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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: 49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if additional Garda Síochána personnel will be assigned to the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division, given the substantial reduction in Garda numbers in that division over the past number of years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16418/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (16 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: 177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the implementation of the Fresh Start agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16420/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (16 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: 178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his proposals, to have further meetings with Members of the Northern Ireland Executive and with other parties represented in the Stormont Assembly and with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in relation to the implementation of the Fresh Start agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16421/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (16 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: 228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the continued licensing of glyphosate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16419/16]

Topical Issue Debate: Northern Ireland (14 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I do not know if it is possible for the families to find some sense of closure with the truth of how their loved ones were murdered. Again, I emphasise that the killers must be brought to justice and that there has to be answers for this mass murder. Through parliamentary questions and various debates in this House over the years, I have...

Topical Issue Debate: Northern Ireland (14 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: The report of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland on the Loughinisland killings outlines clearly the damning and devastating truth that the police force was guilty of engaging in significant collusion in sectarian mass murder on the fateful night of 18 June 1994. The report contains details that are deeply disturbing and expose for all of us, once again, a dark chapter in Northern...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (9 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: 90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of the widespread concerns of the Irish Postmasters Union in respect of recent correspondence issued by his Department regarding payment of jobseeker's payments through financial institutions other than post offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15103/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: 394. To ask the Minister for Health when the staffing complement will be increased in a hospital unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14261/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (8 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: 515. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to introduce new measures to deal with the growing problems due to the increasing availability of new psychoactive substances and the serious problems this is causing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15050/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (8 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: 516. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that additional much needed resources are allocated to an organisation (details supplied) which provides an important service in counties Cavan and Monaghan; if he is aware that demand for the services provided by this organisation is increasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15051/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (8 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: 601. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposals to apply a universal service obligation on broadband telecommunications providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14979/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Services Provision (2 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: 59. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he has to progress co-operation on a North-South basis with the delivery of health services, particularly for Border counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13772/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (2 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: 112. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the hospital groups; if it is proposed to put these groups on a statutory basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13771/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (2 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: 284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the conditions of the pigmeat compensation scheme to ensure small scale producers are eligible for payment as the existing criteria are too restrictive and deny small scale farmers of a payment; if he is aware that these small scale producers need this payment to remain viable; and if he will make a statement on...

Mental Health: Statements (Resumed) (1 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: I take the opportunity to congratulate the Ministers of State, Deputies Helen McEntee and Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, on their appointment. I spoke to each of them individually and I wish them well in the very important jobs they have ahead of them. Others have referred to the work of the former Minister of State, Kathleen Lynch, and I want to echo the support for the work she did. In the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (1 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: 47. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé na tosaíocthaí a bheidh aici i leith na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta do thearma an rialtais seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [13311/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (1 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: 214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his proposals to reinstate the local improvement scheme, including if he proposes to allocate specific funding to local authorities in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13933/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (1 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: 215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide additional funding for necessary upgrading and repair on the road network, given the deteriorating condition of many non-national roads, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13934/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (26 May 2016)

Brendan Smith: 224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received and approval issued under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12331/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (26 May 2016)

Brendan Smith: 225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided in his Department's Estimates for 2016 and the expenditure to date under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12332/16]