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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (7 Jul 2015)

Brendan Smith: 550. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of funding to be provided to Cavan County Council for 2015 in respect of his Department's group water scheme operational subsidy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27643/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (7 Jul 2015)

Brendan Smith: 551. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of funding to be provided to Monaghan County Council for 2015 in respect of his Department's group water scheme operational subsidy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27644/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Road Network (7 Jul 2015)

Brendan Smith: 601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be provided for the non-national road works programme for County Cavan for 2015, given there has been a major reduction in grant aid to Cavan County Council for such works over the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27632/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Road Network (7 Jul 2015)

Brendan Smith: 602. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be provided for the non-national road works programme for County Monaghan for 2015, given there has been a major reduction in grant aid to Monaghan County Council for such works over the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27705/15]

Topical Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (8 Jul 2015)

Brendan Smith: I appreciate the Ceann Comhairle giving me the opportunity to discuss this important issue, which I am raising again following a number of meetings that I have had with relatives of those innocent people who were victims of awful actions taken through the collusion of British state forces with terrorist organisations in Northern Ireland. There is a growing frustration among the relatives...

Topical Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (8 Jul 2015)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his reply. In her book Lethal Allies, Anne Cadwallader recounts the stories of 120 people who were murdered by loyalist gangs, some of which were armed from UDR depots. With one exception - a person who was linked to the IRA - none of those 120 people was involved in violence. They were citizens going about their daily work and included active members of the SDLP,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Haulage Industry Regulation (8 Jul 2015)

Brendan Smith: 212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide urgent consideration to the request of the Irish Road Haulage Association (details supplied) on the need to reduce costs in this sector, given its importance to the overall economy and the challenges facing this sector from haulage operators in other jurisdictions; if the level of motor taxation will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his detailed outline of his participation at the recent Foreign Affairs Council meeting. The committee had an opportunity to express its outrage at the recent events in Tunisia and to pass on its sympathies to the families of the victims. We witnessed the carnage and the appalling murders of innocent people by fundamentalists. Europe and the civilised world need to...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Jul 2015)

Brendan Smith: 6. To ask the Minister for Health how it is proposed to reduce waiting times for orthopaedic surgery, with particular reference to the north east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27578/15]

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Jul 2015)

Brendan Smith: As the Minister is aware, there is a problem with waiting lists for orthopaedic surgery in the north east, and the problem is particularly acute for patients in the Cavan-Monaghan area. Of the total on outpatient waiting lists in the north east, 43% are referred through Cavan General Hospital and they are awaiting appointments and assessments by orthopaedic surgeons. There is an urgent need...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Jul 2015)

Brendan Smith: Constituents have been making an increasing number of representations in the past two years concerning people, particularly those in the older age cohort, who need care and attention or surgery in respect of hips, knees and shoulders. In many instances, when people are suffering a particular ailment and are awaiting orthopaedic treatment, this drags down their general health, as the Minister...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Jul 2015)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister and I will refer some particular queries I have. Cappagh Hospital is an important hospital for the north east, as well as the hospitals in Navan and Drogheda. My understanding is that two years ago or less there was a reduction in bed capacity at Cappagh. Did the Minister say the capacity had been increased in Cappagh? A comment was made to me by one GP that if GPs...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Jul 2015)

Brendan Smith: 24. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he has to increase orthopaedic surgery capacity in the north east, given the numbers waiting for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27577/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (9 Jul 2015)

Brendan Smith: 154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the review of firearms licensing legislation; if the concerns of the National Association of Regional Game Councils and the Sports Coalition have been given detailed consideration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28065/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sustainable Development Goals and Ireland's 60th Year of UN Membership: Discussion (9 Jul 2015)

Brendan Smith: I welcome the ambassador. As a country, we are privileged to have a person of the capacity, calibre and commitment of Mr. Donoghue as our ambassador to the UN. Those of us who have seen him operate in different roles in the past know of his commitment and of his great work on behalf of our country. The ambassador referred to the formation of the UN 70 years ago in the immediate aftermath...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: International Terrorism (14 Jul 2015)

Brendan Smith: 89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the recent terrorist attack in Tunisia, the protocols and procedures his Department has in effect to ensure the safety of Irish citizens travelling throughout the world; if his Department has consulted with his Government and European colleagues with regard to ensuring the security of Irish citizens abroad; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: International Terrorism (14 Jul 2015)

Brendan Smith: On 26 June, 38 people were murdered at random in a holiday resort in Tunisia. Those victims included three Irish people. That massacre of innocent people by terrorists awakened in all of us the need to be more vigilant when we prepare to travel to some countries where there is instability or ongoing conflict. Does the Minister ensure that all travel advice offered by his Department is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: International Terrorism (14 Jul 2015)

Brendan Smith: I join with the Minister in extending our sincere sympathies to the families who lost loved ones in that terrible atrocity. We had an opportunity at the Oireachtas foreign affairs committee to pass on our condolences and condemn this massacre of innocent people in the strongest possible manner. Following the upgrade in advice given by the Department, has there been an increase in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: International Terrorism (14 Jul 2015)

Brendan Smith: Will the Minister give a clear assurance on Irish citizens' rights to seek assistance from other EU member state embassies in countries where we do not have diplomatic representation and that the European External Action Service is available to citizens where Ireland does not have diplomatic representation? Will the Minister also give an assurance that this issue and the issue of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (14 Jul 2015)

Brendan Smith: 92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the Stormont House Agreement will be implemented fully; the actions he has taken in view of the recent revelations of collusion between British State forces and terrorist organisations in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28625/15]