I tabled two. We should take the opportunity of having a brief exchange on the national challenge we face, namely, Brexit.

Other Questions: Legislative Process (3 Oct 2017)

Pat Gallagher: I accept all that but the Minister is referring to history. I asked him where the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill stands now and his plans to see it through the Seanad and back to the Dáil. Since the Minister first introduced the Bill, the situation has radically changed. As he said, the UK announced it would be withdrawing from the London Convention which had to be done two years...

Other Questions: Legislative Process (3 Oct 2017)

Pat Gallagher: A national response to this challenge is essential and all must work together. Deputy Creed, as Minister, has to head this up. Most of our mackerel is caught off the west coast of Scotland where there is good quality early stage fish. Of course, we will catch them as they move down but they will be a much smaller mackerel, it will be much later in the season and will attract a much smaller...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (3 Oct 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 57. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to combat the problems Brexit poses for the fisheries sector; the actions he has carried out to date to ensure that the fisheries negotiations and the wider trade negotiations are fully linked; if the seafood sector will not lose out in the final agreement in terms of access arrangements and the percentage share of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 Oct 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress report for a school (details supplied); the options being considered for the new school building; the timeframe for its delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41909/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 Oct 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects a school (details supplied) to go to tender stage for the new school building; the timeframe for project delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41910/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Accommodation (3 Oct 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made in upgrading the Donegal town Garda barracks; the options being considered as part of the overall improvement plan; the timeframe for moving forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41907/17]