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Report on the Contribution of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Economic Recovery: Statements (28 Mar 2014)

Brendan Smith: I welcome this report. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade has responded positively to the Chairman's introduction of the report and to the detailed work of the committee members and the stakeholders and interest groups that participated in its preparation. Fianna Fáil agrees that the promotion of trade by our diplomatic network in the Department is essential and links well with...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (1 Apr 2014)

Brendan Smith: 153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken to progress the completion of the Haass talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15252/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (1 Apr 2014)

Brendan Smith: 562. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the inadequate public dental services for the general Carrickmacross area, County Monaghan; if the present level of services will be reduced particularly affecting the services for primary school children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15197/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (1 Apr 2014)

Brendan Smith: 563. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to improve inadequate public dental services in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan and its general catchment area in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15198/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications (1 Apr 2014)

Brendan Smith: 616. To ask the Minister for Health when an application will be approved for an essential aid for a person (details supplied) in County Cavan in view of the long delay in processing and finalising this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15442/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions: Debt and Development Coalition Ireland (1 Apr 2014)

Brendan Smith: I apologise for coming late, but I had made commitments prior to the scheduling of this meeting. I thank Ms O'Neill and Ms Ní Chasaide for the clarity of their very targeted and comprehensive statement. The issue of international tax justice was raised. During the June 2013 G8 summit held in County Fermanagh, one of the issues discussed by the groups involved in international...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (2 Apr 2014)

Brendan Smith: 60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Irish position regarding the independence campaign of the Lunda Tchokwe nation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15468/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (2 Apr 2014)

Brendan Smith: 61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned by the human rights abuses taking place in Lunda Tchokwe; if he has raised these concerns at an EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15469/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (2 Apr 2014)

Brendan Smith: 62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised at the Foreign Affairs Council of Ministers the need for the European Union to give maximum support to the settlement negotiations that are under way with the aim of the reunification of Cyprus following the 11 February joint declaration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15605/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (2 Apr 2014)

Brendan Smith: 112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a public servant who has reached the age of 50 years is eligible to retire on a full pension even though they are a few months short of a full 30 years service; if it is possible for the public servant to purchase the outstanding service incentivised retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15455/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Inland Waterways Development (2 Apr 2014)

Brendan Smith: 157. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update in relation to the proposal to restore the Ulster Canal; when specific funding will be put in place for this major and important development; when the project is likely to proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15663/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: On-farm Investment Schemes (2 Apr 2014)

Brendan Smith: 196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the schemes that will be funded under the on-farm capital investment proposed for the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15509/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cycle Network (2 Apr 2014)

Brendan Smith: 274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding an application by Cavan, Leitrim and Sligo county councils for funding towards the development of a greenway on an old railway line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15665/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Private Bus Operators (2 Apr 2014)

Brendan Smith: 278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided by the National Transport Authority towards the provision of a new bus service where Bus Éireann ceased operations and was in receipt of a subsidy (details supplied); if consideration will be given to this request of the coach operator, as an important service for a vast rural area is being provided by...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (3 Apr 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update regarding the actions he has taken to progress the completion of the Haass talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15505/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (3 Apr 2014)

Brendan Smith: It is most disappointing that there has not been a successful conclusion to the Haass talks, which concern issues of the utmost importance to the people of Northern Ireland and of all of this island. We need a satisfactory means of dealing with the contentious issues of parades, flags and contending with the past. Time is not on our side to reach a successful conclusion. The lack of a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (3 Apr 2014)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his reply. I welcome the particular phraseology he used towards the end of his contribution when he said there is an expectation of delivery. We hope that can be achieved. My one concern, which I have reiterated in this House on numerous occasions, is that there does not seem to be the urgency attached to these talks that there needs to be. We missed the end of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (3 Apr 2014)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I want to reiterate my commendation of the work of the SDLP, the Alliance Party and the Sinn Féin Party prior to the end of the year in making a genuine effort to reach agreement. It is most regrettable that the UUP has now withdrawn from those five-party talks. I believe that more urgency needs to be attached to this. If we have it in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (3 Apr 2014)

Brendan Smith: 4. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on Ireland’s position regarding the escalating crisis in Ukraine; if he has held discussions with the Ukrainian or Russian ambassador on this topic; if he is satisfied with the actions being taken at an European Union level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15506/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (3 Apr 2014)

Brendan Smith: Russia's seizure and annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region has caused the deepest crisis in East-West relations since the Cold War, thereby leading the United States and the European Union to impose sanctions on Moscow. They have stated they will strengthen these sanctions if Russia moves beyond Crimea into eastern Ukraine. The Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, of which I am a member, had...