Parliamentary questions

Flood Relief Schemes Funding

Robert Troy

47. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flood defence measures which will be reprofiled. [10611/19]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Jonathan O'Brien

48. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital projects to be delayed or deferred in 2019 to 2022 as a result of the cost overruns in the national children’s hospital; when the details of these deferrals will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10630/19]

External Service Delivery

Bríd Smith

49. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposed changes to the external workplace investigation service framework; the firms providing services; and the cost of such services since 2012. [10625/19]

National Children's Hospital Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

50. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether public procurement processes are fit for purpose in view of the cost overruns at the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10581/19]

Flood Relief Schemes Funding

Barry Cowen

51. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific impact of the reprofiling of the €3 million from the flood risk management programme in the Office of Public Works, OPW, to pay for the national children’s hospital; the projects that will be affected by the reprofiling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10564/19]

Departmental Reform

Bernard Durkan

52. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects reform to feature in respect of policy affecting various Departments with particular reference to the need to ensure equity throughout all Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10629/19]

Community Sector High Level Forum

John Curran

53. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the community sector high level forum has met recently; the progress in regard to pension provision for supervisors and assistant supervisors of community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10450/19]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Mattie McGrath

77. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an assessment has been conducted with respect to the implications for capital expenditure projects in view of the cost overruns associated with the new national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7366/19]

Community Sector High Level Forum

Bríd Smith

78. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the total amount of providing pension entitlements to community employment supervisors in line with the Labour Court proposal has been costed; if funding will be made available in the coming period to deal with the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10622/19]

Brexit Preparations

Michael McGrath

1. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the anticipated impact in monetary terms on tax receipts in 2019 and 2020 of a no-deal Brexit; the status of preparations for all Brexit scenarios; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10145/19]

Banking Sector Regulation

Pearse Doherty

2. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if a 25% cap on losses that can be carried forward by banks will be introduced in combination with a ten-year time limit on the use of these allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10012/19]

Insurance Costs

Michael McGrath

3. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the priority measures he plans to implement in the coming months to address the cost of public liability and employer liability insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10146/19]

Credit Union Lending

Mattie McGrath

4. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the status of the proposal to allow credit unions to offer residential and commercial mortgages to their members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10011/19]

Tax Code

Eamon Ryan

5. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the analysis conducted on the possible implementation of a digital tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10160/19]

Brexit Preparations

James Browne

6. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to date and plans to take in preparation for post-Brexit customs checks at ports here, specifically Rosslare Europort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9766/19]

Tax Reliefs Data

Joan Burton

7. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance the savings that will accrue to the Exchequer from the €1 million cap on special assignee relief programme, SARP, recipients; the reason this was not extended to existing beneficiaries to date in 2019; the number of persons who accessed SARP in 2017 and 2018, respectively; the tax cost in 2017 and 2018; the number of existing beneficiaries that earn over €1 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9968/19]

Brexit Issues

Joan Burton

9. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance the effect of a no-deal hard Brexit on customs clearance and other requirements for importing from the UK and Northern Ireland, respectively; his views on the implication of a no-deal hard Brexit for VAT and business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9967/19]

Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman

Pearse Doherty

10. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether sections 44(2) and 50(3) of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017 are in need of amending (details supplied). [9848/19]

Estimates Process

Thomas P. Broughan

11. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Finance if there will be more further revised estimates in relation to Budget 2019; if he is continuing to rule out a second Budget in 2019 in the event of a disorderly Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9814/19]

Betting Regulations

Maurice Quinlivan

12. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Finance if the review of the recent increase in betting duty and the examination of proposed alternatives will be accelerated in order to provide as much clarity as possible for the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9850/19]

Property Tax Review

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a progress report on the plans to review the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9763/19]

Middle East Peace Process

Niall Collins

1. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the meeting he held with EU and Arab Foreign Ministers to discuss the Middle East peace process; the progress made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9756/19]

