Europe (Houses of the Oireachtas)

Europe - Brexit - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if she has had discussions at EU level in relation to the need to implement specific measures to assist businesses and enterprise in the border region that will be adversely affected by Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 61 to Tánaiste and Minister ...

Europe - Brexit - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers] In our engagements with both EU Commissioners and Ministers from other Member States since the UK decision, Brexit has been a central part of the discussions at these meetings. Officials of my Department have held discussions with DG Competition on the potential difficulties likel...

Europe - Brexit - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the discussions her department is having with its counterpart in Northern Ireland in relation to the need to implement programmes on a cross border basis to assist businesses and enterprise that will be affected adversely by Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Europe - Brexit - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers] My Department and its counterpart in Northern Ireland, the Department for the Economy, co-fund the cross-border body InterTrade Ireland (ITI). ITI has specific responsibility for developing North-South trade and assisting SMEs, on both sides of the border, to develop their export p...

Europe - Brexit - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if he has had specific engagement with farming and agri food interests in Northern Ireland in relation to the difficulties that will arise for this sector due to Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 220 to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine ...

Europe - Brexit - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers] Brexit poses enormous challenges for the agri-food sector in Ireland by virtue of its reliance on the UK market, and particularly the integrated nature of the trade with Northern Ireland. The most immediate impact of Brexit has been the significant drop in the value of sterling a...

Europe - EU - enforcement of regulations

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if all EU standards and regulations are required for compliance before the movement of goods and services are permitted across the dividing line in Cyprus for items that originate from the territory not under effective control of the government of the Republic of Cyprus with resp...

Europe - EU - enforcement of regulations

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers] I refer the Deputy to European Council Regulation (EC) No. 866/2004 as amended, which sets out the terms under which the relevant provisions of EU law apply to the dividing line in Cyprus, between the area under the effective control of the Government of Cyprus in which the acquis ...

Europe - State aid - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the details of the development of a longer term business development loan scheme which would assist firms in long term investing for a post Brexit environment. [Q. No(s) 57 to Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation ]

Europe - State aid - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if a formal request was made to change State ceilings for grant aid to enterprises over a three year period further to her confirmation that in autumn 2016, officials from her department initiated discussions with the Directorate General for Competition to sensitise the commissio...

Europe - State aid - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if the rescue and restructure scheme will comply with State ceilings for grant aid to enterprises made over a three year period following her confirmation that her department recently filed the scheme for approval under state aid rules with the EU Commission; and the direct exche...

Europe - State aid - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers] I propose to take Questions Nos. 57 to 59, inclusive, together. In our engagements with both EU Commissioners and Ministers from other Member States since the UK decision, Brexit has been a central part of the discussions at these meetings. Officials of my Department have held d...

Europe - EU - contribution to budget

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Written Answers]...further to parliamentary question number 126 of 17 October 2017, the precise formula used in the calculation of the contribution to the EU budget; and if the nominal GDP growth rate for 2015, that is, 26% is factored into this. [Q. No(s) 107 to Minister for Finance ]

Europe - EU - contribution to budget

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Written Answers] Further to the PQ of 17 October on the calculation of Ireland’s EU budget contributions; Member State contributions to the EU Budget are calculated by the EU Commission in line with the provisions outlined in Own Resource Decision (ORD) Regulation (2014/335) which was ratified by a...

Europe - European Council - meetings

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if he had bilateral meetings at the EU Council meeting in October 2017. [Q. No(s) 95 to Taoiseach ]

Europe - European Council - meetings

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Written Answers] Meetings of the European Council always provide useful opportunities to meet and interact with the Heads of State or Government of the other 27 EU Member States. I attended the October European Council in Brussels last week and, over the course of the two days, had the opportunity...

Europe - European Council - meetings

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if EU reform was discussed at the October 2017 EU Council meeting. [Q. No(s) 97 to Taoiseach ]

Europe - European Council - meetings

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Written Answers] Although 'EU reform' was not an agenda item at the recent meeting of the European Council in Brussels, the Future of Europe was discussed over breakfast on Friday 20 October. This issue is part of an ongoing process, and has been discussed at a series of Informal Summits in Brati...

Europe - European Council - meetings

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if there was a discussion at the October 2017 EU Council opening with regard to increasing EU market presence in China and other Asian countries. [Q. No(s) 99 to Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation ]

Europe - European Council - meetings

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Written Answers] Given the many items tabled for discussion at the October EU Council meeting, there was only a brief discussion on Trade. In that regard, I can confirm that as per the Taoiseach's recent statement on the European Council in the Dáil this week, increasing EU market presence in Chin...

Europe - Horizon 2020 Strategy - funding

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the number of SMEs that have been recipients of Horizon 2020 funding in each year since the programme became operational, by county, in tabular form. [Q. No(s) 100 to Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation ]

Europe - Horizon 2020 Strategy - funding

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Written Answers] The following tables provide the requested data by country for each of the years 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. The tables are based on the European Commission's most recent data release on Horizon 2020, which cover the period up to the 30th September 2017. SMEs in receipt of Horizon...

Europe - Brexit - issues relating to

Sitting date: 24/10/2017
[Oral Answers]...the work that the Revenue Commissioners are undertaking in preparation for Brexit; the arrangements being considered for the border area in view of the likelihood of the UK leaving the customs union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 11 to Minister for Finance...

Europe - Brexit - issues relating to

Sitting date: 24/10/2017
[Oral Answers]...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. [Q. No(s) 15 to Minister for Finance ]

Europe - Brexit - issues relating to

Sitting date: 24/10/2017
[Oral Answers]...the reason his predecessor refused to publish the report prepared for him by the Revenue Commissioners on the impact of Brexit on customs. [Q. No(s) 40 to Minister for Finance ]

Europe - Brexit - issues relating to

Sitting date: 24/10/2017
[Oral Answers]...the steps the Revenue Commissioners have taken to identify possible customs posts on the border; the locations that have been examined for these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 73 to Minister for Finance ]

Europe - Brexit - issues relating to

Sitting date: 24/10/2017
[Questions] I wish it to be absolutely clear that the Fianna Fáil position on a hard border is that we do not support it. Our objective, which we share with Government, is that there should be no hard border on the island of Ireland. However, I want to ask the Minister about the work of Revenue, w...

Europe - Brexit - issues relating to

Sitting date: 24/10/2017
[Questions] I propose to take Questions Nos. 11, 15, 40 and 73 together. Like all Government agencies, Revenue is actively engaged in examining a range of scenarios in order to support Ireland's objectives. This work is being undertaken within a whole-of-Government framework led by the Department...

Europe - Brexit - issues relating to

Sitting date: 24/10/2017
[Questions] I would be glad to have confirmation of Fianna Fáil's position.[Doherty, Pearse]

Europe - Brexit - issues relating to

Sitting date: 24/10/2017
[Questions] It has never been in doubt.[McGrath, Michael]