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Question· writtenPQ 76asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2024
76. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Finance the extent to which the insurance industry here remains competitive when compared with insurance costs throughout the European Union notwithstanding any national difference that may apply; the work in hand to reduce the cost of insurance across all sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46040/24]
Question· writtenPQ 56asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2024
56. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions the Government will be taking in relation to trade with the Kingdom of Morocco in light of the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Case C-399/22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45334/24]
Question· writtenPQ 14asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2024
14. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs noting the obligations of contracting parties to the EU/Israel Association agreement arising from its necessitation of 'respect for human rights and democratic principles' as 'an essential element of the relationship', the letter of An Taoiseach of 14 February 2024 to the President of the European Commission outlining concerns in relation to such, and Ireland's obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, if he has considered exercising Ireland's rights under Article 265 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union arising from the Commission's failure to act in relation to the ongoing genocide against the people of Gaza, opening infringement proceedings against the European Commission at the European Court of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45365/24]
Question· writtenPQ 13asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2024
13. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the diplomatic and legal recourse available to the Government under the treaties of the European Union in circumstances whereby the European Commission has failed in its obligations to discharge its duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45364/24]
Question· writtenPQ 651asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
651. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if, for example, a Polish couple who meet the habitual residency condition, work in Ireland for over 12 months, have a child here and then move home to Poland or another European Union Member State to live and work, the couple can still claim the children’s allowance from the State; and if so, for how long. [44267/24]
Question· writtenPQ 237asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
237. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered reviewing the national ports policy to allow for increased State funding flexibility options, especially through European Union funding available measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45235/24]
Question· writtenPQ 614asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
614. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of male early years educators employed across the State; the European Union targets for male employment in this sector; the steps being taken to ensure that more males seek employment in this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42600/24]
Question· writtenPQ 555asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2024
555. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the EU Commission has finished its assessment of Statutory Instrument No. 636/2023 - European Union (Accessibility Requirements of Products and Services) Regulations 2023 to transpose the European Accessibility Act (Directive 2019/882) for accuracy and completeness; the timeline for the outcome of that assessment; if the June 2025 deadline for companies to be compliant with this regulation will be extended in light of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41365/24]
Question· writtenPQ 141asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2024
141. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the extent to which mobile telephone services remain good when compared with other European Union member states or adjoining countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41653/24]
Question· writtenPQ 238asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2024
238. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding announced (in the context of Budget 2025) for the seafood processing capital investment scheme for 2025; the budget allocation for the seafood processing capital investment scheme for 2025 from the national Exchequer; and theamount of the funding that will be from European Union funding sources. [40671/24]
Question· writtenPQ 157asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2024
157. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the degree to which his Department continues to pursue trade and market opportunities throughout the European Union and beyond with a view to compensating for losses arising from geopolitical activities or development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40904/24]
Question· writtenPQ 115asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2024
115. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent, if any, to which efforts are ongoing within the European Union to address the issue of Euro-scepticism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40911/24]
Question· writtenPQ 62asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2024
62. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is working with like-minded colleagues in the European Union to develop a strategy to combat the rise of far-right actors across Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36394/24]
Question· writtenPQ 55asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2024
55. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his assessment of the situation in Lebanon; the discussions he has had with his European Union counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40572/24]
Question· writtenPQ 43asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2024
43. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which European institutions are aware of a visible drawing away from the principles and freedoms of Europe as previously established and endorsed by the various people throughout the European Union with a view to ensuring continuation of the benefits of Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40588/24]
Question· writtenPQ 38asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2024
38. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the next European Union Foreign Affairs Council will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40566/24]
Question· oralPQ 8asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2024
8. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on the recent emergency meeting of European Union foreign affairs ministers. [40573/24]
