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Tue, 8 Oct 2019
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Fishing Industry Data
Brendan Howlin
337. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total allocation of mussel seed by him in 2018, by aquaculture sites located here, excluding the Foyle area, Northern Ireland, and the Foyle area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40616/19]
Tue, 8 Oct 2019
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Common Fisheries Policy
Brendan Howlin
338. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the definition of the joint management of mussel stocks; if it is still in operation; the legislative basis for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40617/19]
Tue, 8 Oct 2019
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Fishing Industry Data
Brendan Howlin
339. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the restrictions on the amount of mussel seed allocated to aquaculture farms in Northern Ireland that can be fished in Irish waters; the process by which such allocation is controlled; if it is linked to the total available mussel seed resource in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40618/19]
Tue, 8 Oct 2019
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Fishing Industry Data
Brendan Howlin
340. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his officials has an input into the way in which the relevant authority in Northern Ireland limits the total amount of mussel seed allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40619/19]
Tue, 8 Oct 2019
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Fishing Industry
Brendan Howlin
341. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a vessel from the UK and Northern Ireland needs to hold an allocation of mussel seed given by him to an aquaculture site here in order to fish legally under the Sea Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2019; if such a vessel will be permitted to fish an allocation of mussel seed given to it by an authority in Northern Ireland in the territorial waters of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40620/19]
Tue, 8 Oct 2019
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Fishing Industry
Brendan Howlin
342. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a vessel from the UK and Northern Ireland will be permitted to fish an allocation of mussel seed given to it by an authority in another part of the UK such as Wales to fish mussel seed in the territorial waters of the State under the Sea Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2019; if a fishing vessel owned by a Welsh company will meet the criteria of owned and operated in Northern Ireland to fish an allocation under the 2019 Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40621/19]
Tue, 8 Oct 2019
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Fishing Industry
Brendan Howlin
343. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis for an effective pooling of the mussel seed resource of the State in a system of joint management with a state that has no mussel seed resource in relation to a judgment (details supplied); the basis in law for a process which facilitates alienation of Irish mussel seed resource to the benefit of aquaculture sites in the UK; if he has sought the advice of the Attorney General on the matter; and if not, his plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40622/19]
Tue, 8 Oct 2019
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Fishing Vessel Licences
Brendan Howlin
344. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the definition of the term owned and operated in Northern Ireland in relation to fishing vessels; the way in which is it defined in Irish law; if the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority and the Naval Service will take responsibility to ensure foreign vessels are licensed in accordance with EU regulations as adopted by the control authorities for Irish vessels in cases in which foreign vessels are operating in the territorial waters of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40624/19]
Wed, 2 Oct 2019
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Brendan Howlin
3. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the US Vice President, Mike Pence. [37445/19]
Wed, 2 Oct 2019
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Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
Brendan Howlin
228. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there has been an advance in the position for providing a mechanism to secure a pension for community employment supervisors or to provide an ex gratia payment to those supervisors about to retire or recently retired; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39999/19]
Tue, 1 Oct 2019
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Brendan Howlin
4. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the British Prime Minister. [37444/19]
Tue, 1 Oct 2019
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Cabinet Committee Meetings
Brendan Howlin
15. 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. [38479/19]
Tue, 1 Oct 2019
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Cabinet Committee Meetings
Brendan Howlin
17. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social policy and public services will next meet. [38489/19]
Tue, 1 Oct 2019
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Cabinet Committee Meetings
Brendan Howlin
20. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [38480/19]
Tue, 1 Oct 2019
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HSE Reviews
Brendan Howlin
311. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health the weighting percentages to be used as part of the upcoming HSE FreeStyle Libre review decision making process that will be given to criteria (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39291/19]
Tue, 1 Oct 2019
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Medicinal Products Reimbursement
Brendan Howlin
312. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health if the reimbursement dataset will cover only current HSE funded users of FreeStyle Libre or if the health technology assessment review will simply compare total blood glucose strip usage spend year on year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39292/19]
Tue, 1 Oct 2019
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Illness Benefit Applications
Brendan Howlin
590. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a claim for illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) will be processed to completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39392/19]
Tue, 1 Oct 2019
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Illness Benefit Applications
Brendan Howlin
592. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a claim for illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) will be processed to completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39429/19]
Tue, 1 Oct 2019
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Disability Allowance Applications
Brendan Howlin
601. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39675/19]
Thu, 26 Sep 2019
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DEIS Data
Brendan Howlin
86. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of capitation costs for DEIS schools at primary and secondary level, for level 1 and 2 DEIS status in each case in a tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39143/19]