274. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider awarding a State pension on reaching retirement age to those persons who contracted hepatitis C and were unable to work due to their illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23104/17]
216. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities that are utilising the auxiliary fire service resource within the Civil Defence to assist and supplement the permanent fire brigade service in view of the increase in grass, gorse and forest fires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22773/17]
98. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to bring forward legislation on periodic payments for medical negligence cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23133/17]
162. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made to ensure that Palestinians that are incarcerated in prisons in Israel are afforded their human rights and are treated in a fair and humane manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22421/17]
161. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made at national and international level to address the concerns raised by Palestinian prisoners that are currently on hunger strike as of 17 April 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22420/17]
158. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether steps must be taken at international level to protect the LGBT community in Chechnya and to assist those who are being forced to flee the country due to sexual orientation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22412/17]
157. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made by the Government to protect and assist the LGBT community in Chechnya; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22411/17]
185. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the core funding grant application of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22186/17]
170. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Saudi Arabia has vetoed investigations into human rights abuses in its own country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22344/17]
169. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the sanctions which have been taken against current members of the human rights council that have been found to be in violation of human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22343/17]
168. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current members of the United Nations Human Rights Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22342/17]
612. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the DART interconnector and DART underground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21705/17]
611. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the planned extension of the DART to Balbriggan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21704/17]
309. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has considered funding treatment support for the Yazidi women in Iraq that have been subject to rape, torture and sexual slavery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21667/17]
291. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps he will take to remove the discriminatory eligibility for the State pension which mainly affects women that had a break in employment service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21723/17]
290. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Social Protection when the review on conditions and criteria for State pension entitlement and eligibility will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21722/17]
195. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a new site for a school (details supplied) as announced in November 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21688/17]
194. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the next phase of the school building for a school (details supplied) will commence; the position regarding this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21687/17]
1366. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the construction of metro north will commence; the timeframe for construction; the target date for completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20171/17]
1325. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the implications for Ireland of the UK leaving the single aviation market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19552/17]
1324. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is putting in place contingency plans to deal with the potential impacts of Brexit on the aviation industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19551/17]
1323. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with the Dublin Airport Authority to discuss Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19550/17]
1322. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had with his European counterparts in relation to standardising or reducing the fees that airlines can charge for changing a name on an airline ticket; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19549/17]
1321. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are regulations in place in relation to the fees that airlines can charge for changing a name on an airline ticket; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19548/17]
1164. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the report by a company (details supplied) into harness racing here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19405/17]
1146. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to make historical Land Commission records available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19263/17]
386. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of the provision of a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20563/17]
377. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding the provision of a new secondary school for the Swords area of County Dublin, as announced in November 2015; if he has identified locations for the proposed schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20516/17]
376. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding the provision of a new secondary school for the Malahide and Portmarnock areas of County Dublin, as announced in November 2015; if he has identified locations for the proposed schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20515/17]
57. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps other than statements of condemnation which have been taken or will be taken at EU and international level against the preparators of the chemical attack in Idlib, Syria, which is a violation of international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18289/17]
54. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent events in Hungary including the silencing of critical media outlets; the steps that have been taken at EU level in view of such events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18291/17]
51. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to formally recognise the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18290/17]
43. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to reverse the decline in the percentage of GDP allocated to overseas development aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18293/17]
39. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent events in Venezuela; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18292/17]
27. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked 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. [18553/17]
25. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the rights of 1.8 million persons in Northern Ireland to EU citizenship under the Good Friday Agreement will be protected in full after Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18552/17]
417. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of foreign birth registrations from 2012 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18136/17]
412. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the current political situation in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17633/17]
411. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the situation in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17632/17]
410. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his most recent meeting at the European Foreign Affairs Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17631/17]
120. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the commitments the Government has made in terms of accepting refugees and unaccompanied minors in Ireland; the number of persons to date who have been accepted under the various resettlement and relocation programmes, in tabular form; the number of unaccompanied minors who have arrived; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17702/17]
79. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proportion of the €1 million funding provided for in budget 2017 for community CCTV schemes which will be allocated to north County Dublin; when she expects this money to come into effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17181/17]
669. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department, in conjunction with other Departments, has been or is in the process of examining or conducting an analysis on a country and sector basis of the way Brexit will impact Ireland's trading relationship with the remaining EU member states; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16319/17]
403. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the Irish embassy in Tehran, Iran, will be reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16676/17]
395. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration has been given to the need for new formal structures to be established to facilitate dialogue between the British and Irish Governments post Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16321/17]
394. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has or is in the process of preparing an analysis on a country basis of the way and the sectors in which Ireland can build on its bilateral relationships with the remaining EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16320/17]
392. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the EU is planning new arrangements with third countries on migration and refugees; the steps that are taken before such arrangements are agreed, to ensure that the rights of refugees are upheld; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16239/17]
391. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the EU-Libya deal on migration and refugees; if he has satisfied himself that Libya is a safe country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16238/17]
390. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had on new embassies opening here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16237/17]