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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Accountability Report 2012: Discussion with European Movement Ireland (21 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: On behalf of the committee I thank Ms Sparks and Mr. Richmond for coming before the committee and for the work the organisation has put into the report. The committee is very appreciative of it and we look forward to next year's report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Accountability Report 2012: Discussion with European Movement Ireland (21 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: I ask Mr. Richmond and Ms Sparks to respond to the questions and make any final comments they may have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Accountability Report 2012: Discussion with European Movement Ireland (21 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: Journalists could do that themselves if they wanted because the information is all available online on the committee website if they choose to go there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Accountability Report 2012: Discussion with European Movement Ireland (21 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank Mr. Neale Richmond and Ms Billie Sparks for their presentation today. I will begin by addressing some comments to Ms Sparks. It is great that she has appeared before the joint committee to talk about the future of Europe. All members respect the work of European Movement Ireland, EM Ireland, and its attempts to try to educate and inform people as to what is going on in Europe and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Accountability Report 2012: Discussion with European Movement Ireland (21 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: The first item on our agenda is a discussion with European Movement Ireland, EM Ireland, about its recently published accountability report, which covers the last financial year. On behalf of the committee, I welcome Councillor Neale Richmond and Ms Billie Sparks. The delegation will address the committee on two issues: EM Ireland's submission to the committee on the future of the EU and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Election Management System (21 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 479. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a rule in France which allows Irish persons who haved lived there for a period of time to vote in their general elections; if he has a plan to offer a similar arrangement for French persons living here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23696/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 610. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the the backlog of applications for persons who need to do a period of adaptation and assessment in a hospital (details supplied) in County Dublin in order that they may be accepted into An Bord Altranais; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23691/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (21 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 687. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any staff that need to be recruited for the south Meath community health team; the make up of the south Meath community health team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24355/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Irish Presidency of EU: Discussion with Amnesty International (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank the delegation for attending today. Before we adjourn I ask members to remain for a few minutes in order to conclude a small bit of business.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Irish Presidency of EU: Discussion with Amnesty International (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: We will ask the Minister of State about that. She will be before the committee in about two weeks. We will make a note to ask her about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Irish Presidency of EU: Discussion with Amnesty International (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: Islamophobia?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Irish Presidency of EU: Discussion with Amnesty International (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: What is Ms McGowan's best estimate of the number of Muslims in Europe? Is it 15 million or 20 million?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Irish Presidency of EU: Discussion with Amnesty International (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: If there are other points the witnesses want to raise having reviewed the minutes of the meeting, I ask them to send them to us and we will make sure members receive a copy of them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Irish Presidency of EU: Discussion with Amnesty International (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: On behalf of the committee, I express our appreciation to the witnesses for attending today and sharing their thoughts and recommendations with us. We will take them on board and if we receive additional information from them in the near future we will be able to raise some issues with the various Ministers in advance of the June General Affairs Council.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Irish Presidency of EU: Discussion with Amnesty International (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: In regard to Islamophobia, the witnesses will be aware that Ireland hopes to open a chapter on Turkey's accession to the European Union but there will undoubtedly be resistance to Turkish membership. How much of that resistance would the witnesses ascribe to institutional Islamophobia and is Amnesty International doing anything to combat that on a pan-European basis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Irish Presidency of EU: Discussion with Amnesty International (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: You mentioned where the European Union has leverage. Are you proposing that sanctions should be applied? What do you think should be done by the Union and the Commission to try to put pressure on member states?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Irish Presidency of EU: Discussion with Amnesty International (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: For any particular cases, or in general.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Irish Presidency of EU: Discussion with Amnesty International (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: The documents given to Mr. O'Gorman were published by the European Commission and are based on its assessment of the national strategies on Roma that have been produced in the various countries.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Irish Presidency of EU: Discussion with Amnesty International (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: Thank you very much, Mr. O'Gorman. Before asking my colleagues to contribute, I will make a few comments on the presentation. We were delighted to receive Mr. O'Gorman's comments on the EU Presidency to date, as well as his thoughts on what we should be doing for the remaining few months of the Presidency. Mr. O'Gorman is absolutely right concerning the need to talk further about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Irish Presidency of EU: Discussion with Amnesty International (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: I will make sure that Mr. O'Gorman has got a copy of the documents the Deputy is referring to.