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Question· writtenPQ 205asked

205. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health to indicate the consideration his Department has given to a ruling of the High Court in July 2016, which found that "unborn" means an unborn child with rights extending beyond the right to life under Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38114/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2016

205. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health to indicate the consideration his Department has given to a ruling of the High Court in July 2016, which found that "unborn" means an unborn child with rights extending beyond the right to life under Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38114/16]

Question· writtenPQ 367asked

367. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to Article 155 of the Egyptian constitution which allows President Sisi, with his cabinet's approval, to issue pardons to prisoners; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that President Sisi has used Article 155 four times in 2016, resulting in 859 prisoners being released, with the most recent pardon focusing on 82 young prisoners; and if he will explore the viability of this option for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37183/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016

367. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to Article 155 of the Egyptian constitution which allows President Sisi, with his cabinet's approval, to issue pardons to prisoners; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that President Sisi has used Article 155 four times in 2016, resulting in 859 prisoners being released, with the most recent pardon focusing on 82 young prisoners; and if he will explore the viability of this option for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37183/16]

Question· oralPQ 3asked

3. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the position regarding the Constitutional Convention recommendation on economic, social and cultural rights subject to the maximum available resources to be inserted into the Constitution. [35169/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2016

3. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the position regarding the Constitutional Convention recommendation on economic, social and cultural rights subject to the maximum available resources to be inserted into the Constitution. [35169/16]

Question· writtenPQ 492asked

492. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the reports to the Human Rights Council and General Assembly by a UN independent expert warning that the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement is incompatible with the rule of law, democracy and human rights and gives undue power to corporations at the expense of national governments and human rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33383/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2016

492. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the reports to the Human Rights Council and General Assembly by a UN independent expert warning that the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement is incompatible with the rule of law, democracy and human rights and gives undue power to corporations at the expense of national governments and human rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33383/16]

Question· writtenPQ 216asked

216. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the new affordable child care scheme is permissible under the Constitution, which pledges to hold the family at its core, when the new scheme favours a centre-based scheme with no regard for the parent's choice for a childminder over a crèche setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33081/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2016

216. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the new affordable child care scheme is permissible under the Constitution, which pledges to hold the family at its core, when the new scheme favours a centre-based scheme with no regard for the parent's choice for a childminder over a crèche setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33081/16]

Question· writtenPQ 592asked

592. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 12 October 2016, if she will provide immediate clarification of the nature of the charge upon public funds envisaged; the basis for her determination that this constitutional provision is appropriate; if the State intends to rely on Article 29.8 of the Constitution in view of the fact that it will not involve a decision of Seanad Éireann (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31742/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2016

592. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 12 October 2016, if she will provide immediate clarification of the nature of the charge upon public funds envisaged; the basis for her determination that this constitutional provision is appropriate; if the State intends to rely on Article 29.8 of the Constitution in view of the fact that it will not involve a decision of Seanad Éireann (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31742/16]

Question· writtenPQ 603asked

603. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the Government’s position regarding the constitutionality of provisional application of CETA in relation to Article 29.5.2 of the Constitution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28350/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 October 2016

603. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the Government’s position regarding the constitutionality of provisional application of CETA in relation to Article 29.5.2 of the Constitution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28350/16]

Question· writtenPQ 1476asked

1476. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the Department which is responsible for the provision of nursing hours to enable disabled children to attend primary school; and the age at which a child with disabilities is entitled to attend school under the Constitution. [26330/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2016

1476. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the Department which is responsible for the provision of nursing hours to enable disabled children to attend primary school; and the age at which a child with disabilities is entitled to attend school under the Constitution. [26330/16]

Question· writtenPQ 916asked

916. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the State funding provided by her Department and agencies under its remit, including Tusla, to Anew and its predecessor organisations, Anchora and Life Pregnancy Care, for each year from 2008 to 2015; and her views on the role of that organisation in providing crisis pregnancy counselling to homeless women, given the statement in its constitution recognising the uniqueness of every human life from the moment of conception. [22045/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 July 2016

916. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the State funding provided by her Department and agencies under its remit, including Tusla, to Anew and its predecessor organisations, Anchora and Life Pregnancy Care, for each year from 2008 to 2015; and her views on the role of that organisation in providing crisis pregnancy counselling to homeless women, given the statement in its constitution recognising the uniqueness of every human life from the moment of conception. [22045/16]

