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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]

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will direct the State's industrial promotion agencies to place a particular focus on the needs of the Border region, given the particular challenges that will arise for that region due to Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6175/17]

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: As the Minister is aware, there are particular challenges facing business and commerce in the Border region due to Brexit. We need a particular focus by the State's industrial promotion agencies on assisting companies to maintain and, hopefully, to grow employment. There is a particular need to assist those companies to remain competitive. Many of the companies in the Border region, mainly...

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for her reply. As she is aware, for historic reasons during the awful period of the Troubles, it was extremely difficult to attract inward investment to the Border region, to places like Monaghan, Donegal and Cavan. We had to depend on indigenous industry. By and large the industries in the counties of the Border region, including my own constituency, are small and...

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for her response. I would like to record my appreciation of the work that InterTradeIreland has done since its establishment following the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. It is an all-Ireland body that does exceptionally good work. I hope it is adequately resourced to do the very important work that will be required over the next few years. I have another issue, on...

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: I was indeed.

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: I would appreciate if the Minister would bring it up again.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Provision (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 42. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if specific measures will be introduced to assist businesses that are totally or heavily dependent on exporting to the sterling area, in view of the difficulties that have arisen due to currency fluctuations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6176/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the level of funding that will be provided to Cavan County Council for 2017 in respect of housing construction, purchase of houses, upgrading of existing housing stock and funding for housing grant schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6514/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the level of funding that will be provided to Monaghan County Council for 2017 in respect of housing construction, purchase of houses, upgrading of existing housing stock and funding for housing grant schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6515/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the proposals he has to amend the legislation and regulations pertaining to eligibility for the State contributory pension in regard to the calculation of the average yearly social insurance contributions that can adversely affect persons who were in insurable employment, left that employment in many instances for family reasons, returned to...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cross-Border Projects (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 163. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the restoration of the Ulster Canal will proceed to the next stage; the funding allocated for this project in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6511/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Projects (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 164. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of funding that will be allocated in 2017 to Cavan County Council in respect of heritage projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6512/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Projects (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 165. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of funding that will be allocated in 2017 to Monaghan County Council in respect of heritage projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6513/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 203. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that additional psychologists, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists are allocated to counties Cavan and Monaghan due to the huge delays in the autism spectrum disorder diagnostic process; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a very large number of children in counties Cavan and Monaghan are awaiting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces Reserve: Reserve Defence Forces Representative Association (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: In the first part of today's meeting we will meet with representatives of the Reserve Defence Forces Representative Association, including Mr. Neil Richardson, general secretary, Mr. Eugene Gargan, chairperson, and Mr. John Leahy, member of the national executive committee. I welcome the witnesses to this morning's meeting. The format of the meeting is that we will hear the witnesses'...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces Reserve: Reserve Defence Forces Representative Association (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: I thank Mr. Richardson very much. He clearly outlined many matters of concern to us, including poor administrative practices and a Reserve Defence Force which is declining in numbers. He even pointed out the threat to its very existence within the next ten years. I have represented two of the southern Ulster counties, Cavan and Monaghan, for a considerable number of years. I grew up in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces Reserve: Reserve Defence Forces Representative Association (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: I ask the witnesses to respond before we take questions from three other members.