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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (2 Oct 2014)

Brendan Smith: 165. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he discussed with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland the need to establish an independent review of the murder of 11 people in Ballymurphy in August 1971; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37535/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (2 Oct 2014)

Brendan Smith: 166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he discussed with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State and-or with members of the Northern Ireland Executive, the need to establish the North-South consultative forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37536/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Register: Crosscare Migrant Project (1 Oct 2014)

Brendan Smith: Like the Chairman, I welcome the proposal and consider it to be very worthwhile. I presume minimal funding would establish the project. Often as a State we are reluctant to use universities, institutes of technology, business schools and research units in colleges to carry out specific work on behalf of Departments. The project could be delegated, within reason, to a college, institute of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Cross-Border Projects (1 Oct 2014)

Brendan Smith: 71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the forthcoming PEACE and INTERREG Programmes; if the proposals have been submitted to the European Commission; the expenditure to be allocated for each programme, both Exchequer and EU; when the programmes are likely to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37335/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: European Council Meetings (1 Oct 2014)

Brendan Smith: 89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and dates of meetings of the Justice and Home Affairs Council of the European Union attended by her and/or by officials in her Department since the start of 2014; the number and dates of DAPIX meetings attended by officials in her Department since the start of 2014 where there were discussions on the proposed EU general data...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (1 Oct 2014)

Brendan Smith: 103. To ask the Minister for Health the number of fair deal applications awaiting approval in Counties Cavan/Monaghan; the number processed but awaiting final approval pending allocation of funding; if additional funding will be provided to the Health Service Executive for this scheme for Cavan/Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37249/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: North South Ministerial Council (1 Oct 2014)

Brendan Smith: 136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the agenda for the forthcoming North South Ministerial Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37302/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (1 Oct 2014)

Brendan Smith: 140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide detailed consideration to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37348/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (1 Oct 2014)

Brendan Smith: 141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a bill of rights for Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37349/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (1 Oct 2014)

Brendan Smith: 142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress being made in relation to the proposed Irish Language Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37350/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (1 Oct 2014)

Brendan Smith: 143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the establishment of the North-South consultative forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37351/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: North-South Implementation Bodies (1 Oct 2014)

Brendan Smith: 144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the review of the North-South bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37352/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Resolutions (1 Oct 2014)

Brendan Smith: 146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it will be necessary to enact new legislation to implement the UN Security Council resolution to combat migrant terrorism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37408/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (1 Oct 2014)

Brendan Smith: 200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the Narrow Water Bridge proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37334/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (30 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 122. To ask the Minister for Health if the commitment to extend BreastCheck to women in the 65-69 age group will be honoured in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36539/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Planning (30 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 332. To ask the Minister for Health if he will develop a national response plan in respect of the ebola outbreak which is a global health risk; if such a plan will incorporate civil society groups, health professionals and military personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37156/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ebola Outbreak (30 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 471. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department, along with the Health Service Executive, are putting in place systems to enable health professionals to work on a short-term basis in west Africa to assist in the efforts to deal with the Ebola outbreak; if similar arrangements will be put in place to those established by the NHS in Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (30 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 481. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed with the Italian Presidency of the European Union the need to have a rapid and co-ordinated approach by the European Union to assist in dealing with the crisis arising from the ebola outbreak in west Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37153/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (30 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 482. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will put forward at the European Union Foreign Affairs Council the need for the establishment of a Europe-based rapid reaction force to help with the humanitarian crisis in west Africa following the ebola outbreak; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37154/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (30 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 483. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider urgently the proposals put forward by GOAL and Doctors Without Borders at the recent meeting of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs on the need to provide an adequate and urgent response to assist in dealing with the ebola outbreak in west Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37155/14]