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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister of State. I want to put on the record our appreciation to the ambassadors of Malawi and Mozambique and their support staff. I also thank Elaine Hollowed from the Department, who has been most helpful. With regard to leveraging the potential of the private sector, the major representative organisations are good at lobbying the Government on many issues, as we all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: The Department cannot be going to every operator and private sector entity. The representative organisations might be able to have a particular platform

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: Yes. I thank the Minister of State for his engagement.

Situation in Syria: Motion [Private Members] (5 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: I propose to share time with Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin.

Situation in Syria: Motion [Private Members] (5 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: I commend Deputy Mick Wallace and his colleagues from the Independents 4 Change group on putting this very important motion before the House. It is to their credit that they bring to the floor of the Dáil a motion for debate on this awful and desperate crisis that has gone on for so many years. On behalf of the Fianna Fáil Party I will be moving an amendment that outlines our...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (5 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in counties Cavan and Monaghan as of 1 November 2017; the number of community gardaí in the division; and the number of Garda Reserve and new recruits assigned to the division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [51656/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 121. To ask the Taoiseach if he has had recent contact with the President of the European Council, the President of the European Commission and other members of the European Council. [51767/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (5 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the meetings he has had with his counterparts regarding the need to conclude definitively all issues relating to the need to avoid a border on this island prior to the EU-British negotiations moving to the next stage and dealing with trade issues. [51767/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (5 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent proposals outlined by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the establishment of a new customs arrangement between Britain and the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51755/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Pensions (5 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons (details supplied) applying for the contributory or non-contributory State pension are ineligible if their taxes to Revenue are not fully up to date with the Revenue Commissioners when it is applied for as a result of the Finance Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51465/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (5 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent proposals outlined by a group (details supplied) on the establishment of a new customs arrangement between Britain and the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51698/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (5 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent CAP reform proposals outlined by the new European agriculture Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51756/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (5 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent CAP reform proposals outlined by the European agriculture Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51768/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (5 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of discussions he has had on the need to protect the progress made in the development of an all-island animal health plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52020/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Budgets (5 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 469. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to set out the funding provided in his Department's Estimate for 2017 for the rural recreational scheme, the CLÁR programme, the town and village renewal scheme and the rural economic development zone initiative; the expenditure incurred under each scheme to date in 2017; the projected expenditure in each scheme before the end...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Authority Funding (5 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 470. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to each local authority in 2017 under the rural recreational scheme, the CLÁR programme, the town and village renewal scheme and the rural economic development zone; the drawdown to date in 2017 by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51766/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Strategies (5 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 536. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to develop a national music strategy as proposed by an organisation (details supplied) following its recent report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51763/17]

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: I support the amendment tabled by my colleague, Deputy O'Dea. Some of us have been raising this anomaly since 2012. It is not this year alone that we have raised it or the difficulties that have been caused, in particular to women who left insurable employment to take up full-time work at home caring for children, elderly parents or siblings. We all know of many individuals and families...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cross-Border Co-operation (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase co-operation on a North-South basis in the further and higher education sectors. [51806/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made to date in Brexit talks in ensuring that there will be no diminution in the working or potential of the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52291/17]