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An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (9 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I have spoken already on this topic. I will make a few more points today and hopefully get a better balance in the Chamber. Many, including Oireachtas Members and my constituents, will hopefully know that I am against the repeal of the eighth amendment. I was there in 1983. It was a divisive campaign but, luckily, we live in a democracy and the democratic decision was taken. We had a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Application Refusals (8 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a ruling of the Supreme Court on the refusal to grant a passport when adjudicating a similar case (details supplied) which was refused by his Department. [10845/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 372. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist in having a person (details supplied) admitted for a major surgical procedure. [11429/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Eligibility (8 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 454. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when his Department will set a tariff for solar power in respect of the new RESS scheme; if this figure will be higher for up to 500KW as was the case in the REFIT 3 scheme; and his views on whether those that may be requiring a generators grid connection in respect of rooftop solar panels, small scale anaerobic...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (8 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 468. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has compiled a report on making breathalyser devices available to motorists. [10855/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (8 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for bringing forward the new national rental scheme for local authority tenants. [11097/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Apologies have been received from the Chairman and Senator O'Mahony. Before we begin, I remind members to turn off their mobile phones completely or put them on silent mode.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Before beginning, I remind members, witnesses and persons in the Public Gallery to turn off their mobile phones. We will go through our correspondence before moving on to the main business of the day. The first item of correspondence is an email, dated 21 February, from Deputy Munster regarding committee business. We discussed this matter earlier, which will be postponed until the next...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (7 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: We will now turn to our scrutiny of EU legislative proposals, which the committee considered earlier. Regarding COM (2017) 676 under schedule A, there are no subsidiary concerns with this proposal. It is also proposed that this proposal warrants further scrutiny. As such, it is proposed to scrutinise this legislative proposal as part of the committee's consideration of Europe on the Move...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ Group Pensions: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I remind members, witnesses and persons in the Public Gallery to turn off their mobile phones. I welcome everyone to the meeting, particularly Mr. Ronan Gill, chief operating officer and chief financial officer of the CIÉ group. I also welcome Mr. Declan Carlyle, head of group human resources, CIÉ, Mr. Dermot O'Leary, general secretary of the National Bus and Rail Union, NBRU, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ Group Pensions: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I thank Mr. Ennis for his presentation and call Mr. Manuel Cortes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ Group Pensions: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: We will take responses from the witnesses. Mr. Gill is first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ Group Pensions: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Will Mr. Ennis come in on that point? We do not want a cat-and-mouse situation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ Group Pensions: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: We will not have a cat-and-mouse game between the employer and the trade unions. We will return to Mr. Gill to conclude.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ Group Pensions: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: We are losing time. Will Mr. Gill conclude? We will then move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ Group Pensions: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Does Mr. Ennis want to respond to any of the questions from members?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ Group Pensions: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I cannot account for the Minister's movements. I can only tell Deputy Munster that he is out of the State. That is why he cannot attend today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ Group Pensions: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: It was seven to ten days-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ Group Pensions: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I was reading from notes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ Group Pensions: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I call our guests again.