Question· writtenPQ 577asked

577. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the State funding provided by his Department and agencies under its remit, including the HSE, to Anew and its predecessor organisations Anchora and Life Pregnancy Care for each year from 2008 to 2015; and his views on the role of that organisation in providing crisis pregnancy counselling to homeless women given the statement in its constitution recognising the uniqueness of every human life from the moment of conception. [22042/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 July 2016

577. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the State funding provided by his Department and agencies under its remit, including the HSE, to Anew and its predecessor organisations Anchora and Life Pregnancy Care for each year from 2008 to 2015; and his views on the role of that organisation in providing crisis pregnancy counselling to homeless women given the statement in its constitution recognising the uniqueness of every human life from the moment of conception. [22042/16]

Question· writtenPQ 329asked

329. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the State funding provided by his Department and agencies under its remit, including local authorities to Anew and its predecessor organisations Anchora and Life Pregnancy Care for each year from 2008 to 2015; and his views on the role of that organisation in providing crisis pregnancy counselling to homeless women given the statement in its constitution recognising the uniqueness of every human life from the moment of conception. [22039/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 July 2016

329. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the State funding provided by his Department and agencies under its remit, including local authorities to Anew and its predecessor organisations Anchora and Life Pregnancy Care for each year from 2008 to 2015; and his views on the role of that organisation in providing crisis pregnancy counselling to homeless women given the statement in its constitution recognising the uniqueness of every human life from the moment of conception. [22039/16]

Question· writtenPQ 414asked

414. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to clarify which European Union treaties have been incorporated into Irish law either through an Act of the Oireachtas, or an amendment to the Constitution; the treaties which have yet to be incorporated or are awaiting incorporation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20549/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 July 2016

414. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to clarify which European Union treaties have been incorporated into Irish law either through an Act of the Oireachtas, or an amendment to the Constitution; the treaties which have yet to be incorporated or are awaiting incorporation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20549/16]

Question· writtenPQ 176asked

176. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of current delays in the Charities Regulatory Authority in providing applicant groups with a draft or model constitution which is in turn delaying their applications for charitable recognition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21250/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 July 2016

176. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of current delays in the Charities Regulatory Authority in providing applicant groups with a draft or model constitution which is in turn delaying their applications for charitable recognition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21250/16]

Question· writtenPQ 109asked

109. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether separate religious instruction is immediately necessary to allow for children not of the patron's faith to attend their local national school; the steps he will take to ensure this is in place for enrolments in 2016 given the report of the constitution review group, 1996, as repeated in the report of the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector, 2012, indicating that religious instruction in national schools must be carried out separately to conform with the Constitution and that this must be changed to allow for multiple religious denominations in all national schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20082/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2016

109. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether separate religious instruction is immediately necessary to allow for children not of the patron's faith to attend their local national school; the steps he will take to ensure this is in place for enrolments in 2016 given the report of the constitution review group, 1996, as repeated in the report of the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector, 2012, indicating that religious instruction in national schools must be carried out separately to conform with the Constitution and that this must be changed to allow for multiple religious denominations in all national schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20082/16]

Question· writtenPQ 668asked

668. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware that Article 29.5.2 of the Constitution places an imperative on the State to have any international agreement involving a charge upon public funds to be approved by Dáil Éireann and that as such, should the Council of Ministers vote by a qualified majority vote to approve the signing and provisional application of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, and considering the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism of the agreement is designed specifically to allow for a charge upon public funds, this would be in breach of the Constitution, whereby Ireland could be the subject of settlement cases which lead to a charge upon public funds prior to Dáil Éireann approving the agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19598/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016

668. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware that Article 29.5.2 of the Constitution places an imperative on the State to have any international agreement involving a charge upon public funds to be approved by Dáil Éireann and that as such, should the Council of Ministers vote by a qualified majority vote to approve the signing and provisional application of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, and considering the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism of the agreement is designed specifically to allow for a charge upon public funds, this would be in breach of the Constitution, whereby Ireland could be the subject of settlement cases which lead to a charge upon public funds prior to Dáil Éireann approving the agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19598/16]

Question· writtenPQ 651asked

651. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Article 29.5.2 of the Constitution places a constitutional imperative on the State to have any international agreement involving a charge upon public funds approved by Dáil Éireann and that as such, should the Council of Ministers vote by a qualified majority vote to approve the signing and provisional application of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, considering the investor state dispute settlement, ISDS, mechanism of CETA is designed specifically to allow for a charge upon public funds, this would create a constitutional crisis for Ireland and the EU, whereby Ireland, as an EU member state, could be the subject of ISDS cases which lead to a charge upon public funds prior to Dáil Éireann approving the CETA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19574/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016

651. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Article 29.5.2 of the Constitution places a constitutional imperative on the State to have any international agreement involving a charge upon public funds approved by Dáil Éireann and that as such, should the Council of Ministers vote by a qualified majority vote to approve the signing and provisional application of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, considering the investor state dispute settlement, ISDS, mechanism of CETA is designed specifically to allow for a charge upon public funds, this would create a constitutional crisis for Ireland and the EU, whereby Ireland, as an EU member state, could be the subject of ISDS cases which lead to a charge upon public funds prior to Dáil Éireann approving the CETA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19574/16]

Question· writtenPQ 235asked

235. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill into the Oireachtas; and the reason for the delays in legislating to give effect to the seventh amendment of the Constitution. [19070/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016

235. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill into the Oireachtas; and the reason for the delays in legislating to give effect to the seventh amendment of the Constitution. [19070/16]

Question· writtenPQ 549asked

549. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the precise qualification held by two persons (details supplied) to determine the nature of lands, including use, constitution, agricultural capacity and environmental significance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11677/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2016

549. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the precise qualification held by two persons (details supplied) to determine the nature of lands, including use, constitution, agricultural capacity and environmental significance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11677/16]

Question· writtenPQ 594asked

594. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the efforts of the Turkish Government to lift the legislative immunity that is granted to Members of the Turkish Parliament; that the Turkish Government is attempting to do this by suspending Article 83 of the Turkish Constitution; that this is an anti-democratic move and is an attempt to silence the Peoples’ Democratic Party whose members are regularly arrested for political reasons; and if he will raise concerns with his Turkish counterpart at this undemocratic move and attempt to silence the Members of Parliament of that party. [9797/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 May 2016

594. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the efforts of the Turkish Government to lift the legislative immunity that is granted to Members of the Turkish Parliament; that the Turkish Government is attempting to do this by suspending Article 83 of the Turkish Constitution; that this is an anti-democratic move and is an attempt to silence the Peoples’ Democratic Party whose members are regularly arrested for political reasons; and if he will raise concerns with his Turkish counterpart at this undemocratic move and attempt to silence the Members of Parliament of that party. [9797/16]

Question· writtenPQ 387asked

387. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he can enact the seventh amendment to the Constitution and extend the voting franchise for the university panels of Seanad Éireann to all university graduates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9625/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 May 2016

387. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he can enact the seventh amendment to the Constitution and extend the voting franchise for the university panels of Seanad Éireann to all university graduates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9625/16]

Question· writtenPQ 68asked

68. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach the Minister responsible for setting up the citizens' assembly relating to the eighth amendment to the Constitution; how representatives and members of the assembly will be selected; when this process will begin, if it will be given a definitive time frame to conclude its deliberations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10164/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 May 2016

68. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach the Minister responsible for setting up the citizens' assembly relating to the eighth amendment to the Constitution; how representatives and members of the assembly will be selected; when this process will begin, if it will be given a definitive time frame to conclude its deliberations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10164/16]

Question· writtenPQ 34asked

34. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality given the Constitution only recognises the family unit as a married family, when unmarried couples and single-parent families, in particular, will receive the same recognition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10138/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 May 2016

34. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality given the Constitution only recognises the family unit as a married family, when unmarried couples and single-parent families, in particular, will receive the same recognition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10138/16]

Question· writtenPQ 390asked

390. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1262 of 22 September 2015, her views on whether the Government of the day would be failing in its obligations to Dáil Éireann under the Constitution and Standing Orders by failing to give information sought in parliamentary questions; her views on the fact that there is great concern in the private bus industry about officials from her Department withholding information on the fact that Bus Éireann is being overcompensated, thus causing damage to the natural growth of the private bus industry; her further views on whether the information was not given in her answer regarding the cost to Bus Éireann of the recently purchased school buses and did not give the source of the funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8270/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2016

390. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1262 of 22 September 2015, her views on whether the Government of the day would be failing in its obligations to Dáil Éireann under the Constitution and Standing Orders by failing to give information sought in parliamentary questions; her views on the fact that there is great concern in the private bus industry about officials from her Department withholding information on the fact that Bus Éireann is being overcompensated, thus causing damage to the natural growth of the private bus industry; her further views on whether the information was not given in her answer regarding the cost to Bus Éireann of the recently purchased school buses and did not give the source of the funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8270/16]