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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Eligibility (4 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS status will be conferred on a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15954/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (4 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage at an early date in view of the fact that all details have been submitted by the architect; if his attention has been drawn to the need to upgrade existing accommodation and provide additional permanent accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15992/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Colombia: Mr. Eamon Gilmore (4 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: We are meeting with Mr. Eamon Gilmore, EU special envoy for the peace process in Colombia. He is very welcome back to the committee. The members of the committee look forward to hearing his thoughts and views on the current state of the peace process. Before we begin, I remind members, witnesses and persons in the Public Gallery to turn off their mobile phones. Members are requested to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Colombia: Mr. Eamon Gilmore (4 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: I thank Mr. Gilmore for his very comprehensive and concise outline of the very complex situation in Colombia. We know of the huge issues that have yet to be overcome and resolved satisfactorily. I call Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Colombia: Mr. Eamon Gilmore (4 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: You mentioned in your introductory remarks about illegal mining. Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan also referred to it. There is the damage that has been done to the environment by widespread extraction of natural resources. There are a huge number of issues to be dealt with in implementing the peace process. Does the environmental damage and the need to protect the environment feature in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Colombia: Mr. Eamon Gilmore (4 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: I join other members in wishing you well in your new role as EU Special Representative for Human Rights and also to compliment you on your work as special envoy for the peace process in Colombia. It is evident from your contribution and your presentation to us here today the very active role you have played. I wish you well in the ongoing work in the whole area of human rights. In this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Challenges Facing Cross-Border Authorities: Discussion (4 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: I thank the delegation for the excellence of its presentations. They were detailed, well presented and positive but they also outlined the challenges that face the region. As our Vice Chairman said, this meeting follows on from the detailed briefing we had with the witnesses at the Guild Hall some months ago. In my earliest days in the Oireachtas, I recall that the late Donegal Senator,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (9 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 451. To ask the Minister for Health when adequate resources will be provided to an association (details supplied) to ensure an improved level of services for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16616/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 316. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to withdraw recently introduced charges for transport to day care centres and training centres in areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17410/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (16 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 454. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17412/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Driver Licensing Service (17 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that additional resources are provided for the National Driver Licensing Service in view of the additional demands and waiting lists arising in offices such as Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17870/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Cyber Security Policy (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the specific meetings over the past 18 months between his Department, the Defence Forces and the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment in which the issue of developing civil and military co-operation as set out in the National Cyber Security Strategy 2015-2017 was on the agenda; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Cyber Security Policy (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 11 April 2019, if further clarification will be provided (details supplied); the reason this is not a priority; the obstacles to the provision of these critical resources; the specific measures he is taking to address these issues in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18218/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council Meetings (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions at the EU Foreign Affairs Council regarding Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18292/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals there are to resume talks with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the political parties in Northern Ireland on the need to have the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18378/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 214. To ask the Minister for Health if the costs incurred with gestational diabetic testing and medication will be covered under maternity care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18381/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the most recent discussions he has had at EU level on the need to protect the fishing and seafood industry in view of the problems that will arise with Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18295/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Eligibility (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers whose agri-environment options scheme, AEOS, contracts have expired will be enabled to participate in GLAS; if the scheme will be reopened for such applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18326/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the most recent discussions he has had at EU level on the need to relax state aid rules and have adequate measures in place to assist the agrifood sector in the event of severe market disturbance arising from Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18327/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are ongoing discussions with the authorities in Northern Ireland on the need to protect the agrifood sector and deal with issues that may arise from Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18328/19]