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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Dec 2020)

Seán Haughey: 293. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will allow outdoor activity businesses avail of the covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44171/20]

Post-European Council: Statements (16 Dec 2020)

Seán Haughey: The talks on a free trade agreement between the EU and the UK continue. As we have heard, the President of the European Commission stated this morning that there is now a path to an agreement. The path may be very narrow but it is there, and it is therefore our responsibility to continue trying. The British Prime Minister also told the House of Commons this morning that he hopes the EU...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (16 Dec 2020)

Seán Haughey: 60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene with an airline (details supplied) to ensure that it pays refunds to passengers who had their flights cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43644/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Dec 2020)

Seán Haughey: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stages of a typical school building project from beginning to end in tabular form; the steps involved in each of these phases; the timeline for a new permanent school building project (details supplied) in this context; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43969/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Movement of Goods throughout Europe post-Brexit: Irish Maritime Development Office (16 Dec 2020)

Seán Haughey: I thank Mr. Lacey for his presentation. The IRHA has taken issue with the report. I am not going to go into that now because I suspect that there are others here who will do that. I have two secondary questions in my capacity as a Deputy for Dublin Bay North, which is adjacent to Dublin Port. The first question was also referred to in earlier contributions, which is the traffic management...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Seán Haughey: 136. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will permit Santa grottos to operate in indoor shopping centres in cases in which they adhere to level 3 safety guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43461/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance (15 Dec 2020)

Seán Haughey: 210. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for reform for the motor insurance industry; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some motor insurance companies are loading premiums in cases in which motorists move to an area of disadvantage and high density population; if actuarial data is made available to his Department which could be used to validate such loading; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (15 Dec 2020)

Seán Haughey: 389. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if advance local consultation now takes place in respect of proposed direct provision centres to be provided by private operators; if such local consultation takes place in respect of a possible centre at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42870/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Administration (10 Dec 2020)

Seán Haughey: 320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has requested that arrangements be put in place to facilitate the provision of information by State bodies to Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas; if SOLAS has a dedicated email address in place for Oireachtas Members as is the case with many other State...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Brexit Issues: Members of the House of Commons (9 Dec 2020)

Seán Haughey: I thank the witnesses for joining us and it is good to see them all again. I thank the UK committee for the work that it has done on the Northern Ireland protocol, the common travel area and for its ongoing engagement with this committee. All of that work is very much appreciated. On the message that we heard yesterday by the British Government on the withdrawal agreement, there is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Seán Haughey: 222. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will review current Covid-19 restrictions in order to allow dance classes to resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41807/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (8 Dec 2020)

Seán Haughey: 302. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) which is receiving international attention; if he will contact the Government of Pakistan regarding the plight of the person; if the person will be granted asylum here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41160/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Dec 2020)

Seán Haughey: 459. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will amend the early childhood care and education scheme and the national childcare scheme in order that a child who must delay participation in ECCE due to them having language difficulties and who is then only eligible for one year under the ECCE scheme due to their age can be financially supported in some way in cases in which...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Places (3 Dec 2020)

Seán Haughey: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that there will be enough post-primary school places available generally to meet demand in the Donaghmede, Howth and Dublin 13 school planning area for the 2021-2022 school academic year; if there are enough all boy school places in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40848/20]

Pre-European Council: Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Seán Haughey: We are reaching the endgame on Brexit. A landing zone is in sight and we hope the UK and the EU will land on it either by the end of this week or by next week. For some time now, we have been told that the contentious issues are fisheries, level playing field competition issues and governance. I hope a deal can be agreed. It is in the interests of Ireland and the EU and it certainly is in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Migration and Asylum Pact: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Seán Haughey: I thank the delegation and the witness for the presentation. Reform is very much needed in this area and previous attempts at such reform have failed. In assessing the nation states of the European Union, it seems some countries will have problems for whatever reason with this new proposal. They are Hungary, Croatia, Greece, Malta, Poland, the Czech Republic and Austria. It is going to be...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Terrorism (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Haughey: 320. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on suggestions that the Iranian regime is involved in international terrorism; if his attention has or had been drawn to plans to launch a major terrorist attack against the Free Iran Grand Gathering in Paris on 30 June 2018; if his attention has been further drawn to allegations that the Iranian regime was involved in this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Haughey: 373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the shortage of maths and physics teachers in secondary education; the measures she is taking to deal with this problem; if she will consider reducing the current professional master's in education course from two years to one year, given that a two year course involves a big investment of time and money for the students; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Haughey: 498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will pay a working family payment to a person (details supplied); when the application was first received by her Department; if there has been a delay by an inspector completing an investigation into the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40272/20]

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Nov 2020)

Seán Haughey: I wish to refer to the European arrest warrant. I raised this issue on Second Stage. Will the Minister for Justice confirm that the European Commission has issued Ireland a legal warning over delays in extraditing criminal suspects? It is my understanding that suspects wanted in other EU states should be extradited within two to three months. In 2019, 59 suspects were not extradited...