Sectarian Violence

Seán Crowe

2. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland has found that significant and sensitive information about the activities of loyalist paramilitaries between 1988 and 1994 was withheld by the Police Service of Northern Ireland from the investigators of the ombudsman; his views on this development; if he has raised this matter with the British Government; and if he will meet the families and victims of the Irish citizens killed in the cases that the ombudsman was investigating. [9758/19]

Brexit Issues

Lisa Chambers

3. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Brexit developments at national and EU level, including preparations for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9757/19]

Human Rights Cases

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 86 of 29 January 2019, if, in his continued monitoring of the reports of ill treatment of eight female activists in a prison in Saudi Arabia, he has given further consideration to establishing an all-party delegation to visit these detainees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9755/19]

Humanitarian Access

Maureen O'Sullivan

5. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will support peaceful efforts aimed at solving the Venezuelan crisis and only those initiatives that will help to bring the crisis to a peaceful and inclusive conclusion. [9759/19]

Foreign Conflicts

Thomas Pringle

6. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will urge the European Union to start negotiations with President Maduro of Venezuela; if all available dispute resolution mechanisms have been utilised including existing frameworks in Latin America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9436/19]

Foreign Conflicts

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the rationale for declaring Ireland in support of Mr. Juan Guaidó as the interim President of Venezuela; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9740/19]

EU Issues

Thomas P. Broughan

8. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on the appointment of Ireland's next EU Commissioner. [7998/19]

Northern Ireland

Robert Troy

9. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress being made to restore power-sharing institutions in Northern Ireland. [9742/19]

Northern Ireland

Brendan Smith

20. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to resume talks with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the political parties in Stormont regarding the need to have the political institutions in the North restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9700/19]

Foreign Conflicts

Catherine Connolly

26. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the basis on which the decision was taken to recognise a self-appointed person as President of Venezuela; his views on the statement from the UN rapporteur that sanctions on the country are illegal and could amount to crimes against humanity under international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9735/19]

Foreign Conflicts

Seán Crowe

27. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the amassing of troops from the United States of America on the border between Colombia and Venezuela (details supplied); if the calls on the Venezuelan military to enter the political arena and engage in a coup will be condemned; and if he will support the Montevideo dialogue initiative. [9636/19]

Northern Ireland

Brendan Smith

34. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress of the recent talks with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the political parties in Stormont in respect of the need to have the Assembly and Executive restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9699/19]

Appointments to State Boards

Brendan Howlin

1. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the State boards and agencies that civil servants from his Department are appointed to. [7901/19]

Appointments to State Boards

Mattie McGrath

2. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Taoiseach the appointments made by him since his election as Taoiseach to State boards or other agencies under the aegis of his Department. [7981/19]

Appointments to State Boards

Mary Lou McDonald

3. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the appointments he has made to State boards and other bodies under the aegis of his Department since February 2018. [9288/19]

Appointments to State Boards

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the State boards and agencies that civil servants from his Department are appointed to. [9304/19]

Appointments to State Boards

Joan Burton

5. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the appointments made by him to State boards and agencies under the aegis of his Department. [9422/19]

Appointments to State Boards

Brendan Howlin

6. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with the National Economic and Social Council. [9516/19]

Departmental Websites

Micheál Martin

7. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on developments and centralisation of the website of his Department into one Government website. [8032/19]

Departmental Websites

Brendan Howlin

8. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department’s new website; and the person or body responsible for updating it. [8222/19]

Departmental Websites

Mary Lou McDonald

9. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the update of the website of his Department. [9289/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Michael Moynihan

10. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach the number and type of Cabinet committees held since January 2019. [8460/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Mary Lou McDonald

11. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the number and type of Cabinet committee meetings held since January 2019. [9290/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the number and type of Cabinet committees held since January 2019. [9305/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Brendan Howlin

13. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach the number and type of Cabinet committee meetings held since January 2019. [9514/19]

Public Service Pay Commission

Jack Chambers

28. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the further engagement his Department has had with the Public Service Pay Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9301/19]

Protected Disclosures

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

29. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason he did not provide assurances that the Air Corps whistleblower would not be penalised or prejudiced for having made a protected disclosure, as recommended by a military investigating officer. [9441/19]

