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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Pat Breen: I am conscious that another vote has been called.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Pat Breen: Has the Minister finished responding to most of the questions from members?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Pat Breen: I will suspend the meeting. When we recommence I will bring in the other members immediately and then the Minister can make a final response to the questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Pat Breen: Yes, that is fine. When we return I will call Deputy Olivia Mitchell and Senators Mark Daly, David Norris and Michael Mullins. Then I will call on the Minister to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Pat Breen: Yes. I will suspend the meeting until after the vote.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Pat Breen: The Taoiseach did not mislead the Dáil in that regard. I ask the Senator to withdraw that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Pat Breen: No, he did not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Pat Breen: The Senator is going to his own sources, but was he listening to the Minister today?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Pat Breen: That is Senator Daly's opinion. That is not misleading the Dáil. The Senator should be very careful about what he says here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Pat Breen: There is no use saying sorry to me. I ask the Senator to observe the rules here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Pat Breen: That is from one legal team.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Pat Breen: Can I have a question from the Senator, please? We must be conscious of the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Pat Breen: I am conscious that there is a vote in the Seanad, so if the Minister could answer the Senators' questions first, it would help us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Pat Breen: Only members can speak at this session. If interruptions continue, I will have to clear the Public Gallery.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Pat Breen: If there are other issues which the Minister has been unable deal with directly now I ask if he would write to the committee members or to the committee as we are under a time constraint. I will allow Senator Daly in briefly but I do not want a Second Stage speech.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Pat Breen: There seems to be a lot of misinformation and I am not fully informed as to the current circumstances. Does the Minister wish to make a final reply on that matter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Pat Breen: I thank the Minister for his attendance. There was great interest in this meeting. Any time the Minister attends our meetings it creates much interest. It is good to have him attend as often as possible and I know he does his best to do so for which I thank him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (8 Jul 2015)

Pat Breen: There is one issue for members to deal with. The committee is issuing a press release on Srebrenica and I ask if the committee members are happy with that press release. I will postpone discussion of the correspondence and the European scrutiny until tomorrow. I will put Senator Daly's two motions on the agenda for the public session of next Wednesday's meeting. Is that agreed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (8 Jul 2015)

Pat Breen: There will not be too many there tomorrow evening. It is for the Senator to decide. I would prefer to leave it until Wednesday if possible but I can do it tomorrow. We are meeting our UN ambassador, David Donoghue, tomorrow and I would appreciate a full attendance.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (8 Jul 2015)

Pat Breen: 37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27726/15]