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Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (29 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 288. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide additional resources for primary care; if his attention has been drawn to the particular difficulties facing many general practitioner practices in areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14882/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (29 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 345. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to publish the report he commissioned on the proposed North South interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14855/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (29 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 346. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the need to upgrade broadband telecommunications infrastructure throughout counties Cavan and Monaghan; the improvements that will be undertaken in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14856/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Funding (29 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 367. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the grant application in respect of the development of a greenway in counties Leitrim and Cavan; when this application will be approved and funding allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14777/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Funding (29 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 368. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the grant application in respect of the development of a greenway in counties Sligo and Leitrim; when this application will be approved and funding allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14778/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (29 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 369. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be allocated for the upgrading of sporting facilities at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14779/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (29 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 370. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be allocated to Cavan and Monaghan county councils for road improvements in view of the substantial damage to roads caused by recent storms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14780/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Severe Weather Events Expenditure (29 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 455. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional funding will be provided to Cavan and Monaghan County Councils for the additional costs incurred in the provision of services due to recent storms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14782/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (29 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 456. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when new criteria for the tenant purchase scheme will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14783/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (29 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 457. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the income eligibility limits for social housing in areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14784/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed with President Trump the appointment by the US administration of a special envoy to Northern Ireland. [12955/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 11. To ask the Taoiseach the proposals he put forward to President Trump and to other members of the US administration in relation to the need to deal with the difficulties facing the undocumented Irish; and the outcome of such discussions. [13571/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions (Resumed): Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: The Tánaiste quite rightly referred to the three motions passed unanimously by Dáil Éireann calling on the British Government to give an international eminent legal person access to the papers and files pertaining to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. The Tánaiste also referenced the work of the cross-party group. His predecessor as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions (Resumed): Undocumented Irish in the USA (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of recent discussions with the United States Administration on the difficulties facing the undocumented Irish in the United States of America; when he expects immigration reform legislation to be progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14153/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions (Resumed): Undocumented Irish in the USA (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: We got notification from the Questions Office that Questions Nos. 51, 55 and 91 were being grouped.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions (Resumed): Undocumented Irish in the USA (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: I endorse what Deputy Troy said on the need to keep the immigration reform issue at the top of the agenda. The embassy and the consulates do excellent work on this in the United States, but it is extremely important that immigration reform is also kept at the top of the political agenda. I ask the Minister to ensure that this proposal regarding a reciprocal arrangement similar to the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeframe for the United States Administration to appoint a special envoy to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14152/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 202. To ask the Minister for Health when a health facility (details supplied) will be progressed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14347/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures to be implemented at national and or EU level to support pig producers in view of recent pressure on prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14336/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of discussions at the recent EU agriculture Council of Ministers meeting in relation to the need to increase the CAP budget post-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14378/18]