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Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Go raibh maith agat.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Go raibh maith agat. The Deputy's time is up. Deputy Boyd Barrett is to share his time with Deputy Coppinger.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Effects of Brexit on Border Region: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I thank the Chairman and members for their indulgence. I am not a member of the committee. Normally members of the committee speak first, but I have another meeting to attend at 10.30 a.m. I hope to meet the witnesses in the audiovisual room later. I welcome the delegation. I pay tribute to local councillors right across the Border region, the management of local authorities and the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Roads Maintenance (11 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: In opening this debate I wish to acknowledge, first, the progress made in the winter gritting programme across the country over many years and especially the outdoor staff who work ungodly hours to deliver the gritting programme, which is often and mainly dictated by local authority officials and budgets. As the Minister, Deputy Ross, rightly knows, ice and snow bring a Christmas thrill but...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Roads Maintenance (11 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I thank the Minister for his response. Technology is playing a major part in making further improvements. However, it would improve matters if additional weather stations across the network to those to which the Minister referred, were installed, particularly in my council area. I look forward to the installation of two additional stations, one on the N53 at Deerpark and one on the N2 at...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I will not delay the business of the House other than to say that I fully concur with the sentiments expressed by the previous two speakers. I was acutely involved in the old regime of the health board and directly involved in the purchase of the hospital when it came into State ownership. It is wrong to try to disrespect the legacy of those who founded the hospital and the investment made...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (11 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of secondary school places available in 2019 by school in County Louth and east County Meath in tabular form; the level of demand for these places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52030/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (11 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of children who will be in sixth class over the next number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52031/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (11 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of male and female students in secondary school classes in County Louth and east County Meath by school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52032/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: As the Tánaiste and many others in this House well know, legacy issues from the Northern Ireland Troubles continue to impact on many families. I refer not only to the Dublin-Monaghan or Dundalk bombings, but also to many individual cases that have had an impact both North and South. It is an issue that persistently comes up in the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: As Deputy O'Dowd said, it is great to see some former and current colleagues at this meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Professor O'Brien always has a problem with me. I hope I am not repeating what has been said already as I was a little late in arriving. Is the degree of pressure on the local authorities regarding land purchase loans in terms of the availability of money to repair voids an issue? The Minister told me in the Dáil that if any local authority is not in a position to repair voids in its...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Speak to the Bill, please.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Is the amendment being pressed?

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: The Minister is waiving his entitlement to speak again on these amendments.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I ask Deputies to stay within the time limits. We are back to the second round of two-minute contributions and I encourage people not to be repetitive.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I have already called time. If people do not show respect for the time, it is a problem.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Please allow Deputy Fitzpatrick to continue without interruption. His time is running out.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Address the Bill.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I express my abhorrence of the vilification, disrespect, disparaging and name-calling during this debate in the House. When I came into the Chamber, I had freedom of conscience in how I voted on whether a referendum should be held. In that vote one third of those who voted, 32 out of 110, were not in favour of holding the referendum. When it was held, one third of the people voted in a...