Record· Divisionvote_141carried
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 October 2024
Question put:
Record· debate2024-10-09published
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 October 2024
Joint Committee on European Union Affairs
Question· writtenPQ 626asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
626. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans to amend the SUSI grant to permit Irish students who study abroad within the European Union to be able to apply for student grants, on the basis that the recipients of the grants would then work in Ireland for a set period of time following graduation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39899/24]
Question· writtenPQ 108asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
108. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the reason the receipts from the Court of Justice of the European Union ruling involving Apple and the Irish State are split across 2024 and 2025 but booked on a general Government basis in full in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40065/24]
Question· writtenPQ 65asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 October 2024
65. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he or his officials have ever issued a ministerial consent under ‘ARC 02’ for the stocking of Oughterard Hatchery trout fry into Lough Corrib special area of conservation as required under Regulation 30 of S.I. No. 477/2011 - European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 and/or Section 5 of S.I. No. 384/2022 - European Union Habitats (Lough Corrib Special Area of Conservation 000297) Regulations 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39241/24]
Question· writtenPQ 10asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 October 2024
10. Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will openly and clearly oppose any further moves towards the accession of Georgia to the European Union in light of the stringent anti-LGBT laws adopted there, referred to as the 'family values and the protection of minors' law. [38696/24]
Question· writtenPQ 261asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2024
261. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can confirm that the rapid-build units being delivered under the European Union (Planning and Development) (Displaced Persons From Ukraine Temporary Protection) Regulations 2022 and the rapid-build housing programme are precluded from use as social housing by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38301/24]
Question· writtenPQ 219asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2024
219. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage given that cherry laurel is not currently listed as an invasive species under the 2024 regulations, whether he has applied the precautionary principle, as required under European Union law, when making this decision; if not, to explain the rationale for not using this principle, especially in light of cherry laurel's widely recognised impact on native habitats. [37272/24]
Question· writtenPQ 218asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2024
218. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in the context of delaying the enactment of Article 50 of the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011, whether he has considered the European Union's long-standing practice of allowing trade restrictions and derogations to protect biodiversity; and if this has been factored into the recent updates to the invasive species regulations. [37271/24]
Question· writtenPQ 217asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2024
217. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage why, despite the European Union (Invasive Alien Species) Regulations 2024 having strengthened Ireland’s provisions on invasive species, Article 50 of the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 remains unenacted, given the importance of this article for addressing invasive species at a national level; if he will provide a detailed explanation for the Government's decision not to enact it, and how the 2024 regulations fill this gap. [37270/24]
Question· writtenPQ 5asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2024
5. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is the position of the Department that the non-application of means tests regarding supports for persons seeking international protection was in contravention of European Union regulations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37646/24]
Question· writtenPQ 712asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2024
712. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the reason Irish patients are being denied access to the most effective medicine for severe osteoporosis (details supplied) when other European Union citizens have access. [36461/24]
Question· writtenPQ 57asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2024
57. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that members of the Yazidi community across the European Union must travel to Iraq in order to provide DNA samples to assist in the identification of their loved ones' remains once exhumed from mass graves; if he will engage with his European counterparts to develop an efficient mechanism that would allow them do so in their country of residence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36919/24]
Question· writtenPQ 90asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
90. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether his Department has sought agreement to terminate the memorandum of understanding on gas between the European Union, the State of Israel and the Arab Republic of Egypt in light of Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza and increasing settler violence in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34347/24]
Question· writtenPQ 142asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2024
142. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if, in view of the strong concerns of householders, farmers and communities in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath to the present proposals regarding the proposed North-South interconnector, in particular about transmission cables being put overground, he will ensure that if the project proceeds, transmission cables are put underground, as proposed for other major energy projects in the European Union; if he will ensure that the concerns of local communities will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30772/24]
Question· writtenPQ 131asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2024
131. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to indicate the extent to which single market provisions continue to prevail throughout the European Union; the exceptions thereto; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30872/24]
Question· writtenPQ 422asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 July 2024
422. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to outline his plans for the further regulation of nicotine-inhaling products; the timeline he is working towards in publishing the drafts heads of the Bill to ban single use nicotine-inhaling products; if he is considering restrictions on flavours; if he has notified the European Union of his plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30511/24]
Question· writtenPQ 185asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 July 2024
185. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the procedures her Department followed in presenting the motion for Oireachtas approval of the Regulations and a Directive of the European Parliament and the Council on international protection, asylum, and migration before both houses of the Oireachtas; if all statutory obligations were fulfilled under the European (Scrutiny) Act 2002, as amended by the European Communities (Amendment) Act 2002 and the European Union Act 2009, and any other regulations; the details of the specific dates and procedures followed; the specific processes and procedures; the timeline of the dates that confirm compliance with the legislation; to provide copies of any available documentary evidence of the processes and procedures that were followed; if information notes provided to the Houses of the Oireachtas by her Department will be provided, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30113/24]
Question· writtenPQ 576asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2024
576. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps envisaged by the European Union to introduce a framework for carbon farming, and the processes through which farm progress would be measured and rewarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29486/24]
Question· writtenPQ 302asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2024
302. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in light of the Court of Justice of the European Union ruling C-184/20, his plans to amend sections 149 and 151 of the Companies Act 2014 in order that transgender company directors no longer have to publicly disclose their transgender status, due to current legislation requiring they publicly disclose their former names (details supplied). [29945/24]
Question· writtenPQ 268asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2024
268. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views in relation to the proposals from the European Commission to cut and modulate regulatory data protection intellectual property rights in the European Union as part of the revision to the general pharmaceutical revision; his views, in particular, on the potential impacts of this proposal on investment, innovation and employment in the life sciences sector in Ireland and the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29263/24]
Question· writtenPQ 263asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2024
263. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on proposals from the European Commission to cut and modulate regulatory data protection intellectual property rights in the European Union as part of the revision to the general pharmaceutical revision; his views, in particular, on the potential impacts of these proposals on investment, innovation and employment in the life sciences sector in Ireland and the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29171/24]
Question· oralPQ 70asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 July 2024
70. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the extent to which the European Union might see fit to contribute towards Ireland's defence and security, with particular reference to coastal air and sea surveillance given the very significant shoreline and the multiplicity of undersea cables in the seas around the coast and the contribution this could make to European security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28192/24]
Question· writtenPQ 108asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 June 2024
108. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the current position in regard to European Union enlargement; the progress from the point of view of the applicant countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27797/24]
Question· writtenPQ 56asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 June 2024
56. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the initiatives he is taking with his EU counterparts in relation to threats of hybrid and covert operations by Russia within the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27272/24]
Question· writtenPQ 39asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 June 2024
39. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the initiatives within the European Union to achieve a ceasefire, humanitarian aid and a lasting settlement in the Israeli/Palestine conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27586/24]
Question· writtenPQ 18asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 June 2024
18. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the action he is taking to urgently re-establish momentum at European Union level on support for Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27273/24]
Question· writtenPQ 93asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 June 2024
93. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the illiberal drift of the government of Georgia in recent months; and the steps, if any, Ireland proposes to take to support the wishes of the people of Georgia in their quest to aspire to, and ultimately become members of, the European Union. [26979/24]
Question· writtenPQ 106asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2024
106. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on work underway on the transposition of Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26628/24]
Question· writtenPQ 395asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 June 2024
395. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a breakdown of the fines issued against her Department by the Court of Justice of the European Union for the period 2010 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26140/24]
Question· writtenPQ 387asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 June 2024
387. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a breakdown of the fines issued against his Department by the Court of Justice of the European Union for the period 2010 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26135/24]
Question· writtenPQ 368asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 June 2024
368. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the fines issued against his Department by the Court of Justice of the European Union for the period 2010 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26136/24]
Question· writtenPQ 298asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 June 2024
298. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the fines issued against his Department by the Court of Justice of the European Union for the period 2010 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26128/24]