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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (27 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce additional measures to deal with cross-Border illegal trading in products such as fuels and tobacco; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13920/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (27 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 120. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce additional measures to counteract illegal trading in goods such as tobacco and fuels; if such measures will be introduced in cooperation with the authorities in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13923/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (27 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when it is planned to have a British Irish intergovernmental conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14170/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (27 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe to implement measures to address the escalating costs of business insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14181/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (27 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 197. To ask the Minister for Finance when the cost of insurance working group will finalise a report; his plans to implement measures from the work of the group to deal with the escalating costs of business insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14182/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: I welcome the presentations by Dr. Bryson, Professor McEvoy and Professor Morrow. They are stark and unfortunately present a very accurate picture of the position we are in. Professor Morrow's statement that after 20 years we must conclude that we have collectively and individually failed to take the Good Friday Agreement seriously is a fairly damning statement but unfortunately an accurate...

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (22 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the particular infrastructural needs of areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan will be given priority consideration if Cohesion Funds become available post-2020 in view of the negative impacts Brexit will have on the Border region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11329/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (22 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 38. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the outcome of discussions to date with the European Commission on the availability of Cohesion Funds post-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11328/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (22 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent report by the Northern Ireland affairs committee of the British House of Commons regarding the difficulties in retaining a frictionless border on this island following Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13517/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade in Fuel and Tobacco Products (22 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional measures he plans to implement to counteract cross-Border illegal trading in goods such as fuels and tobacco; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13500/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade in Fuel and Tobacco Products (22 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of recent discussions between his Department, the Revenue Commissioners and their counterparts in Northern Ireland regarding illegal trading in goods such as fuels and tobacco; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13501/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (22 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 106. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce a scheme similar to the enterprise stabilisation fund that was introduced in 2009 to assist businesses facing difficulties due to Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13511/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (22 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 107. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the schemes and funding that are available to assist small and medium-sized enterprises which face particular difficulties due to Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13512/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (22 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the balancing payments in respect of GLAS will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13513/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (22 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of GLAS applicants in County Cavan awaiting the balancing payment; when same will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13514/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (22 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of GLAS applicants in County Monaghan awaiting the balancing payment; when same will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13515/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Mobile Telephony Services (22 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 242. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions he has had with the European Union Commission or with his counterpart in the British Government on the need to avoid mobile phone roaming charges following Britain's exit from the EU's digital single market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13337/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (21 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Permanent Defence Forces personnel expected to serve on UN-led missions in 2018; the locations of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10381/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (21 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Permanent Defence Forces personnel serving in UN-led missions; the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10380/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Undocumented Irish in the USA (21 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 171. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if proposals have been put recently to the United States Administration in relation to immigration reform with particular reference to the undocumented Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13216/18]