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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Brexit Issues (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: I also thank the Minister of State for her reply and acknowledge her work in this area. The PEACE and INTERREG programmes were established in the mid-1990s to support the peace process at the time. These funding programmes supported economic development, particularly community development and infrastructure, as well as education and some social areas. I agree with Deputy Breathnach,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Brexit Issues (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: I appreciate the Ceann Comhairle giving us the opportunity to raise this very important issue and the Minister of State being present. A great deal of the uncertainty and concern about Brexit we encounter in the Border region stems directly from the huge uncertainty we see in Westminster, an uncertainty reported nightly on UTV and BBC Northern Ireland news programmes, which are widely...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: Eirgrid has not tried to be fair to local communities.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: 51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the need to provide the North-South interconnector as proposed by EirGrid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53166/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: 58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the 2018 electricity generation report published by EirGrid and a company (details supplied) on the proposed North-South interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53165/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: I wish the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton, and the Minister of State at the Departments of Rural and Community Development and Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Canney well in their new roles. As the Minister is aware, we have been told relentlessly since 2006 that the lights would go out in Northern Ireland unless the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his reply. I never suggested that we should not have an all-Ireland electricity market - far from it - and I have always advocated that we develop an all-Ireland economy. I am saying that we have been fed a diet of suggestions that the lights will go out in Northern Ireland in 2019 if the North-South interconnector is not built. The most recent report shows that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister. I would not question the need for an independent planning system. We are all fully aware of the need for that and the way it works. When members of Government, Members of the Oireachtas and public representatives from local authorities go to the bother of making detailed presentations at oral hearings, it would be expected that the inspector's report would at least...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: But we booked an oral public hearing.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: There were qualitative arguments from public representatives as well.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that there will be no reconfiguration in the provision of second level school services and ensure the continuation of existing school provision in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52770/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: 201. 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. [52847/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: 282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda trainees that will be recruited to the Garda College in Templemore in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53352/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Promotions (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: 283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in promoting members of An Garda Síochána on promotion lists to the rank of sergeant and inspector, respectively, in view of a number of critical reports on the force highlighting the urgent requirement to enhance governance and operational supervision as highlighted in recent reports...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: 457. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide improved health services through the establishment of new facilities and the employment of additional personnel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53411/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: 566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated number of unofficial Border crossings with Northern Ireland in addition to the 208 public road Border crossings; the location of such crossings; the classification of the roads leading to such crossing points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53150/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (13 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: Scrutiny of EU legislative proposals, schedule B, COM (2018) 688 and JOIN (2018) 26 and 27. It is proposed that these proposals do not warrant further scrutiny. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Brexit and Matters Considered at Meetings of the Foreign Affairs Council: Discussion (13 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: In today's meeting, we meet with An Tánaiste and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Simon Coveney, to discuss the latest developments in Brexit and matters that have arisen at the Foreign Affairs Council and other matters relevant to foreign affairs and trade. The Tánaiste is very welcome here today, along with his officials. The format of the meeting is that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Brexit and Matters Considered at Meetings of the Foreign Affairs Council: Discussion (13 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Tánaiste for his detailed presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Brexit and Matters Considered at Meetings of the Foreign Affairs Council: Discussion (13 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: Some of the matters Deputy Collins referred to are outside of the remit of foreign affairs, so if the Minister wishes, he may comment on them.