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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Deputy McDonald is over the time and eating into other questions.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I am abiding by the rules. I call the Taoiseach.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I thank the delegates for their presentations. I have a couple of questions on the issue of legacy, particularly the possibility of an amnesty. I come from a Border county and deal with many people on both sides of the conflict who were victims. In the context of an amnesty, has anyone explored the possibility of encouraging people to come forward on the basis that families or victims of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: We can talk about optimism or pessimism. The reality is that the people who be interested in the report of this meeting here today are the families who have been impacted. I would like to ask about timescales involved in setting up the statute the witness referred to, that is, the legislation for the Independent Commission on Information Retrieval. It is not up and running. We are here...

Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: People in my community and communities throughout the country are at crisis point in trying to run their businesses because of the crippling cost of employer liability and public liability insurance. Whether self-employed people, tradespeople, companies or indeed, as referenced by many others, voluntary and community enterprises, the cost of this type of insurance is proving to be...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (20 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports awaiting processing through the An Post Passport Express system; the reason for the delays in the processing of passports; his plans to hire new staff to deal with the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12698/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Administration (20 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the turnaround time for the An Post Passport Express applications is approximately two weeks longer than the turnaround time stated on his Department's website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12699/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (20 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 538. To ask the Minister for Health if a HSE tender for the supply of medicine for a specific therapy area will preclude the HSE from reimbursing newly launched medicines for that therapy throughout that tender period regardless of whether the new medicine is more cost effective and clinically effective than the existing treatment option; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12345/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (20 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 539. To ask the Minister for Health if a HSE tender for the supply of a medicine for a specific therapy area will deny clinicians' autonomy of choice for their determination of the most appropriate licensed and reimbursed therapy option for their patient should that medicine not be the designated tender winner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12346/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (20 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 540. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to issue tenders to pharmaceutical manufacturers for the supply of medicine for specific therapy areas in the coming months; if so, the therapy areas that will be tendered for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12347/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Driver Licensing Service (20 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 832. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the requirement for a person to produce a public services card to access services offered by the National Driver Licensing Service; the specific legal basis that the NDLS is using to make the card compulsory to access services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12004/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Regulations (8 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the EU ESTA proposal; if he has discussed it with his UK counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11633/18]

Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I thank Deputy O'Sullivan for giving us some time to say a few words. The blame continues, even in this House tonight. As far as I am concerned, there is far too much shadow boxing relating to both Brexit and the formation of the Northern Assembly. Respect is a two-way process. In this House people are entitled to hold and express opinions, as in any democracy. As far as I can see, some...

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Motion (7 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: There is no need to interrupt Deputy Fitzpatrick. I will wait for my turn.

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Motion (7 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I thank Deputy Fitzpatrick for giving me the opportunity to say a few words. I and my colleagues will be supporting the motion. On entering this House, one of my first discussions with the Ceann Comhairle was about the issue of disability and this Dáil championing it. I am glad at least to see that this convention is going to be passed. I like to refer to people not as having...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cross-Border Co-operation (6 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the work of the joint agency task force dealing with cross-Border criminality; the number of initiatives undertaken to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10756/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (28 Feb 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the population for Drogheda by 2040 data was not mentioned in the national planning framework 2040 document; if data both for Drogheda and Dundalk will be supplied; if this data is computed using existing boundary definitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10393/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (27 Feb 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 484. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that medical practitioners who wish to prescribe cannabis-based products containing THC by applying for a licence under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 are finding it difficult to source the treatment due to the fact that pharmacies are reluctant to stock it as it may affect their licences; and if he will make a...

Project Ireland 2040: Statements (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Robert Burns, Scotland’s national poet in his poem "Ode to a Mouse" speaks of "The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men, Gang aft a - gley". For those who are not familiar with Ulster Scots it means that the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray. I cautiously welcome the national planning framework for 2040 but I am hoping that in planning the work we will...

Project Ireland 2040: Statements (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Yes, the Taoiseach. I welcome the plan's national policy objective No. 2 outlining the regional roles including Drogheda and Dundalk to Newry cross-border where networks will be identified and supported in the relevant regional spatial and economic strategy. I also welcome sections 8.2 to 8.5 of the plan that highlights the importance of the Dublin to Belfast corridor as being the largest...