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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sugar Quotas Abolition (6 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reimburse money to sugar beet growers and processors for the years 1991 to 2001 in view of the 2017 judgment of the European Court of Justice on the excess levies paid. [10709/18]

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: May I make an opening statement?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: It is not related to the amendment but rather the overall thrust of the meeting.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (28 Feb 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 160. To ask the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) under the fair deal nursing home scheme will be expedited. [10301/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (28 Feb 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to reassess a person (details supplied) with a view to providing additional home help service in the mornings. [10355/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (27 Feb 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 455. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 27 September 2017, the progress made in reducing the length of time families are waiting for children to be assessed for autism spectrum disorder, ASD; and if specific services will be made available to a person (details supplied). [9721/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (27 Feb 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 472. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be placed in a care facility. [9835/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (27 Feb 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 738. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether a process of public notification should be enacted in advance of a private residential dwelling having a change of use to a commercial property, that is, a change of use from a private dwelling to a guest house or a change of use from a private dwelling to one used for residential care for commercial...

Supporting the Suckling Sector: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I wholeheartedly support the motion tabled by my party's agriculture spokesman, Deputy Charlie McConalogue. The suckler sector and the beef producers of this country need proper supports to ensure that we can continue to deliver high quality beef cuts to the housewives at home and abroad. I urge the Minister not to go down the same road as his predecessor when the current Tánaiste,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (21 Feb 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Apologies have been received from Senator Frank Feighan. The Cathaoirleach has been unavoidably delayed. Before we begin, I remind members to turn mobile telephones off completely or put them in silent mode.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (21 Feb 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Before we begin, I remind members, witnesses and guests in the Visitors Gallery to turn off their mobile telephones. As agreed previously, we will now take correspondence in public session, before commencing the main business of the morning. No. 2018/221 is an email dated 8 February from the Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, with recommendations and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Chairpersons Designate of Public Bodies (21 Feb 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I call on Mr. John Mullins, chairman designate of the Port of Cork, to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Chairpersons Designate of Public Bodies (21 Feb 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: We will now have a question-and-answer period. We will go on seniority, as regards party structure. I first call Senator O'Mahony.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Chairpersons Designate of Public Bodies (21 Feb 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Is the Deputy okay with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Chairpersons Designate of Public Bodies (21 Feb 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I ask Senator O'Mahony to give all his questions first as time is of the essence and I would like to allow other members in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Chairpersons Designate of Public Bodies (21 Feb 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: There are many questions to be answered. Some members may have gone off track.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Chairpersons Designate of Public Bodies (21 Feb 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: How many investigations are carried out every year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Chairpersons Designate of Public Bodies (21 Feb 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I am sorry Deputy Ryan but we are running over time. I would like to raise the issue of potholes with Mr. O'Rourke but I will have to leave that to another day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Chairpersons Designate of Public Bodies (21 Feb 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Had any of my colleagues had the information provided today by Mr. O'Rourke during a particular debate last week in the Dáil, the Minister, Deputy Ross, would have been under fire. I now invite Mr. Mullins to respond briefly to the questions relevant to Port of Cork.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Chairpersons Designate of Public Bodies (21 Feb 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I thank Mr. Mullins. It would be remiss of me as a Corkman not to make some comments. I welcome the initiative on the Cork-Santander route. I was in Santander in my previous role as a member of a local authority and it was being talked about then. I commend Mr. Mullins and Mr. Keating on bringing it to fruition. That was very important. Mr. Mullins mentioned that 20% of national port...