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Other Questions: Labour Activation Programmes (3 May 2018)

Brendan Smith: As the Minister knows, there are many positive dimensions to both Tús and the rural social scheme in that they provide worthwhile employment opportunities for many who, unfortunately, are not in a position to get a job in the labour market. Furthermore, they provide a great service to local communities by providing new facilities and enhancing and maintaining existing facilities. I...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (3 May 2018)

Brendan Smith: 46. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to amend legislation regarding the State pension (contributory) with particular reference to persons whose insurance contribution records were interrupted due to periods in receipt of farm assist; if the periods that persons were on farm assist can be credited for insurance purposes; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Border Crossings (3 May 2018)

Brendan Smith: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of official Border crossings with Northern Ireland; 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. [19538/18]

Other Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (2 May 2018)

Brendan Smith: 26. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the discussions his Department has with its counterpart in Northern Ireland on the development of cross-Border projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19074/18]

Other Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (2 May 2018)

Brendan Smith: 28. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the discussions he or his Department has with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the European Commission on the funding of cross-Border projects after 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19075/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Religious Persecution (2 May 2018)

Brendan Smith: 79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised with the Indian authorities and/or at the European Foreign Affairs Council the recent report by an organisation (details supplied) of the persecution of Christians in India; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19179/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (2 May 2018)

Brendan Smith: 80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date in implementing legislative measures as required under the 2014 Stormont House Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19181/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Northern Ireland (2 May 2018)

Brendan Smith: 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in implementing legislative measures as required under the 2014 Stormont House Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19180/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Brexit Staff (2 May 2018)

Brendan Smith: 106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the working groups and processes in place within his Department and within the statutory agencies under his remit in preparation for Britain's exit from the European Union; if such planning is coordinated with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; if personnel within his Department and within the statutory agencies at...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (2 May 2018)

Brendan Smith: 135. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources will be provided in order to ensure maximum utilisation of capacity at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19273/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (2 May 2018)

Brendan Smith: 142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of recent discussions he had with the European Agriculture and Trade Commissioners on the need to protect the agrifood sector here in negotiations on a possible Mercosur trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19254/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry Regulation (2 May 2018)

Brendan Smith: 150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the outcome of discussions to date he has had with his British counterpart on legislation in the British Parliament regarding the certification of hauliers' licences and vehicles and its implications for the haulage industry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19256/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (2 May 2018)

Brendan Smith: 151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to launch the 2018 sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19266/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Leader Programmes Funding (2 May 2018)

Brendan Smith: 158. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated for the Leader programme in 2017; the expenditure at the end of 2017; the funding allocated for and the expenditure to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19253/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Parliament Elections (2 May 2018)

Brendan Smith: 201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the stage at which negotiations at European Union level on the reallocation of seats in the European Parliament following Britain's decision to leave the European Union are at; if the reallocation of seats will be applicable for the 2019 European elections; if so, if additional seats will be allocated to Ireland; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (1 May 2018)

Brendan Smith: 391. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase substantially the maximum level of grant aid in respect of the provision of new childcare facilities in cases in which there is an identified need for additional places and in which the maximum level of grant aid under the present scheme would be inadequate to support a community childcare organisation to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (1 May 2018)

Brendan Smith: 392. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce a new childcare capital grant scheme in 2018 to assist community childcare operators to extend or provide new childcare facilities in cases in which there is an identified need for additional places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19069/18]

Irish Aid Programme: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Brendan Smith: I move:That Dáil Éireann shall consider the Report of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence, entitled ‘Review of the Irish Aid Programme’, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 21st February, 2018.” It is my honour to introduce this report in the Chamber today. I acknowledge our guests in the Visitors Gallery. They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Defence and Related Matters (26 Apr 2018)

Brendan Smith: As we have a quorum, the meeting will now commence. I have received apologies from Senators Ivana Bacik and Billy Lawless. The committee will be hearing from the Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach with responsibility for defence, Deputy Kehoe. He is very welcome. As part of its work programme for 2018, the committee agreed to invite the Minister of State before it to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Defence and Related Matters (26 Apr 2018)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister of State for his detailed presentation. As Deputy Tony McLoughlin has a commitment in the Dáil Chamber at 10.30 a.m., he may ask his questions now.