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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has put forward any specific proposals recently to the EU Trade Commissioner to protect the Irish beef sector in the event of the EU-US trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34688/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he submitted recently to the EU Trade Commissioner regarding the need to protect the Irish beef sector in the event of an EU-US trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34818/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to provide grant aid for the pigmeat sector under TAMS II taking into account the very high costs in providing appropriate on-farm facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34819/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1127. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there will be no reduction in services provided at a centre (details supplied) in County Cavan; if his attention has been drawn to the importance of the services provided at that centre to a large elderly population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34740/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1141. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures followed in the establishment of the hospital groups; the person who decided on the constituent hospitals for each group; if he is satisfied with the present composition of such groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34829/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1142. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of his Department's submission on the Government's comprehensive review of expenditure, he will confirm that there will be no reduction in the number of beds at Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34830/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1212. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with members of the US Congress in relation to the immigration reform legislation; the timescale he envisages for the completion of this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34667/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Oversight (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1215. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of humanitarian aid provided to date in 2014 for Syria and that general region; his proposals to provide further humanitarian assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34670/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Oversight (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1216. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised at EU Foreign Affairs Council meetings the need for the international community to honour the commitments made at the Second International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria and that region in relation to humanitarian assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34671/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1229. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Ireland abstained on a vote at the UN Human Rights Council in relation to the need to establish a commission of inquiry into human rights violations in Gaza and the violations of international law by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34843/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1230. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals he put forward at recent EU Foreign Affairs Council meetings in relation to the conflict in Iraq and adjoining areas and the persecution and murder of Christians; the assistance the EU is providing to that general region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34865/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1195. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33796/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council Meetings (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1213. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at all European Union Foreign Affairs Council meetings since mid July; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34668/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council Meetings (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1214. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals he put forward at recent meetings of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in regard to the Ukrainian crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34669/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council Meetings (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1231. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of discussions at EU Foreign Affairs Council meetings in relation to the crisis in the Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34870/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1217. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the humanitarian assistance provided to date in 2014 to persons in need in Iraq in view of the very difficult circumstances that have pertained there for sometime; his plans to provide further assistance in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34672/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1220. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his proposals to discuss with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State and/or the British Foreign Secretary the motions passed unanimously by Dáil Éireann requesting the British Government to release the papers and/or files pertaining to the Dublin-Monaghan bombings of 1974; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34822/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Provision (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1221. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his proposals to increase the budget for official development assistance for 2015 in view of the reduction in this budget below 0.50% of GNP since 2011 to an estimated 0.43% of GNP in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34823/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1222. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his proposals to meet with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and with the party leaders in Northern Ireland in relation to the need to progress the Haass talks to a successful conclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34835/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1223. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State or with members of the Northern Ireland Executive in relation to outstanding aspects of the Good Friday Agreement which need to be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34836/14]