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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Documents (13 Dec 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I am glad the Minister is affording it significance.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Documents (13 Dec 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: The Minister should go back and check the record.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (13 Dec 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of recent efforts to restore the Executive in Northern Ireland; the implications for Northern Ireland of the ongoing impasse in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53144/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Migration Crisis (13 Dec 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on recent European efforts to address the refugee crisis and the supports being provided by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53146/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (13 Dec 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if commitments will be made with regard to multi-annual funding for overseas development aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53143/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (13 Dec 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific actions the Government will take in view of President Trump's decision to declare Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and in view of the escalation of illegal settlement activity, forced displacement and demolition of Palestinian villages in Area C; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53142/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (13 Dec 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration has been given to the need for new formal structures for dialogue to be established between the Irish and British Governments in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53145/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council Meetings (12 Dec 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Syria; the efforts being made at EU and international level to bring a resolution to this conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52818/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (12 Dec 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the impact of President Trump's decision to declare Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; the impact he views this will have on the peace process; the actions the Government and the European Union will take in view of this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53209/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (12 Dec 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council; his further views on the announcement of a new political and military alliance between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52817/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukrainian Conflict (12 Dec 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52819/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Election Monitoring (12 Dec 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent presidential election in Honduras, the specific measures that will be taken by the EU and international community following the disputed vote, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53032/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (12 Dec 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 302. To ask the Minister for Health the number of substance use education and-or prevention workers in each of the regional task force areas; the project promoter for each area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52834/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (7 Dec 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees admitted here under the resettlement and relocation programmes; if the target of accepting 4,000 refugees by the end of 2017 will be reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52459/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (6 Dec 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 234. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to assess the possibility of allowing pre schools that are registered with her Department and that operate the early childhood care and education scheme access her Department's group insurance scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52139/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (5 Dec 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans regarding the provision of a new primary school for Swords, County Dublin, in view of the fact that the existing primary schools are at capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51624/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (5 Dec 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if further immigration control officers will be recruited due to the ongoing shortage at Dublin Airport; the number of immigration control officers to date who have been hired in the second phase of recruitment in June 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51556/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (5 Dec 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 345. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources will be provided to the assessment of need office in north Dublin in view of the HSE acknowledgement that it receives the largest volume of applications in the country and that under these circumstances, assessments are taking longer than three months. [51595/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Palestine: Discussion (30 Nov 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I welcome the witnesses. It is a pleasure to have them addressing the committee. I thank Sadaka for the work it does here on behalf of the Palestinians. The issue of Palestine and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is always to the forefront of this committee's work. It is also to the forefront in Fianna Fáil. Unfortunately, today the witnesses have painted a very bleak picture and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I apologise for being slightly delayed in getting to this session. I commend the work being done by the Department, Irish Aid and all our embassies and consular staff across the world because Irish Aid is a pillar of Irish foreign policy. The credibility of our commitments, in particular in respect of overseas development aid, is crucially important because they are public commitments and...