Military Medals

Jack Chambers

30. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the protocols in place governing the awarding of military medals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9580/19]

Defence Forces Personnel

Brendan Ryan

31. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address the issue of continuous underfunding of the Defence Forces, limiting their ability to pay soldiers a proper wage. [9686/19]

Air Corps Recruitment

Jack Chambers

32. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a report on the Air Corps recommissioning scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9581/19]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Jack Chambers

33. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the review of the conciliation and arbitration scheme in the Defence Forces further to the Barry report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9303/19]

Tax Exemptions

Niamh Smyth

1. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions she has taken to examine the extension of the artists’ tax exemption to artists working through other mediums; if she has met with the Minister for Finance to discuss the expansion of the exemption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8695/19]

Commemorative Events

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

2. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the planned permanent or capital projects that will be undertaken as part of the decade of centenaries commemorations for the period 2019 to 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8854/19]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Aindrias Moynihan

3. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aindrias Moynihan den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sí sásta leis na hullmhúcháin le haghaidh Brexit atá déanta chun go mbeidh cliantchuideachtaí Údarás na Gaeltachta ábalta dul i ngleic le Brexit; cén t-éileamh atá ar na scéimeanna éagsúla i measc na gcliantchuideachtaí; cén teagmháil atá déanta aici leis an Údarás faoi; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [8883/19]

National Archives

Catherine Murphy

4. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will initiate a dialogue with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in order to make available or release, or both, Land Commission records in the context of the decade of centenaries events and themes for the period 2019 to 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8923/19]

Meath na Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

5. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil cóip den tuarascáil ó duine (sonraí tugtha) a foilsíodh anuraidh léite aici; agus cad iad na gníomhartha atá, nó a bheidh, á nglacadh aici chun déileáil leis na míbhuntáistí do phobail Ghaeltachta atá soiléir sa tuarascáil sin. [8506/19]

Abbey Theatre

Niamh Smyth

6. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if pathways by which additional funding could be provided for productions by independent companies in the national theatre on the condition that there would be increased remuneration for artists will be examined. [8699/19]

Commemorative Events

James Browne

7. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for War of Independence and Civil War commemorations in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8499/19]

Creative Ireland Programme

Joan Burton

8. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of Creative Ireland funding committed for 2019 and 2020; and the committed funding, by county and project, in tabular form. [8691/19]

Arts Funding

Aindrias Moynihan

9. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding streams which will be made available to redevelop a theatre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8672/19]

Aerfoirt Réigiúnacha

Catherine Connolly

10. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le hAerfort na Mine a cheannach [8685/19]

Hare Coursing

Clare Daly

11. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a pilot project will be introduced to microchip hares at some coursing meetings during the 2019-2020 coursing season in consultation with an organisation (details supplied); and if submissions in relation to the matter will be considered from animal welfare organisations directly concerned with the protection of hares. [8629/19]

Departmental Operations

Brendan Howlin

1. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [5375/19]

Departmental Operations

Mary Lou McDonald

2. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [6557/19]

Departmental Operations

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service division of his Department. [7980/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Micheál Martin

4. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has met church leaders recently. [5680/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Brendan Howlin

5. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meetings with church leaders. [6510/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mary Lou McDonald

6. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he has held recent meetings with representatives of churches and faith communities as part of the church-State structured dialogue process. [6558/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on recent or planned meetings with church leaders. [8378/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Michael Moynihan

8. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach if a meeting of Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, which deals with climate change was held on 31 January 2019. [6295/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Mary Lou McDonald

9. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [7984/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Joan Burton

10. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, last met; and when it will meet again. [8084/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Brendan Howlin

11. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, met on 31 January 2019. [8225/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, will next meet. [8379/19]

Water Services

Darragh O'Brien

20. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when a referendum will be held regarding the State affording constitutional protection to the supply of water services; the status of preparations to hold a referendum in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8531/19]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

21. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the new affordable housing scheme will be published; the income limits of the new scheme; the local authorities which will be using the scheme; when it will be available for applications; the targets for the number of affordable rental and affordable purchase homes to be delivered in 2019, 2020 and 2021; and the number of such homes to be delivered in the Ringsend SDZ and the various pathfinder sites across Dublin city and county. [8670/19]

Social and Affordable Housing

Darragh O'Brien

22. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when he will publish regulations for the affordable purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8292/19]

Rental Sector

Mick Barry

23. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the steps he will take to counter price setting by institutional landlords (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8671/19]

Local Authority Housing Data

Joan Collins

24. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of local authority houses built in 2018 in each local authority. [8368/19]

Approved Housing Bodies

Brian Stanley

25. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the terms of the payment and availability scheme for approved housing bodies; and the amount paid out to housing bodies under the scheme. [8289/19]

Traveller Accommodation

Dessie Ellis

27. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the steps he will take in view of the findings of the European committee on social rights that Ireland remains in violation of the European social charter on five grounds for Travellers by failing to redress insufficient provision and inadequate quality of Traveller accommodation, in legislation and practice and in circumstances in which Travellers were threatened with evictions and without the necessary safeguards. [8481/19]

Social and Affordable Housing

Richard Boyd Barrett

28. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reports he is considering changing the rules in relation to offers of accommodation to social housing applicants which may result in an applicant being suspended from the list if they refuse two offers of accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8178/19]

Housing Data

Eoin Ó Broin

29. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on the Central Statistics Office, CSO, house build completion data for 2018; and the steps he is taking to ensure house building targets for 2019 are reached in view of the fact the 2018 figures show that they were 40% below target for 2018. [8454/19]

Traveller Accommodation

Joan Collins

30. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of Traveller-specific accommodation units built in 2018; and the targets in place for 2019 and 2020. [8381/19]

Traveller Accommodation

Gerry Adams

31. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to rectify, as a matter of urgency, fire safety for Travellers in circumstances in which fire safety regulation exemptions on temporary emergency sites exist and there is no time limit on such sites remaining as temporary in view of the Carrickmines fire inquest. [8394/19]

Traveller Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

43. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the rationale for the 44% underspend in the Traveller accommodation budget for 2018; and the efforts he is making to ensure there is a 100% draw-down of funding by local authorities in 2019. [8452/19]

Social and Affordable Housing

Jan O'Sullivan

62. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the plans to change the policy on offers of social housing to require a five year wait for a further offer if two are refused will be clarified; his views on whether some flexibility is required in circumstances in which there are valid reasons for offers being refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8243/19]

Traveller Accommodation

Jan O'Sullivan

76. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to address fire safety for Travellers in circumstances in which fire safety regulation exemptions on temporary emergency sites exist and there is no time limit on such sites remaining as temporary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8244/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Micheál Martin

1. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his telephone conversations with Prime Minister May on 29 and 30 January 2019; if he has had subsequent conversations with the Prime Minister; and the issues that were discussed regarding Brexit. [5327/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Micheál Martin

2. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if Prime Minister May or her officials have outlined the UK alternative proposals or suggestions when they spoke on 29 and 30 January 2019. [5328/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Brendan Howlin

3. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent telephone conversation with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May. [5373/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Micheál Martin

4. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he spoke to the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May when she was in Northern Ireland; and if she outlined suggestions in relation to the European backstop as laid out in her speech on 5 February 2019 while in Belfast. [6678/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Micheál Martin

5. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May explained the way in which she expects to prevent a hard border and not to scrap the European backstop in view of her speech in Belfast on 5 February 2019 when they last met or spoke on the telephone. [6682/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Eamon Ryan

6. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent conversation with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May. [6702/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Joan Burton

7. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent conversation with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May. [6706/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Brendan Howlin

8. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May on 8 February 2019. [7902/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent discussions with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May. [7978/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Micheál Martin

10. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if Prime Minister May spoke in relation to there being no need for a Brexit delay in view of the fact it would serve no purpose when they met in Dublin on 8 February 2019; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Prime Minster May informed business leaders of this in London on 12 February 2019. [8029/19]