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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: Will the Minister of State, Deputy Joe McHugh, give a brief outline of the Revised Estimate for Vote 27?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister of State. We are all conscious of the significant importance of this programme to so many in need of assistance affected by the many humanitarian crises across the world. Only yesterday the committee met the Red Cross representative from Mali. It is one of the worst countries on the poverty index, with a serious lack of access for its people to proper sanitation and...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: Sorry, Deputy, I was referring to the projected figure for 2017.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: I concur with the comments of Deputies Darragh O'Brien and Noel Grealish on the contribution of Irish religious and lay missionaries. Over the years the different Irish NGOs have made presentations to us and the people at the coalface are working in the most difficult circumstances to deliver services. We owe them a great debt of gratitude for the work they do, helping the most deprived...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister, the Minister of State and their officials for attending and dealing comprehensively with the committee's questions and observations. I also thank members.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Message to Dáil (16 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for public services for the year ending 31 December 2017: Vote 27 - International Co-operation; and Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (16 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in an investigation into the Belturbet bombing of December 1972 which caused the death of two teenagers; if her attention has been drawn to the widespread concerns about the lack of progress on this investigation to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7608/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (16 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration is being given to the reopening of the Garda stations which were closed in the Cavan/Monaghan division since 2011;and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7607/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve (15 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to launch a recruitment campaign for the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7333/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (15 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 75. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to initiate a new recruitment campaign for the Permanent Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7332/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are specific tax incentive schemes available to provide assistance in the refurbishment and upgrading of buildings in town centres or villages for residential or commercial purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7745/17]

North-South Interconnector: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: The chief executive of EirGrid said in an Oireachtas committee meeting in April 2015 that it was technically feasible to underground the project.

North-South Interconnector: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: -----and that we do not agree with a national grid. Nothing could be further from the truth. I received correspondence today from a business group. I say to that business group that Fianna Fáil is as interested in upgrading the national grid as any other interested party on this island. As a party that is firmly attached to the workings of the Good Friday Agreement, many of us in...

North-South Interconnector: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: I am very glad to have the opportunity to support this extremely important motion. As Deputy Dooley, our party spokesperson on communications, environment and natural resources, said, it is a comprehensive, thorough and well thought-out motion. It reflects the concerns of communities and families throughout the affected areas in counties Monaghan, Cavan and Meath very well. It correctly...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ground Rents (14 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 2 February 2017, if consideration is being given to a constitutional amendment pertaining to ground rents; if there are proposals to amend the existing statutory framework regarding ground rents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7418/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme (14 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to expand the mortgage to rent scheme and improve the conditions for this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7369/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (14 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 325. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review the capital programme with a view to increasing investment in infrastructure, such as the road network, in the Border region because of the particular challenges that will arise due to Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7367/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (14 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 326. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if State sponsored bodies can extend employment by one year for long-serving employees on reaching 65 years of age, who on retirement at 65 years of age would have to seek jobseeker's benefit for one year prior to being eligible for pension payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7368/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Legislative Measures (14 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 615. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will implement the recommendations of the Law Reform Commission on the dissemination of abusive material on social media sites and online abuse; if he proposes to appoint a digital safety commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7417/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (14 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 715. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to improve pay levels for new recruits to the Permanent Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7456/17]