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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Brexit Staff (4 Dec 2018)

Seán Haughey: 586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 877 of 6 November 2018, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50437/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (4 Dec 2018)

Seán Haughey: 632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the provision of jelly and ice cream was initially unapproved by her Department as part of a school meals programme for a special needs school (details supplied) and then was subsequently approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50420/18]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Seán Haughey: The Bill is as it is, it is the words we have before us. I am just not convinced by the assurances that the Minster and others have given in this regard.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Seán Haughey: I listened to the debate last night and this afternoon. The issue of abortion and disability is difficult and complex. In Britain, abortion is generally available up to 24 weeks of pregnancy but it is also legal for any detectable disability for all nine months of pregnancy. There has been discussion about Down's syndrome. Some parents do not like that debate and do not like talking about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: 2018 State of the Union Address and Related Matters: European Commission Representation in Ireland (28 Nov 2018)

Seán Haughey: I thank Mr. Kiely for his clear and factual presentation. It is useful to us to know what is planned in the year ahead. There are reasons to be optimistic over the future of the European Union. Brexit was a shock to the system but many citizens have come to realise the benefits of the European Union, both here in Ireland and in other EU member states. People have become conscious of what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: 2018 State of the Union Address and Related Matters: European Commission Representation in Ireland (28 Nov 2018)

Seán Haughey: Will Mr. Kiely clarify his point on unanimity versus qualified majority voting in respect of the big issues on the table?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: 2018 State of the Union Address and Related Matters: European Commission Representation in Ireland (28 Nov 2018)

Seán Haughey: It is probably a similar case with taxation.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (28 Nov 2018)

Seán Haughey: 191. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in respect of the early intervention team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49646/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (28 Nov 2018)

Seán Haughey: 259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer’s allowance payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49647/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (27 Nov 2018)

Seán Haughey: 194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works is planning to provide a new entrance and exit to the Casino at Marino which is a designated national monument; the planning requirements needed to facilitate this redevelopment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49386/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Television Licence Fee Collection (22 Nov 2018)

Seán Haughey: 193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the aspects of the television licence fee reform the interdepartmental working group is reviewing; when he expects this report to published; if there will be an engagement by the group with stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48770/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Television Licence Fee Collection (22 Nov 2018)

Seán Haughey: 194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on public service broadcasting; his further views on licence fee reform; when he will publish his action plan points in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48771/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Television Licence Fee Collection (22 Nov 2018)

Seán Haughey: 196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on appointing the Revenue Commissioners as the licence fee collection agent to help reduce evasion rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48773/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Ministerial Meetings (22 Nov 2018)

Seán Haughey: 195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss with it the Irish independent production sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48772/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: RTÉ Expenditure (22 Nov 2018)

Seán Haughey: 192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the reduction in spend from RTÉ to the Irish independent production sector (details supplied); the steps he is taking to ensure that this spend in the sector is increased back to 2007 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48769/18]

Brexit: Motion (21 Nov 2018)

Seán Haughey: When speaking in the Dáil about Brexit after the vote in the United Kingdom on 23 June, I paraphrased Yeats in saying "everything is changed, changed utterly." In this case a terrible beast was born, the beast of Brexit. Sometimes it is hard to believe all of this is happening, but, as the saying goes, we are where we are and must deal with the so-called Brexit disaster as best we can....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (20 Nov 2018)

Seán Haughey: 147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to ongoing concerns in respect of the health and welfare of the person; if he will consider offering the person and the person's family asylum here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48055/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (20 Nov 2018)

Seán Haughey: 659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated to Fingal County Council in 2018 to improve accommodation specifically for Travellers; if none of this funding has been spent by Fingal County Council to date; the design plans for the accommodation of Travellers submitted to his Department for approval; the length of time it takes to sanction such...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Committee of the Regions: Discussion. (14 Nov 2018)

Seán Haughey: I thank the delegation for coming. It is important that we have this dialogue and I thank the delegates for the work they are doing in pushing forward the Irish issues in the context of Brexit and with the people they meet in the course of their work. I thank them for the reports they have outlined for us. They will probably agree that the Committee of the Regions is the institution about...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: European Council Meetings (14 Nov 2018)

Seán Haughey: 26. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the October 2018 European Council meeting in Brussels; the issues discussed at this summit; and the details of bilateral meetings he participated in. [44886/18]