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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Army Pensions (Revised) (8 Mar 2018)

Noel Grealish: Is there a situation where Army personnel could be back on patrol on the Border to stop smuggling should there be a hard or a soft border between Northern Ireland and the Republic?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018)

Noel Grealish: I will be very brief. Like the previous speakers, I compliment and acknowledge the tremendous work of our offices and embassies abroad. Some 320 Irish people died abroad last year. When a Deputy gets a phone call informing him or her of such a death, he or she contacts the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, a representative of which contacts the family of the deceased within minutes....

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018)

Noel Grealish: We are coming up to Easter and St. Patrick's Day. The Minister should have a bit of faith.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018)

Noel Grealish: Regarding the United Nations and our contribution, what has been the impact of the funding cut by the United States on overseas development aid? I am sure it has also cut funding to the United Nations. Is there pressure on other governments to try to make that up or has there been any contact from the United Nations? It is appalling the way President Trump is cutting overseas development...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018)

Noel Grealish: The sum of €707 million is a lot of money but I welcome the increase of €26 million, especially when one goes abroad, particularly on the most recent visit to Malawi and Mozambique, and one sees the programmes in place to help the most vulnerable people in the world. I compliment our staff out there. I would like to see a lot more co-operation between nations to get better...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Births (8 Mar 2018)

Noel Grealish: 253. To ask the Minister for Health when it will be possible for the name of a civil partner of a mother to be included on the birth certificate as co-parent following the passing of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11643/18]

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2018)

Noel Grealish: Last week the Rural Independent Group brought a motion before the House regarding the high costs of motor insurance and today I raise an issue of equal importance, namely, the spiralling cost of business insurance. While Brexit is probably the number one issue of concern at the moment, the cost of insurance affects every single Irish business from a small shopkeeper to a large exporter....

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2018)

Noel Grealish: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. The Alliance for Insurance Reform, relaunched in January, brings together 20 civic and business organisations from across Ireland. It represents 35,000 members, more than 600,000 employees and 41,300 volunteers. This time around, it is much more broadly based than in the past, taking in charities, festivals and sports organisations, as well as small...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (28 Feb 2018)

Noel Grealish: 145. To ask the Minister for Health if a full report on the pilot re-enablement intervention programme in Dublin in 2013 to 2014 was completed; if he will provide a copy of this report; his plans to conduct further pilot trials or to extend this service; the long-term costs or savings to the HSE as a result of this pilot programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10228/18]

Motor Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (27 Feb 2018)

Noel Grealish: A properly kept register of insurance claims and payouts would surely go a long way towards identifying these repeat offenders, and those who are caught should go to prison because not only are they stealing money but they are putting the public at serious risk by staging accidents on public roads. The insurance companies themselves need to up their game in this regard. The cost of...

Motor Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (27 Feb 2018)

Noel Grealish: I move:"That Dáil Éireann: recognises that:— it has been 19 months since the Government first established the Cost of Insurance Working Group and there has been no tangible progress in reducing insurance premiums; — there are several barriers to obtaining motor insurance in Ireland; — vehicles that are ten years old, but with a valid National Car Test...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (27 Feb 2018)

Noel Grealish: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance the rate of stamp duty payable in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10125/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (27 Feb 2018)

Noel Grealish: 519. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 697 of 7 November 2017, when a reply issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10124/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (27 Feb 2018)

Noel Grealish: 520. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home help hours in each county, by new applicants and those waiting for additional hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10126/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Payments (27 Feb 2018)

Noel Grealish: 545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the low emission slurry spreading scheme grant is open to farm contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9455/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Judgments (20 Feb 2018)

Noel Grealish: 249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases of compensation for personal injury that have been struck out of court in the past five years due to the case being deemed fraudulent; the number of these cases subsequently referred to An Garda Síochána for investigation; the number of persons convicted of insurance fraud in each of the past...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (20 Feb 2018)

Noel Grealish: 270. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits conducted by the IDA in County Galway in each of the past three years; the number of these visits that were to locations in Galway city and county respectively, by area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8606/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (20 Feb 2018)

Noel Grealish: 271. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits conducted by the IDA in counties Limerick and Cork in each of the past three years; and the number of these visits that were to locations in the two cities and other areas of those counties respectively, in tabular form. [8607/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (20 Feb 2018)

Noel Grealish: 390. To ask the Minister for Health if there is grant aid made available through his Department or organisations funded by his Department for the purchase of defibrillators by community groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8611/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme (20 Feb 2018)

Noel Grealish: 524. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if Galway City Council can make an application to his Department for funding for LIS schemes in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8609/18]