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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (18 Nov 2021)

Brendan Smith: Mr. Oliver McVeigh and other families of the disappeared go to Stormont each year. To my recollection, on one of the particular anniversary dates there is a gathering at Stormont. Maybe we should have a gathering here, at Leinster House.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (18 Nov 2021)

Brendan Smith: Even apart from that, there should be a public gathering as well outside the confines of Leinster House.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (18 Nov 2021)

Brendan Smith: Hopefully, that would get some media attention and help to create that awareness. As all of our witnesses have appealed for, I appeal to anybody with any shred of information, regardless of whether he or she thinks it may be totally insignificant. I, again, give out the message about the confidentiality, that no information would be admissible in any criminal proceedings. They are two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (18 Nov 2021)

Brendan Smith: We would love it if the three bodies were found but in the meantime, we should have a campaign that the public could join in and support, as well as us Members of the Oireachtas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (18 Nov 2021)

Brendan Smith: We might, that day, give some consideration to a campaign in Dublin or based in our capital city outside the Oireachtas, but obviously supported by Oireachtas Members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (18 Nov 2021)

Brendan Smith: I propose a statement would go out in the Chairman's name and that of the committee following our meeting today, and that we are following up on actions. It would be important to put that out as well.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (9 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 34. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will introduce as a matter of urgency to ensure that there is an adequate supply of domestic peat for the mushroom and horticulture sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60783/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (9 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 44. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date to ensure that hedgerows, all small-scale planting and all small blocks of scrub are included in the national inventory calculations for carbon credits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60784/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (9 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the initiatives that are being taken to assist agri-food businesses deal with the effect of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60789/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans new initiatives to support businesses impacted by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60790/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (9 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total payments made to Cavan County Council and Monaghan County Council under the commercial rates waiver scheme in 2020 and 2021; the projected payment for the first quarter of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61014/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (9 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 229. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the recent British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference with particular reference to legacy issues and the need to implement in full the Stormont House Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61100/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61094/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date in eliminating unacceptable delays in processing applications for forest planting and felling; the additional measures that will be introduced in 2022 to speed up the processing of such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61013/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Economic Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 110. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2021. [61365/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (14 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the review commissioned by his Department in respect of the proposed north-south interconnector project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62008/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (14 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the widespread concerns of communities in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath are taken into account in decisions regarding the proposed north-south interconnector project; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that local authorities, reflective of the views of local communities are very strongly of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (14 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that will be implemented at an early date to progress the proposal to extend the Shannon navigation from Lough Allen, County Leitrim to Dowra, County Cavan in view of the substantial preparatory work carried out on the project some years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62010/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (14 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to enable persons to buy voluntary contributions towards entitlement to a contributory old age pension if they do not have 520 paid contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61437/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: This day 28 years ago Albert Reynolds and John Major signed the Downing Street Declaration. That agreement was central to the successful negotiation of the Good Friday Agreement, which brought peace to our country. Every community on this island continues to benefit from that agreement. Following on from the Downing Street Declaration, the first peace-funded programme, PEACE I, was...