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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

Seán Haughey: 253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which persons who have engaged the services of a building contractor to build a house which has not yet been completed can prove in practice that their case involves overcrowding or a threat to the spread of Covid-19 with regard to the measures set out in SI No. 29 of 2021 Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (17 Feb 2021)

Seán Haughey: 335. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will raise the continuing conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia at the UN Security Council; if the council will be appraised by Ireland of the need for urgent international action in respect of this regional conflict and to call for an end to ongoing military operations in Tigray; if the council can also be requested to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2021)

Seán Haughey: 361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that there are enough special schools and classes for primary school children with additional educational needs including autism in the Howth, Dublin 13, area which is in the Donaghmede, Howth, Dublin 13 school planning area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7916/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (17 Feb 2021)

Seán Haughey: 553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the CAO and HPAT closing dates can be extended for students who sat the leaving certificate in November 2020 in order that any improved grades obtained by them can be taken into account, which could allow them to commence undergraduate courses requiring higher points in September and October 2021; if their change of mind with regard to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Garda Powers (17 Feb 2021)

Seán Haughey: 654. To ask the Minister for Health if An Garda Síochána has the powers to implement the regulation which requires persons who travel from another state into Ireland via Northern Ireland to have a not-detected PCR test result and to observe the statutory quarantine regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7923/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Garda Powers (17 Feb 2021)

Seán Haughey: 655. To ask the Minister for Health if An Garda Síochána has the powers to prevent persons travelling from Ireland travelling to Belfast International Airport with a view to travelling abroad for non-essential purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7924/21]

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

Seán Haughey: I thank the Commission Vice-President for his attendance. I also thank him and his team for the work they have put in to getting the Northern Ireland protocol agreed. He said it took up a lot of his time so he is obviously a patient man. We appreciate the work he and his team put into the protocol. We have spoken about the political fallout from the attempted triggering of Article 16....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (10 Feb 2021)

Seán Haughey: 152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand the Irish Coast Guard station in Howth, County Dublin; if plans for the leasing of the land by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to his Department in order to facilitate this expansion can be finalised without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6982/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (10 Feb 2021)

Seán Haughey: 220. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to extending the help-to-buy scheme beyond 2021; if the claimable period for this allowance is the four years prior to an application; if these four years must be full or partial tax years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6983/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (10 Feb 2021)

Seán Haughey: 369. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent military coup in Myanmar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6986/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (10 Feb 2021)

Seán Haughey: 449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review the DEIS scheme; if new schools can make an application to be admitted to this scheme on the basis of changed circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6984/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Feb 2021)

Seán Haughey: 692. To ask the Minister for Health if a person in any category who has a conscientious objection to receiving one particular type of Covid-19 vaccine can opt instead for a different vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7597/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme (10 Feb 2021)

Seán Haughey: 709. To ask the Minister for Health if he will designate classical homocystinuria as a long-term illness given that a similar condition known as phenylketonuria is classified as such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6386/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Northern Ireland Protocol (Article 16): Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (9 Feb 2021)

Seán Haughey: I am not going to repeat what other speakers said, other than to say that the triggering of Article 16 was a serious mistake with serious political fall-out. What the committee is doing and intends to do at subsequent meetings is to find out what actually happened. We need to learn the lessons from it. I know the Minister said that we cannot really move on from it, but we will eventually....

Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Feb 2021)

Seán Haughey: I am glad that this Bill has reached Second Stage in the Dáil. The proposed provisions of the Bill were the subject of prelegislative scrutiny in the last Dáil. I am aware that the relevant stakeholders are anxious to have the Bill enacted as soon as possible. This Bill is a reforming one, as has been said, and is a consequence of the national aviation policy, published in 2015,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (4 Feb 2021)

Seán Haughey: 43. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners online website can be made more user friendly; if it can be simplified for users; if less jargon and terminology could be used on the website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6086/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Pension Provisions (4 Feb 2021)

Seán Haughey: 178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the case of a person (details supplied) who is seeking to be awarded a Garda widow’s pension on compassionate grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6087/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (3 Feb 2021)

Seán Haughey: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason an employee (details supplied) who was on the temporary wage subsidy scheme recently received a tax bill for 2020; if it is open to them to query this bill given their circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5666/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Feb 2021)

Seán Haughey: 260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will allow for the refurbishment or construction of single private houses that are in progress to continue beyond 1 February 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5064/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (3 Feb 2021)

Seán Haughey: 315. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the presidential election which took place in Belarus in August 2020 was not free and fair; if he will condemn the arrest and imprisonment of peaceful protesters in Belarus subsequently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5106/21]