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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (5 Oct 2022)

Brendan Smith: I was very glad to attend the event in my hometown in Cavan last week where the Taoiseach and the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, launched the special funding to assist local authorities to prepare programmes. It was great to have people of all political views from 23 local authorities there representing their communities. There was an extremely warm welcome for the shared island funding....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (5 Oct 2022)

Brendan Smith: 171. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport office will be established in the province of Ulster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48977/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (5 Oct 2022)

Brendan Smith: 371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that a clear message goes from Government to the multiples that an adequate price needs to be paid, without delay, to pig and poultry primary producers in view of the difficulties facing those sectors at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48958/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Oct 2022)

Brendan Smith: 18. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the British Irish Association Conference. [44812/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Oct 2022)

Brendan Smith: 19. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken with the new British Prime Minister. [44813/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Oct 2022)

Brendan Smith: I welcome the Taoiseach's statement that he hopes there can be a satisfactory outcome, without much delay, to the negotiations on the protocol and the issues arising from Brexit. A number of us who are members of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly had a useful engagement with a UK minister, Mr. Conor Burns, during August. He was in Dublin and met various groups, including...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Brendan Smith: There were many despicable crimes on this island during the era known as the Troubles. Seventeen people were abducted, murdered and buried in secret and four of their bodies have yet to be recovered - Robert Nairac, Joseph Lynskey, Seamus Maguire and Columba McVeigh. A search is under way in my constituency, at Bragan Mountain in County Monaghan, hoping to discover the remains of Columba...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Brendan Smith: -----but those people just want a Christian burial.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Brendan Smith: I am sure, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, we all agree with the words-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Brendan Smith: -----of Oliver, his brother, who said "We don’t want any incriminations or any investigations". He said they just want to find Columba and have a Christian burial.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Policies (4 Oct 2022)

Brendan Smith: 39. To ask the Taoiseach the status of developments under the shared island initiative. [44814/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (4 Oct 2022)

Brendan Smith: 109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the outcome of the most recent discussions he or his Department have had with their counterparts in Northern Ireland concerning flooding in County Cavan, which is caused by the River Erne; the measures that will be implemented to address these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48296/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (4 Oct 2022)

Brendan Smith: 253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure consideration will be given to an amendment to the Arterial Drainage Act 1945 to include additional waterways, including the River Erne system in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48362/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (4 Oct 2022)

Brendan Smith: 116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total funding available for the PEACE PLUS Programme; when this programme will become operational; when community groups and statutory agencies will be able to submit applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48297/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education (4 Oct 2022)

Brendan Smith: 401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of second level schools that are providing physical education as an examination subject; the number of students that have already taken physical education as an examination subject; the number of qualified physical education teachers that are currently employed in second level schools; the restrictions that apply to a school for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (4 Oct 2022)

Brendan Smith: 511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the once-off €1,000 reduction in the student contribution fees for higher education students is applied to students studying outside this State, such as Northern Ireland and Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48383/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (29 Sep 2022)

Brendan Smith: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the State Examinations Commission will issue the 2022 junior certificate results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47813/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (29 Sep 2022)

Brendan Smith: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure the results of appeals in respect of the leaving certificate examination 2022 will issue without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47834/22]