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Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2016)

Noel Grealish: I will try, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I have timed my speech and it is slightly more than three minutes. There has been a great deal of discussion inside and outside this House about the urgent need for the accident and emergency departments in our hospitals to be improved. Hundreds of patients are having to spend nights on trolleys in unacceptable conditions. I would like to highlight the...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (24 Nov 2016)

Noel Grealish: I thank the Minister of State for outlining the reason he is seeking extra funding. I compliment the staff on the excellent work that is done in the Passport Office. Every Oireachtas Member has a number of dealings with the Passport Office each month. I hope, with the agreement of the committee, that word will go back to the Passport Office. I have not known anybody who had to cancel a...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (24 Nov 2016)

Noel Grealish: Next year's figures could be interesting

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (24 Nov 2016)

Noel Grealish: There is a battalion from Galway. Another parochial issue

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (24 Nov 2016)

Noel Grealish: I am aware the Minister of State's recent visit to Canton in the US. I also visited the US recently to attend a wedding. During my visit I had a meeting with Mayor Marty Walsh regarding the undocumented Irish and he assured me that Boston will retain its sanctuary status in that regard. As the Minister of State will be aware Boston, New York, Chicago and San Francisco are cities of...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (24 Nov 2016)

Noel Grealish: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)

Noel Grealish: I thank the Chairman for allowing me to attend this meeting. I am not a member of this committee but I am a rural Deputy and I was interested to listen to the presentations which have hit the nail on the head. Over recent decades rural Ireland has suffered greatly. One of the biggest issues affecting it is the emigration of young people. I returned from the United States recently where...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences Renewals (22 Nov 2016)

Noel Grealish: 528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a facility to enable persons who live abroad to renew their Irish driving licences remotely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35833/16]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Irish Language (9 Nov 2016)

Noel Grealish: 50. To ask the Taoiseach the frequency with which Irish language interpreters were used during the term of the 31st Dáil for each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date. [33982/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration (9 Nov 2016)

Noel Grealish: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance the length of time a vehicle from Northern Ireland can be in this State without crossing back over the Border before the VRT process starts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33980/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration (9 Nov 2016)

Noel Grealish: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is illegal for a resident here to drive a car on loan from a garage in Northern Ireland while repair work is being carried out on their own car which is taxed and registered in the South; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33981/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (9 Nov 2016)

Noel Grealish: 116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason, at a time when he says priority is being given to the building of houses to meet the huge need for social and other accommodation, officials from his Department have effectively stalled the building of 55 houses by Galway City Council in the Ballymoneen Road, Knocknacarra area of Galway city by...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (9 Nov 2016)

Noel Grealish: 140. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects to notify local authorities which applications under the town and village renewal scheme are to go ahead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33985/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Invasive Plant Species (9 Nov 2016)

Noel Grealish: 142. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of invasive species of plants and weed detected in Connemara National Park, Letterfrack, County Galway; the extent of their presence there; the kind of threat they pose to the natural environment; the plans in place to tackle them, including an estimated cost of any such action; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (9 Nov 2016)

Noel Grealish: 194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade the N4 from Sligo to Dublin motorway; if, in the context of Brexit and its effects on the Border region, he will prioritise this upgrade in view of the lack of any motorway to the west and north west north of the M6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33979/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (8 Nov 2016)

Noel Grealish: 85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is legislation in place to limit or prevent begging or harassment in public places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33367/16]

Leaders' Questions (3 Nov 2016)

Noel Grealish: As I said earlier, I appreciate the Tánaiste is doing her best to improve the situation but the improvements cannot come fast enough. There is a huge number of gardaí out there who are simply not enjoying going to work. We need to pick up morale again within An Garda Síochána and we need to resource and finance it properly. Gardaí need to know they have the support...

Leaders' Questions (3 Nov 2016)

Noel Grealish: As I am sure the Tánaiste is aware, morale within An Garda Síochána is at an all-time low. This is due to the fact that in the past ten years gardaí have experienced massive cuts and reductions in numbers. The recruitment ban, which has been in place for more than seven years, resulted in very few new recruits to keep up their numbers. This has led to a level of anger...

Finance Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)

Noel Grealish: I am delighted to have an opportunity to speak on the Finance Bill 2016. I welcome many of the elements of the budget which the Finance Bill will bring into effect, including the reduction in the rate of USC, which is one of the most hated taxes ever introduced in the country. Some people are giving out about the help to buy scheme, but we have to do something to try to get young people...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (20 Oct 2016)

Noel Grealish: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing capital or other allowances for single farm payment entitlements with a base cost to allow the cost, now regarded as a loss since December 2014, to be written off against income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31246/16]