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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (11 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 75. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when decisions are likely to be made in relation to the identification of suitable sites as locations for the establishment of data centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43144/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (11 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 76. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if centres (details supplied) have been given further consideration in respect of the location of inward investment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43145/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43158/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (11 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised at the EU Foreign Affairs Council the intensive extension of Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights; if the difficulties in the Golan are given active consideration in the Middle East peace initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43116/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (11 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be ratified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43120/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Funding (11 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 147. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos 435 of 11 July 2017 and 789 of 11 September 2017, when additional resources will be provided to upgrade and improve ambulance services in view of a further incident (details supplied) of a totally inadequate response time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43172/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (11 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 148. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 3 October 2017, the number of persons availing of this service in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43191/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (11 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to provide modern and up to date broadband telecommunications infrastructure in an area (details supplied); if consideration will be given to the request of the local community to have the telecoms infrastructure updated due to the needs of local business and households; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Youth Work Advisory Committee (11 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 169. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to reconstitute the national youth work advisory committee as provided for in the Youth Work Act 2001; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43078/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Professional Development (10 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reintroduce financial support for student primary teachers in respect of attendance at a mandatory course (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42246/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (10 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase Garda numbers in the Cavan and Monaghan division in view of the reduction in garda personnel since 2010; if the particular policing needs of this division due to a long land border with a neighbouring jurisdiction will be taken into account in the allocation of garda resources; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 357. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary resources will be provided to a hospital (details supplied) to launch a new service before the end of 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42796/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Documents (10 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on an EU Commission memo in relation to the trading of agri food products on an all Ireland basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42809/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Business of Joint Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: Apologies have been received from Deputy Noel Grealish. I welcome the members to this meeting. On my own behalf and on behalf of the committee, I extend our sincere sympathy to the Cosgrave family on the passing of Liam Cosgrave, former Taoiseach, former Minister for External Affairs and former Government Chief Whip, and long-time leader of the Fine Gael Party. Liam Cosgrave gave exceptional...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review (5 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: In part one of today's meeting, we will meet Mr. Niall Burgess, Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Mr. Ruairí de Búrca, director of Irish Aid. I extend a welcome to them and to their officials, Ms Nicola Brennan, Ms Emer O'Connell and Ms Nicole McHugh, to today's meeting. The joint committee agreed as part of its work programme for 2017 to review...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review (5 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: I thank Mr. de Búrca for his presentation. I remind members that the meeting is totally focused on the work of Irish Aid and that no other matters relevant to the Department are to be raised. With regard to Mr. de Búrca's comments on the work of Teagasc and the knowledge transfer, have efforts been made to engage many of the major Irish agrifood companies that today, thankfully,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review (5 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: I used to stay up at night watching the cow. We grew up with that hardship.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review (5 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: I thank Mr. de Búrca. I will go back to some of the members. There are, unfortunately, time constraints. I will take three members - Senator Daly, Deputy Crowe and then Senator Bacik. I will then come back to the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review (5 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: We will return to the issue of the consulates on another day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review (5 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: The Senator is veering off the agenda and we have time constraints.