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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review (Resumed) (19 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: Thank you very much, Ms Finan. Deputy Grealish and other members referred to the outstanding work that your organisations and other sister NGOs or missionaries do abroad. We want extend to all the people working out there our very best wishes. We understand and appreciate they are working in the most difficult of conditions in so many parts of the world where there are crises and are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review (Resumed) (19 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: In the second part of today's meeting we will hear from Mr. David Donoghue, former Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Mr. Donoghue is very welcome to today's meeting. He has joined us on many previous occasions, most recently in 2015 in his role as co-facilitator in the negotiations on sustainable development goals. On behalf of the joint committee, and indeed the Oireachtas,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review (Resumed) (19 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: I thank Mr. Donoghue very much, and again I compliment him on the excellent work he has done in taking this project so far. I call Senator Ivana Bacik.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (19 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration is being given to a substantial increase in resources for the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division in view of the policing needs of this Border division and additional demands that may arise for the security services due to Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44266/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (19 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if particular consideration will be given to the policing needs of the Cavan Monaghan garda division in the allocation of garda resources in view of the long land border with a neighbouring jurisdiction and the reduction in garda personnel since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44265/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Supervision and Substitution Scheme (19 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines in place in respect of substitution or replacement cover for local authority members who are also primary and post-primary school teachers, in view of the fact his Department's circulars state they are entitled to ten days leave per school year for local authority duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44304/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (18 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to introduce retention policies to reduce the numbers leaving the Permanent Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43800/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (18 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the numbers serving in the Permanent Defence Forces at present; the projected numbers serving at the end of 2017; the numbers projected for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43799/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (18 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 139. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); when this project will proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44133/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (18 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 140. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); when this project will proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44134/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (17 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to concerns about the imposition of a 6% stamp duty rate on farmland sales; if specific measures will be introduced to alleviate such financial burdens on farmers with small or medium sized land holdings who need to expand or consolidate their farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43985/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (17 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 281. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the drug Translarna available through the HSE for persons in view of the fact that this medication is available through the public health system in neighbouring jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43456/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (17 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1,554 of 26 July 2017, her plans to amend the legislation and regulations in regard to eligibility for State pension purposes; if such provisions will be included in the forthcoming Social Welfare Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43972/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (12 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: I join the other members of the committee in welcoming our guests and thanking them for their presentations. I have been very familiar over the years with the work of Ms Urwin and Justice for the Forgotten, as well as with Ms Cadwallader's work in more recent years. Ms Cadwallader's book, Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland, brought together a huge amount of information on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (12 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: In regard to my suggestion that the committee write to the Secretary of State, Mr. Brokenshire, is that agreed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (12 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: Nobody has raised the Dublin-Monaghan bombings in the Dáil as much as I have over the years because my constituency is Cavan-Monaghan. Ms Urwin and her colleagues met the former Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan. Deputies Crowe, Maureen O'Sullivan and I had a meeting with the Minister on the same day. To be fair to the Minister, he was very much engaged...

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: State agencies will be contacted by some companies and enterprises that have never approached them before. I know of small companies that will approach their local enterprise offices. We are fortunate to have two excellent local enterprise offices in Cavan-Monaghan. I hope the Tánaiste is in a position to provide additional funding for the work of these offices in 2018 because the...

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the plans her Department and the State's industrial promotion agencies have to assist in job creation in 2017 and 2018; their further plans to maintain existing employment in County Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43133/17]

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the plans her Department and the State's industrial promotion agencies have to assist in job creation in 2017 and 2018 and in the maintenance of existing employment throughout County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43134/17]

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: I have raised previously with the Tánaiste the concerns in areas such as Cavan and Monaghan about the adverse impact of Brexit. Employment in our area is dependent on indigenous enterprise. The agrifood, construction and engineering sectors are the main sources of employment and they are heavily dependent on the Northern Ireland and British market. Already the weakness of sterling has...