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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: Our minds are probably more focused on this issue now than at other times of the year. Living without documentation can mean living in the shadows and in fear in a country which many consider their home. It also means that people might be unable to travel to Ireland to see friends and family. It can mean missing family occasions, be they celebratory occasions or occasions of bereavement....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 1. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the meetings proposed to be held in the immediate future with the British Government and the Northern Ireland Executive parties on the implementation of some provisions of the Stormont House Agreement not included in the agreement, A Fresh Start, such as those dealing with the legacy of the past and the putting in place of appropriate...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: For Northern Ireland truly to progress and move forward mechanisms need to be put in place to deal with the legacy of the past. Victims and survivors, be they of atrocities committed in the North or the South, have a basic entitlement to the truth. Anger, frustration and disappointment are the responses of survivors and victims' families to the agreement, A Fresh Start. I would appreciate...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his reply. I am sure he will agree that the necessary mechanisms to get the facts must be put in place. Thorough and unimpeded investigations are needed and no Government, State agency or political grouping can be allowed to continue to block a truth process. It is not acceptable that the British Government is exercising a veto, citing national security concerns,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his reply. I raised issues in our previous discussion on Northern Ireland a week or more ago. Does the Minister agree that we need to deal with them with the utmost urgency? We do not want the atmosphere to be poisoned even more and people to continue to be disappointed. Does the Minister have in mind a timeframe in which he could envisage some progress being made...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Migration Crisis (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the European Union-Turkey migration agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45306/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Egyptian Conflict (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the efforts being made by the Government to secure the release of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45307/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the Government's plans to formally recognise the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45309/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Industrial Disputes (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why she has not accepted an invitation from the Workplace Relations Commission to participate in talks with the Irish Local Development Network and the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union on resolving employment issues pertaining to the rural social scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46197/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Industrial Disputes (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if officials from her Department are engaging with the Irish Local Development Network in relation to employment issues pertaining to the rural social scheme; why worker representatives of the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union are not included in these talks; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: World Trade Negotiations (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 208. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the substantive priorities at this week's World Trade Organization ministerial conference; if these priorities have taken Ireland's development co-operation objectives into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45728/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 209. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of joint initiatives between the Industrial Development Agency Ireland and Invest Northern Ireland; the cost per initiative; the expenditure on joint initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46232/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cross-Border Projects (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 210. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of developing a border development zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46233/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 226. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of finding a replacement industry following the closure of a manufacturing plant (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46193/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 227. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of attracting an industry-manufacturing facility to a location (details supplied) in County Cavan, given that all modern infrastructure facilities are provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46194/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Expenditure (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grant aid paid to farmers in County Cavan under the rural environment protection scheme and the agri-environment options scheme, in each of the years from 2009 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46195/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Expenditure (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grant aid paid to farmers in County Monaghan under the rural environment protection scheme and the agri-environment options scheme in each of the years from 2009 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46196/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Programmes (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 323. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the expenditure allocated to support Ireland's commitment to accept up to 4,000 persons under the European Union resettlement and relocation programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45769/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 338. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the status of the proposal to provide a new Garda Síochána district headquarters in Bailieboro in County Cavan, including what stage the proposal is at, if a site has been identified and when it will proceed to tender and construction stage. [46057/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 364. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the status of the proposal to provide a new Garda Síochána district headquarters in Bailieboro in County Cavan, including the stage it is at, if a site has been identified and when the project is likely to proceed to tender and construction stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46230/15]