Parliamentary questions

EU Meetings

Joan Burton

1. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Chancellor Merkel on 6 April 2017. [17713/17]

EU Meetings

Gerry Adams

2. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Chancellor of Germany, Ms Angela Merkel, on 6 April 2017. [17838/17]

EU Meetings

Eamon Ryan

3. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with Chancellor Merkel. [17914/17]

EU Meetings

Micheál Martin

4. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Chancellor Merkel on 6 April 2017; the issues that were discussed; if other bilateral meetings were held; and the other meetings he attended while in Germany. [18281/17]

EU Meetings

Brendan Howlin

5. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his engagements on his trade visit to Germany and his meeting with Chancellor Merkel. [18287/17]

EU Meetings

Seán Haughey

6. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to or met Chancellor Merkel recently. [20411/17]

Departmental Administrative Arrangements

Micheál Martin

7. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the role of the economic policy unit in his Department. [17832/17]

Departmental Administrative Arrangements

Gerry Adams

8. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the role of the economic policy section in his Department. [20718/17]

Northern Ireland

Micheál Martin

9. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the role of the British-Irish and Northern Ireland affairs section in his Department. [17833/17]

Northern Ireland

Brendan Howlin

10. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if the officials in his Department with a senior role in Brexit negotiations will engage in public communications on their work over the course of the two-year process. [18288/17]

Northern Ireland

Joan Burton

11. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit last met. [19865/17]

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams

12. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the role of the British-Irish and Northern Ireland affairs section in his Department. [20719/17]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing last met; and when it will next meet. [17911/17]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Michael Moynihan

15. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Regional and Rural Affairs last met; when it will next meet; and the number of times it met in 2016. [17991/17]

Arts Council

Niamh Smyth

39. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the Arts Council will be publishing a new arts and disability policy in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20441/17]

Meath na Gaeltachta

Peadar Tóibín

40. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Peadar Tóibín den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad a dhéanfaidh an Rialtas chun stop a chur le meath na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [20620/17]

Arts in Education Charter

Niamh Smyth

41. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps she will take to increase the provision of arts education to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20442/17]

Arts Funding

Joan Burton

42. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her views on the role of Aosdána in recognising and supporting Irish artists; if she plans to limit and diminish the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20438/17]

National Monuments

Éamon Ó Cuív

43. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she has considered the report by a group (details supplied) issued in March 2017; her plans to implement the recommendations in the report; the progress made to date in doing so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20440/17]

Acht na Gaeltachta

Catherine Connolly

44. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad é stádas na bpleananna teanga; agus go háirithe, cé mhéad plean atá críochnaithe agus curtha os comhair an Aire; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [20429/17]