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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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 462. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the decision by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council not to accept applicants for paramedic employment posts from paramedics who have successfully completed the international paramedic programme through the Emergency Services Training Institute in conjunction with Crowder College of Missouri in the United States of America; if he is aware...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 513. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how the priority area for action in One World One Future relating to hunger and nutrition is being advanced by positions Ireland is taking at this week's World Trade Organisation ministerial conference; if Ireland is supporting binding outcomes for least developed countries which would advance their peoples' food and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 514. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how he plans to ensure that the private sector adheres to the recently published interpretive notice by the European Union on the correct labelling of imported goods from illegal Israeli settlements located in the occupied Palestinian territories; when it is expected to see, in physical terms, the introduction of labelling in the Irish...