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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his detailed outline of the issues discussed at the Foreign Affairs Council. With regard to the Ebola outbreak, I want to put on the record our recognition of the important role played by officials in the Minister's Department and by Irish NGOs. Both Ireland and the EU have been substantial donors in regard to dealing with this outbreak. Does the Minister know what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Brendan Smith: May I raise a point with the Minister?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Brendan Smith: I presume the Minister is travelling to the Unites States next week and I hope he can again raise the proposed immigration reform legislation. Pessimism is setting in again among families who have family members in the United States who are hoping to be beneficiaries of the proposed legislation. We need to send out a message to our communities and families throughout the country that every...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (11 Mar 2015)

Brendan Smith: 70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of staff at Waterways Ireland, and also the staff of other All Ireland Bodies, in relation to the proposal to impose an extra pension contribution on them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10700/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (11 Mar 2015)

Brendan Smith: 158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide consideration to a motion adopted by the Carrickmacross-Castleblayney municipal district, County Monaghan in respect of funding for road improvement works (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10679/15]

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Triocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2013: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Mar 2015)

Brendan Smith: The people had their say.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Triocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2013: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Mar 2015)

Brendan Smith: The Deputy did not mention that the people had decided in the referendum put before them.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Triocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2013: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Mar 2015)

Brendan Smith: The people are sovereign through our electoral system and that is where sovereignty must reside. Another myth that Sinn Féin and other supporters of this Bill peddle is that of increasing militarisation. The truth is that all over Europe, military expenditure has declined rapidly in the 20 years after 1989. Now events in Ukraine may reverse that in some countries where the...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Triocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2013: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Mar 2015)

Brendan Smith: Fianna Fáil is dedicated to Ireland's policy of military neutrality. It is a policy we have pursued both in and out of government and its key defining characteristic is non-membership of military alliances. This policy of military neutrality has gone hand in hand with strong support for international co-operation to ensure peace and stability, as manifested in Ireland's participation...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Eligibility (5 Mar 2015)

Brendan Smith: 132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if milk recording systems and milk parlour feeding systems will be eligible for grant aid under the targeted agricultural management scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9814/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (5 Mar 2015)

Brendan Smith: 133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant aid will be provided for a fodder growing system in respect of farmers involved in organic farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9815/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (5 Mar 2015)

Brendan Smith: 228. To ask the Minister for Health if home support hours make provision for housekeeping tasks, as well as personal care, for patients in need of maximum support, particularly those with no immediate family support; if the criteria for the allocation of home support hours are consistent throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9871/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Library Services (5 Mar 2015)

Brendan Smith: 258. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm there will be no change to the status of the County Cavan library headquarters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9816/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Library Services (5 Mar 2015)

Brendan Smith: 259. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that there will be no change to the status of the County Monaghan library headquarters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9817/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fuel Laundering (5 Mar 2015)

Brendan Smith: 260. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangements he has put in place with the Minister for the Environment in the Northern Ireland Executive, Oireachtas Members from counties Cavan, Monaghan and Louth, and Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly in County Armagh, to meet in the Armagh/Louth/Monaghan area, to discuss the ongoing damage caused by the...

Topical Issue Debate: Assassination of Boris Nemtsov (4 Mar 2015)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister of State for his response. As a society, we need better relations with Russia on a political, social and economic basis, which would be to the benefit of both countries and the European Union. There is great potential to grow trade for the benefit of Ireland, the European Union and Russia. However, there is one thing from which the European Union and this country...

Topical Issue Debate: Assassination of Boris Nemtsov (4 Mar 2015)

Brendan Smith: I am very glad the Minister of State, Deputy Deenihan, is here to take this issue. I was appalled to learn of the brutal murder of Boris Nemtsov last weekend, as were the overwhelming majority of the Irish people. Mr. Nemtsov was a prominent opposition politician in Russia and his RPR Parnas political party is a member of ALDE, the same political grouping to which Fianna Fáil is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (4 Mar 2015)

Brendan Smith: 128. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that adequate funding is provided for the residential centres of the Camphill Community of Ireland to ensure the continuation of services at those centres throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9445/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (4 Mar 2015)

Brendan Smith: 176. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that adequate funding is provided to ensure that there are no reductions in the level of service provided by North East Doctor on Call Ltd. in the north-east region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9573/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (4 Mar 2015)

Brendan Smith: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if transport will be provided to a primary school in County Cavan from a location (details supplied); if she will ensure that families in that general area who wish to have their children attend a school under the patronage of their particular denomination will have school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9449/15]