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Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: Deputy Ó Caoláin should be allowed to speak without interruption.

Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: The next spearkers are Deputies Michael Healy-Rae, Mattie McGrath and Danny Healy-Rae, who are sharing eight minutes. Is that agreed?

Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: No. Everyone will have the same.

Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: The Deputy is going into someone else's time.

Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: The Deputy is interrupting other people.

Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: Keep going, Deputy.

Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: The next speaker is Deputy Bríd Smith who is sharing time with Deputy Mick Barry.

Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: I have lived all my life in the constituency of Louth in a community that suffered the fallout from the Troubles yet benefitted greatly from our membership of the EU. It was only with peace and EU investment that our region came out of the shadow and began to thrive. That process ensured an invisibility in our Border. It would be a regressive and retrograde step should any damage be caused...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme (15 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if €86 million was allocated to capital assistance scheme (CAS) projects in 2016; the amount of this allocation that was actually spent on CAS projects; if all CAS applications received were considered for funding; the areas to which the balance of the allocation for CAS projects not used for CAS projects...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme (15 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of an application for capital assistance scheme funding (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) submitted a proposal to his Department through Louth County Council in this case in 2016 and has not yet received a reply; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Mobile Telephony Services (15 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 263. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason Irish mobile telephone customers are paying more than other European customers for making calls when abroad; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that according to ComReg the average surcharge applied by Irish operators is 98c per minute compared with just 69c across the EU; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Mobile Telephony Services (15 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 264. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the outcome for roaming charges between Ireland and the UK post-Brexit (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this is a serious issue for persons living in the Border regions in which mobile operator service providers automatically switch over and back; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Regulations (15 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 287. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the severe restrictions imposed on community and voluntary groups and community work placement initiatives by the need to comply with the Safety, Health and Welfare Act 2005; if she will make it mandatory that all persons employed under these schemes will receive proper training, proper clothing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Issues (14 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the EU ESTA proposal; if she has discussed it with her UK counterpart; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6917/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (9 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: I welcome the Minister's comments and thank him for his proactivity on questions from the Dáil and Seanad on this important funding stream. I have lived through all of the peace programmes and INTERREG programmes. Indeed, when INTERREG was announced, many in the Border area wondered if it was an Easter egg. There was a great deal of difficulty in trying to understand what the...

Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: Deputies Josepha Madigan and Peter Fitzpatrick are sharing time.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade in Fuel and Tobacco Products (8 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the number of seizures of illicit cigarettes and tobacco has dropped 16% from 7,154 seizures in 2015 to 6,024 in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6147/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (8 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 208. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the waiting lists in County Louth for occupational therapy are increasing; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are children on the waiting list for more than 20 months because of staff shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6206/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (8 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there are continuing delays in payments under the GLAS scheme; when a person (details supplied) will receive payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6142/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan (8 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 253. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if consideration will be given to appointing a number of liaison officers from his Department to deal with different regions in taking broadband queries on behalf of members of the public submitted by elected representatives; if further consideration will be given to supplying elected representatives with the contact...