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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance if issues referred to by a person (details supplied) at a Westminster committee in relation to border controls and the imposition of same should Britain leave the EU have been discussed at the EU Council of Finance Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6374/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a request to provide additional funding in respect of a building project (details supplied) in view of the detailed submissions by the board of management and representations made by this Deputy in relation to the urgency of providing this new facility for the 2017-2018 school year and considering that the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: National Planning Framework (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the consultations to date with the Northern Ireland authorities on the new national planning framework; his plans to have further consultations to enable the planning and provision of services on a cross-Border basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6337/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of discussions he has had with the British Foreign Secretary in relation to the need for any post-Article 50 agreement between Britain and the European Union to provide for a human rights Act, which is a central element of the Good Friday Agreement. [5547/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of discussions he has had with the British Foreign Secretary in relation to access to the Court of Justice of the European Union and other guarantees of fundamental rights that underpin the Good Friday Agreement in any post-Article 50 agreement between Britain and the EU. [5548/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his Department has been in touch with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland or the British Foreign Office in relation to the recent disclosure of papers pertaining to torture by the British army of a number of persons in Northern Ireland in the early 1970s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6378/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Courses (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress being made to meet the demand for courses (details supplied); if additional personnel will be recruited to enable demand to be met and to eliminate the delays that occur for farmers wishing to participate on such courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6282/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to improve financial supports in respect of the bovine viral diarrhoea eradication programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6294/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 287. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress in the State's industrial promotional agencies' efforts to attract investment and jobs to a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6272/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: North-South Interconnector (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in view of the widespread concerns in communities in counties Monaghan, Cavan and Meath and reflected in statements by public representatives in those counties in relation to the EirGrid proposal to construct the North-South interconnector, he will direct EirGrid to underground these transmission cables if the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the outcome of any discussions he has had with EirGrid on major projects it proposes to undertake over the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5531/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will amend the conditions attached to the tenant purchase scheme whereby a tenant that has earned a discount as a result of rent paid to the council over the years and avails of the scheme will have a clawback imposed if the property is sold within the subsequent 30 years; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Immigration Controls (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 339. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has issued clarification for persons with dual nationality and dual passports that were born in one of the seven countries named in the US President's executive orders and wish to travel to the United States and avail of the preclearance facilities at Dublin and Shannon airports; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Immigration Controls (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 349. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of his discussions with members of the United States administration and with members of the Senate and House of Representatives in relation to the undocumented Irish and the need for immigration reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6050/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Immigration Controls (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 350. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he had discussions during his recent visit to the United States with representatives of the Irish community in relation to the undocumented Irish and immigration reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6051/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Policy (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 368. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the scheme to be introduced to assist in the upgrading of residential accommodation in towns and villages; if this grant scheme will be available throughout the country; the likely timescale for its introduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5977/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs Availability (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 472. To ask the Minister for Health if some drugs essential for diabetics are no longer available free of charge for holders of medical cards; if so, the drugs concerned; his plans to reverse this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6056/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered the request of farming organisations in relation to the need to provide additional support for suckler farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5920/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total funding provided for forestry in 2016 and 2017; the level of funding provided for each programme; if any of this expenditure is sourced from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5921/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ground Rents Abolition (2 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will give consideration to the implementation of measures to deal with issues that have arisen in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5002/17]