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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Electricity Transmission Network (30 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister of State. I do not, nor does anybody else, expect the Minister, Deputy Ryan, to be able to change international gas prices. We have a right to expect, however, a competitive, efficient and well-served wholesale market. I contend that successive failures by the Department, EirGrid and the CRU have resulted in the present situation where we have too little generation...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Electricity Transmission Network (30 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: I note my disappointment that the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, is unavailable. I raised a similar issue some weeks ago and the Minister did not show up then either. I am in receipt of an independently commissioned report and analysis of recent details and figures pertaining to the wholesale electricity market in Ireland known as the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: 618. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for orthopaedic surgery. [57184/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (23 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: 619. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an ophthalmology appointment. [57185/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (23 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: 706. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [57622/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: 126. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current strength of the Defence Forces in each of the services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56484/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (18 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: 10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to Palestine and Israel. [56374/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (18 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: During the Minister's recent visit to Israel and Palestine, did he meet with anyone from the Israeli Government and, if not, did he seek to do so? Does he get any sense from this trip that, because of the change of Government in Israel earlier this year, there has been any step change in the Israeli approach? Do any of the Palestinian groups with whom he met have even the slightest hope of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (18 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: I welcome the Minister's statement and his articulation of the issues raised. I acknowledge the delicacy with which he broaches these subjects as a member of the European Council. From the perspective of his being the Minister for Foreign Affairs of this country, I likewise acknowledge the commitment he has made in regard to the Palestinian people and the funds that have been made available...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (18 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: In the Minister's discussions with Israeli Government representatives, was there reference to the motion that was passed by the Dáil stating Israel's action in the West Bank is a de facto annexation? Are there any moves of a similar nature from other European countries conveying the same sentiment?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (18 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister. I would welcome his opinions and impressions of the impact the Polish migration crisis is having on exacerbating the issues in regard to migration at the Belarusian borders. As we know, the Polish Government is talking tough in regard to its stance on migration. It not engaging with the tools available within the EU creates the type of stand-off that means a similar...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (18 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: I acknowledge the Minister's commitment and efforts to ensure that this is internationalised to such an extent that every help and assistance is given in the first instance to those impacted who, as rightly identified by the Minister, are the migrants. We must also ensure that behind that wall there are efforts to resolve this issue with a view to ensuring the Belarusian authorities do not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (18 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: 8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Belarus. [56375/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (18 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: The political crisis in Belarus continues to pose significant challenges for the European Union. It is apparently engineering a migration crisis on its border with Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. The Belarusian leader, Lukashenko, appears to want to force the EU to negotiate with him and his country to ease sanctions against them. That would apparently give credibility to his status despite...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Meetings (18 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: 80. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his attendance at the 2021 annual delegate conference of an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56485/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (16 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: 659. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [56156/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces Veterans: Discussion (16 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: I also apologise for being late. I have no specific questions other than those that have already been asked. I commend both the organisations for making themselves available to the committee and presenting to it. I also thank their extended membership for the work they do and the commitment they give in their own communities. I see the organisations very vividly in my own constituency and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses counties Offaly and Laois, respectively that have registered under the business resumption support scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54373/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in each supported by the employment wage subsidy scheme and its predecessor since the start of the pandemic; the value of the support in each county over that time in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54374/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (4 Nov 2021)

Barry Cowen: 352. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment for orthopaedic surgery at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [53775/21]