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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when an affordable housing scheme will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52196/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (7 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether legislation being enacted or proposed by the British Government will not impact on aspects of the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52502/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (7 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he has put forward to the European agriculture Commissioner for funding to be provided under the crisis reserve fund to finance a fodder support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52503/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (7 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 233. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to provide specific funding to local authorities for the local improvement scheme in the road works programme for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52581/17]

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: I support the amendment tabled by my colleague, Deputy O'Dea. Some of us have been raising this anomaly since 2012. It is not this year alone that we have raised it or the difficulties that have been caused, in particular to women who left insurable employment to take up full-time work at home caring for children, elderly parents or siblings. We all know of many individuals and families...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: Apologies have been received from Deputy Darragh O'Brien. I remind members and those in the Public Gallery that mobile phones should be switched off completely for the duration of the meeting as they cause interference, even on silent mode, with the recording equipment in the committee rooms. The purpose of today's meeting is to consider the motion referred to the select committee by...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: The Deputy can go ahead, we will take all his questions together.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: We are not going back to the Russian empire now. The Deputy is straying a little bit there.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: One speaker at a time please.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: Let the Minister of State continue.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: Deputy Ryan, please allow the Minister of State to proceed.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: I have not indicated that the Minister of State can come back in.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett will not suggest when the Minister of State will be called to respond. I will. If the Deputy has another question, he should continue. We will then go back to the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: I invite the Minister of State to reply to Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan's and Deputy Boyd Barrett's questions.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: Allow the Minister of State to continue.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: I call Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: No. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan is next.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: I am calling Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: I do not have control over any member's contribution.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: On the Deputy's point, the work of the Business Committee, its modus operandior how it does its business is not a matter for this committee.