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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (13 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: 312. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the concern expressed in County Cavan due to the reduction in services at a health facility (details supplied) in the county; the proposals to restore residential and day care services to the level previously provided at this centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35647/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (13 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: 363. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of any recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Ms Theresa Villiers, concerning the motions passed unanimously by Dáil Éireann in 2008 and 2011 in relation to the Dublin-Monaghan bombings of 1974, with particular reference to access to files or papers held by the British authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (13 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: 353. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of the newly introduced Irish passport card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35460/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (13 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: 356. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of reports that the former President of the United States of America, President Bill Clinton, is offering to assist in the talks in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35610/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (13 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: 357. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the peace agreement that was signed in August 2015 in South Sudan was discussed at recent European Union Foreign Affairs Council meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35649/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (13 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: 358. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to raise at the next European Union Foreign Affairs Council the need for the European Union to take an active interest in supporting the implementation of the provisions of the peace agreement signed in South Sudan in August 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35650/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (13 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: 359. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to raise at the next European Union Foreign Affairs Council the need to provide further additional humanitarian assistance to South Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35651/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (13 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: 362. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of his recent visit to the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35780/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Sanctions (13 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: 364. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the impact of sanctions against Russia on trade to and from Ireland; his position on the issue of sanctions; if he foresees the lifting of sanctions before the end of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35787/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Programmes (8 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the new INTERREG IV programme will become operational; the funding allocated to the programme; to each measure within the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35173/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (8 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: 187. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up-to-date position regarding the all-party talks in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35167/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (8 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: 188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up-to-date position regarding the proposed immigration reform Bill in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35168/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (8 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: 189. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with the authorities in the United States of America in the implementation of a visa waiver programme in respect of undocumented Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35169/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (8 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: 190. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if additional humanitarian assistance will be provided for South Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35170/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Crisis in South Sudan: International Committee of Red Cross (7 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Chairman and welcome the presentation. The witness mentioned the phrase "very dire" twice in his introductory remarks on the humanitarian situation and, indeed, the political situation that exists in South Sudan. The Chairman, in his remarks, mentioned that because there are so many crises throughout the world, the South Sudan crisis may not be in the public awareness as much as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Crisis in South Sudan: International Committee of Red Cross (7 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: On the humanitarian crisis - 2.2 million people have fled their homes and more than 1.6 million people have been displaced internally, which includes almost 900,000 children, and 620,000 people are refugees in neighbouring countries. It is my understanding, and maybe the witness will expand on it, that there has been an increase in hostilities recently and there have even been attacks on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (7 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: 150. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he has to ensure that all medical card holders, irrespective of their location, are provided with free dental benefit if they need to access dental treatment in the Dental Hospital; if this provision is already in place for medical card holders in the Dublin and Wicklow area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34907/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (6 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: 398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the findings of a report on the effects of the seal population on fish stocks, which was commissioned by his Department, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34529/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (6 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: 553. To ask the Minister for Health given a recent report, the proposals to provide additional resources in all disciplines for the maternity unit in Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34511/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (6 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: 617. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up-to-date position regarding the implementation of an European Union-wide ban on Israeli products from illegal settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34508/15]