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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 903. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19606/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 981. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can have an appointment expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19957/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Export Controls (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 1175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 662 on 31 January 2017, if the authorities in China have now formally completed a review of the action plan submitted by officials here as part of efforts being made to persuade the authorities in China to lift these restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19521/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 1329. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process by which drivers can determine when penalty points have expired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19673/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System Data (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 1330. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all historic penalty points have now been removed from a driving licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19674/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Operations (2 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 1401. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the guarantees in terms of using local providers and staff the funds industry has entered into with the IDA or other bodies; and if, in view of a Central Bank report noting the high level of use of outsourcing within the sector, she or the IDA have raised this issue with the funds industry; and if she will make a statement on the...

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The Deputy cannot even say it with a straight face.

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The Spanish have a veto and the Government does not.

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: A veto? All the Government is looking for is a thumbs-up and a pat on the back. Fair play. Forget about the veto.

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: If the Minister of State was as loud in Europe as he is here, we might get somewhere.

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Designated special status within the European Union will allow for the economic prosperity, trade relations and jobs of the entire island of Ireland to be protected and enhanced together. It is the type of imaginative and innovative approach that has been called for by the European Union itself. Given the Government's obligation to uphold the new relationships within Ireland and between...

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I have my suspicions that it is not because of the merits of the proposal but because the proposal originated from Sinn Féin. Perhaps it is because the case of designated special status within the EU challenges the view of the Government that Ireland actually ends at the Border. That is despite the fact that every single citizen in the North has the right to Irish citizenship and the...

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: It is up to the Taoiseach now to represent the interests of the Dáil and the interests of the people throughout the island of Ireland and put that demand at the European Council meeting.

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I understand it is difficult for the Minister of State to take-----

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Second, we need a commitment that the Good Friday Agreement will remain paramount. Third, the Government should seek a veto to ensure no agreement between the EU and Britain may apply to the North of Ireland without the agreement of Ireland and Britain first. That is similar to what has been achieved by the Spanish Government. The European Union should also recognise that other existing...

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: -----to try to prevent these statements taking place in the first place.

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: He said it was an informal meeting of the 27. I welcome the fact that he has acknowledged that it is indeed a European Council meeting.

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: He stated it in the first sentence of his opening statement.

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Perhaps the Taoiseach could be reminded of what the Chair has stated-----

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)

Pearse Doherty: -----which was to let me finish my contribution. The Taoiseach will have his opportunity to wrap up.