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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (20 May 2021)

Brendan Smith: 258. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise with the authorities in India the detention of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27434/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (20 May 2021)

Brendan Smith: 259. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the need to appoint an ambassador to Ireland as soon as possible with the US Administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27435/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (20 May 2021)

Brendan Smith: 260. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised with the US Administration the appointment of a Special Envoy to Northern Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that recently senior members of the US Congress have written to President Biden in relation to the merit of such an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27436/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domestic Violence (20 May 2021)

Brendan Smith: 290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the existing domestic violence emergency rent supplement will be established on a permanent basis to ensure that such support is available post-Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27375/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (19 May 2021)

Brendan Smith: 132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the UK Foreign Secretary in relation to the need to have comprehensive investigations into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of May 1974 as requested in motions passed unanimously in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Brendan Smith: I, too, welcome Ms O'Donoghue and Mr. Duffy. As the Chairman said, the scope of the work undertaken and being proposed by the shared island unit is very impressive and comprehensive. Ms O'Donoghue said in her introductory remarks that the programme of work and the proposed investment are underpinned by the Good Friday Agreement in all its aspects. I very much welcome the commitment by Ms...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (13 May 2021)

Brendan Smith: 7. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he expects the numbers in the Defence Forces to reach the approved threshold of 9,500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24899/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (13 May 2021)

Brendan Smith: 36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has met with the representative organisations from the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24900/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (13 May 2021)

Brendan Smith: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the completion of the consultation process in relation to the DEIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25109/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (13 May 2021)

Brendan Smith: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when additional schools will be included in the DEIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25108/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (13 May 2021)

Brendan Smith: 179. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if further financial assistance will be provided for micro and small enterprises to develop an online presence in view of the serious difficulties facing sectors such as traditional retail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25487/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 May 2021)

Brendan Smith: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional measures will be implemented as a matter of urgency to deal with the major backlog in applicants awaiting theory tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25174/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (13 May 2021)

Brendan Smith: 273. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has conveyed to the British Government the absolute need to honour the commitments made in the Good Friday Agreement and in successor agreements taking into consideration recent commentary in Great Britain that persons involved in very serious crimes in Northern Ireland would be given an amnesty; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (12 May 2021)

Brendan Smith: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further consideration will be given to the provision of new supports for students at primary and second-level (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25126/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (12 May 2021)

Brendan Smith: 267. To ask the Minister for Health when community pharmacists will be engaged in the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24958/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (11 May 2021)

Brendan Smith: 58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of discussions he had with members of the Northern Ireland Executive and the UK Government on the need to implement the Stormont House and the Fresh Start agreements in full. [1573/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (11 May 2021)

Brendan Smith: The Stormont House and Fresh Start agreements need to be implemented to deal with legacy issues. I welcome the coroner's report today on the Ballymurphy massacre. A sense of relief was so evident as I listened this evening to the families of those innocent people who were murdered by state forces. The anguish and suffering those families were put through as a result of the heinous crimes...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (11 May 2021)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his response. I remember meeting the Ballymurphy families in the Dáil in 2014. If memory serves me, a motion was passed unanimously in the House in 2015 in support of the families. I very much welcome and do not doubt the Government's commitment to dealing with legacy issues but the British Government must be equally committed, which has not been the case so...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (11 May 2021)

Brendan Smith: I agree with the Minister. I know families who have lost loved ones and who have never gotten justice. They have never gotten the truth regarding who carried out the atrocities. In December 1972 in my own home area of Belturbet, County Cavan, two young teenagers, Geraldine O'Reilly and Patrick Stanley, were killed by a bomb. RTÉ will broadcast a programme tonight about the bombing of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (11 May 2021)

Brendan Smith: 95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions he had with his UK counterpart in relation to the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland. [13243/21]