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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: With that modus operandi, is there a danger of that being badly wounded if President Trump carries out his proposal to reduce dramatically funding to the UN?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: We will now move to programme D.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: Yes.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: That is fine. We will move on to programme F, appropriations-in-aid.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: Earlier you said you would leave open the possibility of having a passport office in the province of Ulster. My constituency colleague, Senator Robbie Gallagher, put forward a proposal that a passport office should be opened in County Monaghan, which is centrally situated in the south of the province. I wholeheartedly agree with that. It had the endorsement of this committee as well. I...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: I am being very generous to my neighbouring county. I did not advocate for Cavan at all but for the other part of my constituency.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: That would likely be at the end of April or early in May.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: Thank you.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: We are discussing it all under the one programme.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: This committee recently published a report on reaching the target of 0.7% of gross national income in overseas development aid, ODA, recommending that the Government put forward a multi-annual plan to be submitted to the committee and the Committee on Budgetary Oversight. What is the Government's thinking on how the 0.7% target would be reached? Policy coherence across Government also...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Tánaiste and the Minister of State, as well as the Secretary General and his colleagues for attending today.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Message to Dáil (8 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence has completed its consideration of the following Estimates for public services for the year ending 31 December 2018: Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised), and Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised).

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Funding (8 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 499. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be provided to Cavan County Council in respect of the road works programme 2018 in view of the widespread damage caused to roads by the recent storms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11555/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Funding (8 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 500. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be provided to Monaghan County Council in respect of the road works programme 2018 in view of the widespread damage caused to roads by the recent storms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11556/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Severe Weather Events Expenditure (8 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if specific funding will be allocated to Cavan County Council for the provision of services due to the additional costs on the local authority as a result of the recent storms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11558/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Severe Weather Events Expenditure (8 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if specific funding will be allocated to Monaghan County Council for the provision of services due to the additional costs on the local authority as a result of the recent storms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11559/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (6 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent discussions he has had at European Union and or United Nations level on the ongoing massacre of innocent persons in Syria and the need to have a meaningful and lasting ceasefire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10750/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (6 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had at European Union and United Nations level on the need to provide humanitarian aid to the persons most in need in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10751/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (6 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when talks will resume between the Irish and British Governments and the political parties in Northern Ireland on the need to have the Stormont Assembly and Executive restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10752/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (6 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to convene the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10818/18]