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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Framework Agreement: Motion (16 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Chairman and welcome the statement by the Minister of State. Fianna Fáil is completely supportive of the proposed agreement and the European Union obviously should have the best possible relationships from the point of view of trade and other aspects with a country that has a population of 93 million people. I notice there is a huge imbalance in trade between the European...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (16 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposals the Office of Public Works has to carry out essential drainage work in County Cavan; if he is aware of the serious problems caused for households and businesses in parts of County Cavan, particularly in the Crossdoney, Killeshandra and Farnham areas, due to recent severe flooding; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Northern Ireland Issues (16 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the re-introduction of the paramilitary monitoring commission and the establishment of a cross-Border agency to deal with organised crime, as outlined in the Fresh Start agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45609/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Investigations (16 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the status of the investigation of the murder of a person (details supplied) in 1976, if An Garda Síochána will carry out further investigations, the level of co-operation by the Police Service of Northern Ireland, if she will ensure that further full and thorough investigations are undertaken without further delay; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (16 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals to provide additional funding to non-governmental organisations towards their programmes working to mitigate the risk of gender-based violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45603/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (16 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals he has put forward at European Union Foreign Affairs Councils on the need to increase funding to non-governmental organisations to assist their programmes dealing with gender-based violence in many regions, particularly in countries where a significant cohort of the population are victims of conflict-related sexual violence;...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (16 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions he has had with the British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr Philip Hammond, and with the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Ms Theresa Villiers, in relation to the forthcoming referendum on British membership of the European Union; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (16 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he and his European Union counterparts have made in relation to the plight of refugees fleeing the Middle East and North Africa, the progress on developing an adequate and comprehensive European Union response programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45608/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (16 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide additional funding for humanitarian aid for Syria and adjoining areas in view of the ongoing conflict, the appalling loss of life and the urgent need to get essential humanitarian aid to persons living in desperate conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45615/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (16 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise at the next European Union Foreign Affairs Council the need for the European Union to provide additional funding to Syria and that region given the ongoing conflict, the appalling loss of lives and the urgent need to get humanitarian aid to persons living in desperate conditions; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: North-South Interconnector (16 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on using an underground alternative on the North South Interconnector which employs High Voltage Direct Current technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45621/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments (16 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 197. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cavan in respect of the purchase of bog under the cessation of turf cutting scheme, if this application will be finalised without further delay as it has been ongoing for years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45622/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (15 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 664. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a substantial increase in funding for the non-national road network to local authorities in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45410/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (10 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of applicants in County Cavan paid to date under the 2015 areas of natural constraint scheme and the single payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44629/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (10 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of applicants in County Monaghan paid to date under the 2015 natural constraint scheme and the single payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44630/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (10 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 109. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that outstanding payments due to farmers in counties Cavan and Monaghan under the natural constraint scheme and the single payment scheme will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44631/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (10 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: 233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure a substantial increase in the grant allocation for non-national roads to Cavan County Council in 2016, given the deteriorating condition of many roads there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44632/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Northern Ireland Issues (9 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his detailed response. The Minister has had a number of meetings, and earlier today a number of Members of the Oireachtas from all political parties met with the group Justice for the Forgotten to discuss the Dublin-Monaghan bombings and other atrocities. If the Minister and his Department can continue to engage with the different representative groups in the...

Topical Issue Debate: Northern Ireland Issues (9 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: I appreciate the Ceann Comhairle selecting this important Topical Issue matter and I very much appreciate that the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, is here to deal with this question himself. The Fianna Fáil Party believes the rights of survivors and victims of the Troubles must stay on the agenda and must be kept to the fore. The newly-agreed Fresh Start agreement comes against the backdrop...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Palestine: Discussion (9 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: I welcome Dr. Sabella and thank him for his succinct outlining of a grim picture of Palestine. He depicted the significant loss of life in recent times, the injuring of so many people and the poor and desperate conditions in which people are living. One of the central tenets of the presentation related to the additional problems arising from the expansion of Israeli settlements and...