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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (23 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of residential units the Housing Agency has purchased for social housing from January 2016 to date in 2017; the cost of same; the number of units purchased in each of the 31 local authority areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9116/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Derelict Sites (23 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if each local authority has now established a derelict sites register and has the necessary resources to prioritise this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9117/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Assets (23 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if each of the 31 local authorities have a complete property assets register in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9118/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (23 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress on a national taking in charge initiative as set as a key objective in Pillar 5 of the housing policy document, Rebuilding Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9119/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress made on implementing a choice based social housing allocation system across all 31 local authorities as set out as a key objective of Rebuilding Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9120/17]

Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: Gabhaim mo bhuíochas leis an Taoiseach. I acknowledge the support of my colleagues in Galway. Deputy Catherine Connolly raised this in a question to the Minister of State last week. There is full support on this from all Members of the Oireachtas from Galway. The UN military commander in Katanga, Brigadier K. A. S. Raja memorably said that "the Irish troops in Jadotville were...

Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: In September 1961, 155 men from A Company, 35th Infantry Battalion, under the command of the late Commandant Pat Quinlan fought bravely against overwhelming odds for five days in the siege of Jadotville, Congo, against a force of over 3,000 mercenaries and Katangese forces. These brave Irish men followed orders and miraculously suffered no fatalities, while the enemy suffered 300 dead and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Plan (22 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to the publication of the Action Plan for Rural Development, and under Pillar 1, action number 8, when a review of derelict sites legislation will be carried out with a view to assisting in the revitalisation of towns and villages; the timeframe for the completion of this review; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (22 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 173. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Parkinson's groups across the country in receipt of State aid; the amount that an organisation (details supplied) received in State aid in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; if any voluntary groups and charities in County Galway are currently receiving State aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8872/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (22 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of nivolumab; if this drug will be licensed here; the timeframe for completion of the review of the cost effectiveness of this drug in view of the fact that the manufacturer discontinued a compassionate access programme on 30 June 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8873/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (22 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any grants available through his Department for the purchase of fishing vessels by a person wishing to set up a new business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8871/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Joint Sitting with Joint Committee on European Union Affairs
First Vice-President of the European Commission, Mr. Frans Timmermans: Discussion (21 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: I am delighted that the Commissioner had the opportunity to come here. A number of speakers have already touched on the issue of Brexit. I was disappointed to hear the Commissioner say that there should be no bilateral negotiations between Ireland and the United Kingdom. I say that because at the time of the economic crisis in Ireland, David Cameron, the then Prime Minister of Britain said...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: I compliment the Passport Office, the officers of which are absolutely brilliant. I do not know why people still wait until the last minute to renew their passports and book their tickets and hotel accommodation only to get to the airport and find their passports are out of date. I was only let down once by the Passport Office and acknowledge that its staff do excellent work. I welcome the...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: They were Galway people, not just Connemara people.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: I have one question. The group previously received grant aid from the Irish Government. What is the view within the Department of supporting these sorts of centres? I do not specifically mean the cultural centre in Boston as they are all over the world. Is the funding still available for the likes of these projects worldwide? I picked the cultural centre in Boston because I have been...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: As I have mentioned here before, driver licences cannot be renewed online and the situation affects the undocumented Irish in America. A passport is the most important document that a person can have yet it can be renewed online or through the post office. One must show up in person at a particular office to collect a driver licence. It is a huge problem for Irish people who live abroad....

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: We could spend the day talking about the problem.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: I thank the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: I welcome the comments the Minister made on Brexit. It is time we talked it up and not down. There is enough negative talk regarding Brexit. I hope there will be many positives for Ireland. We should continue to push the pluses, not the minuses. That is probably a statement more so than a question.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: I have a particular interest in the Middle East and I hope the committee will have an opportunity to visit, as I have, the refugee camps in northern Lebanon to see the hundreds of thousands of Christians who have been displaced from Syria. The two major superpowers are squaring up to each other in the Middle East, and whatever will happen now with the election of Trump? Peace in the Middle...