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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2016
78. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will transpose the fourth European Union anti-money laundering directive 2015/849 into law. [20099/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2016
33. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his priorities during the Slovakian European Union Presidency and how these priorities may have changed due to the result of the referendum on the United Kingdom withdrawing from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19718/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2016
30. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contingency plans he has developed to deal with the result of the British referendum on withdrawal from the European Union. [19751/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2016
24. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his rationale for renewing the financial emergency measures in the public interest legislation, given recent reports that Ireland is the European Union's fastest growing economy; if he had discussions with the Department of Finance prior to this renewal on alternative possible revenue streams to replace the €2.2 billion that public sector workers contribute to the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19754/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2016
22. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rationale for renewing the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest legislation, given recent reports that Ireland is the European Union's fastest growing economy; if he had discussions prior to this renewal with the Department of Finance on alternative revenue streams to replace the €2.2 billion that public sector workers contribute to the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20100/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2016
19. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the implications for expenditure plans in 2017 and beyond of the result of the UK referendum on European Union membership; if he will emphasise growth-friendly projects in spending plans, particularly in the Border regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20001/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2016
7. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach to report on the European Council meeting; and his agenda for European Council discussions in terms of the Government's strategy for dealing with the vote to exit the European Union by the electorate of the United Kingdom. [19375/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
674. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation how she intends to protect Irish citizens from the EU Commission’s proposal to provisionally apply the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement prior to a definitive legal ruling as to the distribution of competences relating to new proposals to subject the European Union to an investor-state dispute settlement under the agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19604/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
673. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation how intra-European Union bilateral investment treaty solutions with the investor-state dispute settlement promote discrimination based on nationality, but in a post-Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement legal landscape allowing Canadian businesses or European Union businesses with a Canadian owner to have privileged access to a legal remedy, namely the settlement, somehow does not allow for discrimination based on nationality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19603/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
672. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will explain her position that the investor state dispute settlement of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement is compatible with European Union law; and why she does not invoke Article 218.11 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and ask the European Court of Justice to deliver a legal ruling as to whether or not the settlement is compatible with European Union law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19602/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
671. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will explain her position that the investor state dispute settlement of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement is compatible with European Union law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19601/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
663. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures that have been adopted to date to transpose Directive 2014/104/EU on private party actions for damages for infringements of European Union competition law; the further measures proposed; if it is intended that the directive will be fully transposed into national law by 27 December 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19547/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
658. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way the Government intends to protect Irish citizens from the European Union Commission’s proposal to provisionally apply the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, prior to a definitive legal ruling as to the distribution of competences relating to new proposals to subject the EU to an investor-state dispute settlement under the CETA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19581/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
617. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the immediate contingency steps he will take to safeguard security of energy supply here, following the decision by United Kingdom voters to leave the European Union in its recent referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19054/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
616. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union within two years will have a particular impact on the continued operation of the single electricity market; if he proposes in current circumstances to proceed with legislation making provision in respect of proposed revised arrangements in this State and in Northern Ireland relating to the single electricity market or if he will await further clarification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20012/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
576. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the likely effect on the Common Fisheries Policy, and the effect this will have on total allowable catches and quotas, following the decision by United Kingdom voters to leave the European Union in its recent referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19305/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
575. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the immediate contingency steps he will take to safeguard the interests of the Irish fishing sector following the decision by United Kingdom voters to leave the European Union in its recent referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19304/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
425. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if those receiving a pension from the United Kingdom and living here will still be entitled to a non-means tested medical card despite the United Kingdom no longer being part of the European Union. [19162/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
376. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the provision he is making to ensure that European Union funding such as INTERREG is maintained on a cross-Border basis post the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, given that all Border counties depend greatly on such funds for development, social inclusion and community development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19740/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
369. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the situation in the Ukraine continues to feature in discussions at European Union level with particular reference to the need to maximise efforts for a lasting ceasefire and peace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19776/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
367. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he, in conjunction with his European Union colleagues, can continue to combat the rise of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in the Middle East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19774/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
364. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the refugee crisis continues to be monitored at European Union and United Nations level with a view to identifying a reliable means of ensuring the safety of the victims of war and strife at all trouble spots; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19771/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
362. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the western Balkans continue to observe the acquis communautaire in line with movement towards European Union membership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19769/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
361. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the concept of each member state within the Union expecting to increasingly impose its national agenda on the European Union's institutions can be addressed; if any steps are being taken to identify and re-affirm an agenda that applies to all in an inclusive and supportive format; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19768/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
360. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is time for the European Union to set up a particular structure to address the issue of euroscepticism with particular reference to the urgent need to address the sometimes exaggerated claims which if allowed to go unanswered will undermine and destroy the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19767/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
358. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he, through the European Union or directly in the context of wider global consultations, can influence a review of the strength, the role and respect for the United Nations with particular reference to the need to meet ongoing challenges caused by war, strife and genocide and the need to establish safe havens for refugees and an orderly method of processing their respective situations; if any study has been done to identify the restoration of an increased role for the United Nations in the Middle East and other trouble spots globally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19765/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
357. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which to which he and his European Union colleagues recognise the need to reaffirm a commitment to the European Union ideal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19764/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
356. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his European Union colleagues have attempted to examine the consequences of an erosion of the founding principles of the European Union; if he can use his influence on the European Council with a view to a restoration of a vision for the European Union in line with that set out by the founding fathers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19763/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
185. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the increasing concerns of students at the prospect of student fees payable by those from the Republic of Ireland, who are undertaking degree programmes in either Northern Ireland or in the United Kingdom, may in future be levied at non-European Union student rates following the Brexit referendum outcome; if he is further aware of similar concerns among students resident in Northern Ireland regarding the likelihood of student fees being levied at non-European Union student rates for those studying in institutions here; the measures he will take to ensure that students in both instances will not experience an increase in the cost of attending third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19274/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
152. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide a recalculation of the fiscal space available over the next five years based on the figures noted in the information box on the possible economic impact of a British exit from the European Union in the Summer Economic Statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19741/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
65. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Taoiseach his views on the status and future role of cross-Border bodies, specifically the East Border Region Committee and the Irish Central Border Area Network, following the British decision to withdraw from the European Union. [19437/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
62. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the implications for the working of the European Court of Human Rights and the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement arising from the British decision to leave the European Union. [19088/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
57. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he recognises the importance RTÉ long wave 252 will have for elderly Irish citizens in the United Kingdom now that the UK has voted to exit the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19133/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
56. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the focus that has been placed on the role of the European Free Trade Association, EFTA, given the results of the United Kingdom referendum on European Union membership; if he considered how the democratic credentials of the EFTA might be strengthened to ease the transition process of the United Kingdom as an European Union partner to another position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19459/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
54. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his European Union and United Nations colleagues continue to address the threat of international terrorism as evident in the massacres in France, Belgium and Turkey; if any particular initiatives are likely with a view to protecting peaceful citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19414/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
53. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent, if any, to which he might, along with his European Union colleagues and arising from Brexit, identify if political groups within individual member states in the European Union appear to be determined to undermine the Union itself and bring about a chaotic situation which can only lead to social and economic instability and unrest; his views on whether a time has come to redefine and restore the objectives on which modern Europe was founded whereby each individual member state instead of imposing its will on the Union or opting out of participation in its structures can again come to take ownership of the European project for the benefit of all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19413/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
51. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his plans to deploy further resources, including monetary and staffing resources, to his Department given the United Kingdom referendum result and that the decision of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union affects almost every unit within his Department; the need to protect and sustain trade, business, tourism and investment within the island of Ireland; the need to continue to advance peace and social and economic progress in Northern Ireland and the need to support the Irish community in Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19461/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
47. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that 104 non-governmental organisations from across Europe have signed a statement condemning the European Commission’s communication on a new partnership framework with third countries; that this is testament to the strong concern across European civil society regarding the direction the European Union is taking; that this proposed partnership framework fundamentally contradicts international human rights law and Ireland’s commitments to supporting and upholding human rights, which was laid out in his Department’s The Global Island policy document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19465/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
37. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to strengthen engagement with regard to the North-South Ministerial Council and North-South bodies in general given the United Kingdom referendum result, the subsequent possibility of the re-emergence of a hard border on this island and the threat to European Union PEACE funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19460/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
32. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on reports that at least 60 civilians have been shot in 2016 by Turkish soldiers while attempting to flee Syria via the Turkish border; if reports of this nature will have any impact on Ireland's approach to the European Union-Turkey refugee deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19225/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
26. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had contact with party leaders in the United Kingdom regarding the UK's exit from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19458/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
25. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how he envisages his strategy following a British withdrawal from the European Union will involve opposition parties; the formal arrangements he will put in place to facilitate this and to work with political groupings across the European Union including the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, the Group of the European People’s Party and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19758/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
24. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF, has announced that it will no longer accept funding from the Governments of European Union member states and European Union institutions in opposition to their harmful European migration policies; that this therefore applies to all funding MSF receives from Irish Aid; and if he is aware of the fact that MSF and others working on the front line of this refugee and humanitarian crisis are clearly stating that the policies currently being implemented by the European Union are putting persons in danger and are in direct contradiction with humanitarian principles. [19798/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
23. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the decision of Médecins Sans Frontières to no longer accept funds from European Union member states as a result of their opposition to the European Union-Turkey migration deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19760/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
22. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a report on the meetings he had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Ms Theresa Villiers, and with the Northern Ireland Executive, on 29 June 2016; if he is concerned that the democratic wishes of persons in Northern Ireland as outlined in the recent European Union membership referendum are not being respected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19797/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
5. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the responsibility of his Department to co-ordinate the contingency framework response following the Brexit referendum result, particularly in relation to United Kingdom European Union negotiations, British-Irish relations, Northern Ireland trade and North-South Border impacts. [19357/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
4. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach to report on contact he has had with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, since the referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union. [18069/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
3. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach the preparations and contingency plans he has put in place in the event of a British exit from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17524/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2016
272. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the impact the recent decision by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union will have on policy decisions pertaining to sustaining employment levels, national competitiveness levels and wage growth in the short and medium term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18990/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2016
270. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the potential impact on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations of the recent decision by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18987/16]