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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their passports and book their tickets and hotel accommodation only to get to the airport and find their passports are out of date.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...

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: On St. Patrick's Day, I fully support the Taoiseach going to the White House and the Ministers going abroad. We are the only country in the world whose national day is celebrated, and whose Ministers can get access to prime ministers and presidents, in various countries around the world. That should continue.

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 acknowledge the tremendous work done by the consular services abroad. Unfortunately, when there is an accident abroad, the first port of call is the local Deputy who will then ring the embassy or consulate. A telephone call from an embassy or a consulate to a family affected gives them comfort that there is somebody who can handle the situation. Will the Minister, please, pass on to...

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: Will the Minister of State visit the refugee camps in Lebanon?

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 for his presentation. Were any organisations or projects suspended owing to fraud or because they were not being run properly? Are there projects or agencies under the remit of the Department under investigation in terms of the manner in which funding was spent? How does the Department police the spend of funding on projects? How does it ensure money is spent...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of residential units purchased for social housing in 2015 and 2016 and costs involved for each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7902/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of residential units built by each of the 31 local authorities for social housing in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7903/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of social housing stock in each of the 31 local authorities as of January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7905/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Applications Data (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of social housing applicants waiting for social housing for each of the 31 local authorities, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7904/17]

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: Sinn Féin Deputies never mentioned it in any of their contributions - not one of them.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (14 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 168. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the timeframe for the deployment of Apple Pay non-cash payment facilities by Irish banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7460/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (14 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of one-off privately owned houses or apartments Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has purchased in each of the years 2015 and 2016, in tabular form; the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7078/17]