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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (16 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent ESRI report on post-leaving certificate courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2029/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (16 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 802. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a new health care facility (details supplied); when this project will proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54902/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (16 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 803. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a new health care facility (details supplied); when this project will proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54903/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (16 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 804. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a new health care facility (details supplied); when this project will proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54904/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (16 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 1103. To ask the Minister for Health if persons using Respreeza will continue to have this medication made available to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1971/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 1114. To ask the Minister for Health when additional capacity will be approved for a hospital (details supplied) in the delivery of a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2028/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (16 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 1240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a fodder aid scheme in view of the serious difficulties facing many persons in areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan in which there are fodder shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1804/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Data (16 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 1241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of applicants under the basic payment scheme 2017 and areas of natural constraints scheme 2017 paid to date in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1805/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Data (16 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 1242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of applicants under the basic payment scheme 2017 and areas of natural constraints scheme 2017 paid to date in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1806/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (16 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 1243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of applicants under GLAS schemes due for payment in 2017 paid to date in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1807/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (16 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 1244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of applicants under GLAS schemes due for payment in 2017 paid to date in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1808/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (16 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 1251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is expected to have final approval secured for the export of beef to China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2013/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Obligation Services (16 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 1313. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a universal public service obligation on telecommunications providers in respect of the need to provide adequate and up-to-date broadband telecommunications coverage throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1779/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Obligation Services (16 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 1314. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a universal public service obligation on mobile telephony providers with regard to the need to provide adequate and up-to-date mobile telephone coverage throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1780/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Post-Brexit Trade Opportunities: Asia Matters (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: In the first session of today's meeting we will speak to Mr. Martin Murray of Asia Matters to discuss opportunities for trade with Asia post Brexit. This committee has had ongoing discussions with both the public and private sector on plans for trade following Britain's exit from the European Union. Today's meeting gives us the opportunity to hear about potential for trade with Asia, an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Post-Brexit Trade Opportunities: Asia Matters (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: I thank Mr. Murray for his excellent and detailed presentation. We will have a discussion now but I think the extent of this issue and its subject matter will warrant a further meeting between us. We can raise the issues and recommendations suggested by Mr. Murray with the relevant Departments and State agencies. Perhaps we could review the different issues early in 2018 because Mr. Murray...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Post-Brexit Trade Opportunities: Asia Matters (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: I think that often, Irish people think Ireland is known everywhere. As Mr. Murray outlined clearly, Ireland often is perceived as being part of a neighbouring member state of the European Union. Mr. Murray compared the two direct flights from Ireland to Asia from 2018, with the number originating in Helsinki, which has a metropolitan population of less than 2 million from a total of 5.5...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Post-Brexit Trade Opportunities: Asia Matters (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: Mr. Murray mentioned the Asia strategy the Department is developing. In their briefing note to the committee, officials said they hope to have that finalised in the coming period. Hopefully, it will be in place in the first quarter of the coming year. I presume Asia Matters has made a submission or has been involved in the preparation of that report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Post-Brexit Trade Opportunities: Asia Matters (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: The potential of education has been mentioned by all my colleagues. Some years ago, I was involved in launching a course in food safety run by UCD specifically aimed at Chinese students on the basis of bringing them into the Irish system and building connections. It is invaluable what can be achieved later when students return to their home countries and get involved in the food industry,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Post-Brexit Trade Opportunities: Asia Matters (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: I agree with that. As I said following Mr. Murray's initial contribution, we will revisit this issue. The clerk to the committee, the committee's legal adviser and I were discussing the work programme for 2018 recently and one of the issues we discussed was doing a short report on the potential in Asia post Brexit from a trade point of view in the early part of 2018. We are currently doing...