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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (12 Nov 2014)

Brendan Smith: 170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if urgent consideration will be provided to the need to have adequate broadband provided throughout all of County Monaghan (details supplied). [43404/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on Foreign Affairs and Trade Issues: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Nov 2014)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his detailed presentation on the work of the Foreign Affairs Council in recent months. While he has not appeared before the joint committee previously, he and I have discussed practically all of the issues under consideration today by way of parliamentary questions and Topical Issue debates. On the Israel-Palestine conflict, I welcome the Minister's comment that he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (11 Nov 2014)

Brendan Smith: 96. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve access to the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42780/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (11 Nov 2014)

Brendan Smith: 135. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 for Letterkenny General Hospital, Sligo Regional Hospital and Cavan General Hospital, the number of medical staff per 1,000 inpatient discharges; the number of nursing staff per 1,000 inpatient discharges; the number of agency staff per 1,000 inpatient discharges; the national average in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Offices (11 Nov 2014)

Brendan Smith: 182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there will be no change to the status of her Department's office in Ballybay, County Monaghan; if there will be no reduction in the number of staff employed at that centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43304/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Authority Rates (11 Nov 2014)

Brendan Smith: 233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposals he has to exempt child care facilities from payment of rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43305/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (11 Nov 2014)

Brendan Smith: 502. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, on an annual basis from 2007 to 2011, inclusive, the financial allocation made to Cavan County Council for water and sewerage schemes, including major schemes, smaller town and village schemes and rural group schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43000/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (11 Nov 2014)

Brendan Smith: 544. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, on an annual basis from 1997 to 2006, inclusive, the financial allocation made to Cavan County Council for water and sewerage schemes, including major schemes, smaller town and village schemes and rural group schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43310/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (11 Nov 2014)

Brendan Smith: 503. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress in advancing the proposal to enable persons living in Northern Ireland and emigrants to vote in presidential elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43001/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Milk Quota Cessation (6 Nov 2014)

Brendan Smith: 104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he has put to the new EU Agricultural Commissioner to deal with the serious difficulties facing many dairy farmers due to impending super levy penalties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42660/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (5 Nov 2014)

Brendan Smith: 153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at his recent meeting with Senator Gary Hart in relation to the talks process in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42429/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (5 Nov 2014)

Brendan Smith: 154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at his recent meeting with the Northern Ireland Executive parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42430/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (5 Nov 2014)

Brendan Smith: 155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide on an annual basis the funding provided for the Emigrant Support Programme in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the expenditure incurred to date in 2014; the programmes supported and the funding allocated to each programme this year; the provision made in his Department's estimates for 2015 for this programme; and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Nigeria: Ambassador of Nigeria to Ireland (4 Nov 2014)

Brendan Smith: I welcome the ambassador and her colleague. I grew up in a rural community. Of all the countries in Africa, we would have been more aware of Nigeria because of the history of missionaries travelling to Nigeria from my county of Cavan. There is a long friendship between our countries. The ambassador has understandably painted a very grim picture of the terrible suffering and terror...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (4 Nov 2014)

Brendan Smith: 371. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if provision is made in the vote of the Office of Public Works for 2015 to enable construction to commence on a project (details supplied) in County Cavan; the stage this particular project is at; when the project will proceed to the next stage; when construction is likely to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (4 Nov 2014)

Brendan Smith: 462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers subject to an on-farm and satellite inspection for land eligibility in 2014; the number of those cases that have been sent for digitisation; the number that have had their digitisation complete; the number of those inspection cases that have received their disadvantaged area payment; the number that have...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (4 Nov 2014)

Brendan Smith: 465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that there will be no limit on the number of animals that individual farmers can apply on and get paid on under the 2015 beef data and genomics programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42091/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (4 Nov 2014)

Brendan Smith: 466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views regarding the new labelling initiative being pursued by the Minister for Agriculture in Northern Ireland and supported by the Northern Ireland meat industry and by Irish farmers which would allow for cattle born in the Republic of Ireland, fattened in Northern Ireland and slaughtered in Northern Ireland to be placed on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (4 Nov 2014)

Brendan Smith: 467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views regarding the Bord Bia data which show that the key R3 steer cattle price here is now over €1/kg below the same R3 steer cattle price in the main export market in Britain and that this amounts to a price differential of over €350 per animal; his plans to ensure farmers get a fair price for their cattle; and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Technology Adoption Programme (4 Nov 2014)

Brendan Smith: 468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is no provision in his Department's Estimates for the beef technology adoption programme for 2015; if this means that farmers under the programme will receive no BTAP payment in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42094/14]