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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (9 Mar 2017)

Brendan Smith: 182. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if in his discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and with the leaders of the parties represented in the Assembly, he has outlined in detail the need to implement in full the Good Friday Agreement and successor agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12620/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (9 Mar 2017)

Brendan Smith: 176. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the particular challenges facing business and enterprise in the Border region, which are heavily or totally dependent on exports to the sterling area, will be considered in the context of the all-island civic dialogue on Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12614/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council Meetings (9 Mar 2017)

Brendan Smith: 177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at the recent Foreign Affairs Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12615/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council Meetings (9 Mar 2017)

Brendan Smith: 178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals he put forward at the recent Foreign Affairs Council in relation to the urgent need to provide humanitarian assistance to Somalia, Yemen, South Sudan and north east Nigeria, in view of the imminent threat of famine and the desperate need at present for humanitarian assistance in that region; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council Meetings (9 Mar 2017)

Brendan Smith: 179. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if additional humanitarian aid will be provided as a matter of urgency to Somalia, Yemen, South Sudan and north east Nigeria, in view of the desperate plight at present of so many persons in that region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12617/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (9 Mar 2017)

Brendan Smith: 184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a review of priorities in relation to the capital plan, building on recovery, will be considered in the context of the all-island civic dialogue on Brexit with particular reference to the needs of the Border region due to the particular challenges that will arise following Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (9 Mar 2017)

Brendan Smith: 198. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the availability of Orkambi for persons with cystic fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12455/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (9 Mar 2017)

Brendan Smith: 247. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop new services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12695/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Meetings (9 Mar 2017)

Brendan Smith: 289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he put forward at the recent Council of Agriculture Ministers meeting on CAP post 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12629/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Meetings (9 Mar 2017)

Brendan Smith: 290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he detailed at the recent Council of Agriculture Ministers meeting the need to provide additional funding for CAP post 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12630/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (9 Mar 2017)

Brendan Smith: 351. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional resources will be allocated to the State's tourism promotion agencies in view of Brexit and the importance of the British market for Irish tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12734/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (9 Mar 2017)

Brendan Smith: 353. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional resources will be allocated to the tourism promotion agencies to initiate new marketing measures specifically for the Border region, in view of the fact there is a heavy reliance in this area on the British tourism market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12736/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (9 Mar 2017)

Brendan Smith: 352. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the concerns regarding the possible loss of the Bus Éireann Dublin/Monaghan/Derry service; if this cross-Border service will be maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12735/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (9 Mar 2017)

Brendan Smith: 363. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the new initiatives that will be introduced by the State's industrial promotion agencies to attract inward investment and jobs to areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan due to adverse impacts that Brexit will have on this region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12696/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Services Funding (9 Mar 2017)

Brendan Smith: 365. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to improve services for victims of domestic abuse in the north east with particular reference to the lack of adequate provision of such services in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12453/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implications of Brexit for Foreign Policy: Dr. Karen Devine, DCU (9 Mar 2017)

Brendan Smith: Apologies for their absence have been received from Senator Billy Lawless and Deputy Darragh O'Brien. Today we are meeting with Dr. Karen Devine of the Dublin City University, DCU, school of law and government, as part of a series of meetings on the potential impact of Brexit on areas identified as falling within the remit of this committee. At the end of a series of hearings over the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implications of Brexit for Foreign Policy: Dr. Karen Devine, DCU (9 Mar 2017)

Brendan Smith: There is much material there for consideration and I am quite sure some of it would be contested as well. The witness indicated she would present the full paper and if time permitted, we could have further discourse on another day and it might be very useful. With regard to Dr. Devine's concluding remarks about the Taoiseach saying we would be on the side of the EU 27, all of us would make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implications of Brexit for Foreign Policy: Dr. Karen Devine, DCU (9 Mar 2017)

Brendan Smith: Yes. The Seville declaration in regard to the Lisbon treaty provided many safeguards in response to concerns expressed during those referenda campaigns. We had it built in and it formed part of the question in the referendum put to the people here. After the witness takes other queries, she might refer to the Seville declaration and its importance from the perspective of respecting our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implications of Brexit for Foreign Policy: Dr. Karen Devine, DCU (9 Mar 2017)

Brendan Smith: I know Dr. Devine has time constraints because of college commitments. She might come back to the various queries after Deputy Crowe's contribution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implications of Brexit for Foreign Policy: Dr. Karen Devine, DCU (9 Mar 2017)

Brendan Smith: I would say more critical.