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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 Mar 2021)

Joe McHugh: 442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of investment works at schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11453/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Joe McHugh: 970. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol for travel from the United Arab Emirates to Ireland in summer 2021 as far as can be projected in circumstances in which a person has been vaccinated in the first quarter of 2021; if travel home to see family will be permitted with a negative PCR test; if quarantine for 14 days will be mandatory; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (17 Feb 2021)

Joe McHugh: 109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress with regard to the N14 road between Letterkenny and Lifford, the Bonagee bypass and the Ballybofey and Stranorlar bypass, County Donegal which were all committed to in the National Development Plan 2018-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8721/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Feb 2021)

Joe McHugh: 229. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to a special one off support for new businesses (details supplied) that were still developing their product at the onset of Covid-19 and were expecting to trade in early 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8616/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (17 Feb 2021)

Joe McHugh: 284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he envisages changes to the upper limits of the mica scheme for counties Donegal and Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8398/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (17 Feb 2021)

Joe McHugh: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authority housing is included in the mica remediation scheme in counties Donegal and Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8402/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Feb 2021)

Joe McHugh: 412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school project works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8331/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Feb 2021)

Joe McHugh: 446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of capital investment in schools (details supplied) which were all sanctioned funding under the previous Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8720/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (17 Feb 2021)

Joe McHugh: 579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress of capital works at Letterkenny Institute of Technology which were secured under the previous Government; the progress in relation to university status for the institute which also received a commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8722/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Feb 2021)

Joe McHugh: 769. To ask the Minister for Health if there are issues with the manufacturing of the pneumonia vaccine given that there appears to be a shortage in supply in recent months (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8327/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Northern Ireland Protocol (Article 16) (resumed): Engagement with Mr. Maroš Šefovi (16 Feb 2021)

Joe McHugh: Deputy Duffy and Senator Doherty will join the meeting virtually. I welcome European Commission Vice-President Mr. Maroš Šefovi to our meeting today. We welcome our engagement this morning and the opportunity to ask questions about the sequence of events that ultimately led to the Commission triggering Article 16 before it made a U-turn on the decision. Before we begin, all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Northern Ireland Protocol (Article 16) (resumed): Engagement with Mr. Maroš Šefovi (16 Feb 2021)

Joe McHugh: I thank Vice-President Šefovi. I will go straight into questions and, with the agreement of members and Vice-President Šefovi, I will take members individually and ask the Commissioner to respond to each member on an individual basis. I encourage everybody to keep it tight, specific and efficient and we may get a chance to come in a second time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Northern Ireland Protocol (Article 16) (resumed): Engagement with Mr. Maroš Šefovi (16 Feb 2021)

Joe McHugh: I will now pass to Deputy Richmond. Without intervening at this stage, I will say there has to be some clarification. There is an acceptance that the President, Ursula von der Leyen, apologised for triggering Article 16. I know that the language being used today is that it was never activated. We all accept that it was not fully implemented but there has to be an acknowledgement that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Northern Ireland Protocol (Article 16) (resumed): Engagement with Mr. Maroš Šefovi (16 Feb 2021)

Joe McHugh: Vice-President, I am reverting to Irish because I made a mistake earlier in calling you President. I will call you leas-uachtarán and will refer to Ursula von der Leyen as an t-Uachtarán. Leas-uachtarán is Mr.Šefovi's new title today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Northern Ireland Protocol (Article 16) (resumed): Engagement with Mr. Maroš Šefovi (16 Feb 2021)

Joe McHugh: Next is Teachta Ó Murchú. We still have four of five people looking to contribute and we have fewer than 50 minutes left. Deputy Ó Murchú will be followed by Senator Regina Doherty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Northern Ireland Protocol (Article 16) (resumed): Engagement with Mr. Maroš Šefovi (16 Feb 2021)

Joe McHugh: The Senator can thank this committee because I got a lot of messages on the Friday around 4.30 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Northern Ireland Protocol (Article 16) (resumed): Engagement with Mr. Maroš Šefovi (16 Feb 2021)

Joe McHugh: We are very grateful for Mr. Šefovi's time this morning and his participation in the meeting. I acknowledge his contribution and also his willingness to engage with the committee on a more permanent basis in future. I think he gets a sense from this morning's meeting that there is a desire and an appetite to do that. It is very significant to have him with us today, albeit...

Select Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil). (16 Feb 2021)

Joe McHugh: An féidir liom labhairt ar leasuithe Uimh. 62 agus 63?

Select Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil). (16 Feb 2021)

Joe McHugh: Ba mhaith liom cúpla pointe a dhéanamh faoin ainm cheart a bheith ann. Thar na blianta, bhíodh daoine ag tabhairt amach faoi na botúin atá ag baint leis an Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí. Mar a dúirt mo chomhghleacaí ó Chontae Phort Láirge, is é sin an rud a chuireann isteach ar dhaoine agus bíonn siad iontach míshásta...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (9 Feb 2021)

Joe McHugh: We are in public session. Apologies have been received from Deputy John Brady. I propose that we go into private session to deal with housekeeping matters.