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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Services Provision (17 Jul 2014)

Brendan Smith: 779. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or the National Transport Authority will provide a subvention towards a rural bus service, which has already been licensed by the National Transport Authority (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this service is extremely important for a large rural area which has no other public...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (16 Jul 2014)

Brendan Smith: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has put forward any particular proposals at the EU Foreign Affairs Council on the need to resume the EU-Iran human rights dialogue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31992/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Allowances (16 Jul 2014)

Brendan Smith: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will restore the €20 per week additional training allowance for persons accessing SOLAS-funded training in view of the hardship imposed on many persons due to the withdrawal of this payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31993/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (16 Jul 2014)

Brendan Smith: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the detailed and comprehensive proposal submitted by Cavan-Monaghan Education and Training Board for the provision of training in counties Cavan and Monaghan; if she will approve this proposal without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31995/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Issues (16 Jul 2014)

Brendan Smith: 157. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the proposed restoration of the Ulster Canal; when this project will proceed to the next stage; the timescale for construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31989/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (16 Jul 2014)

Brendan Smith: 299. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals to improve dental services throughout counties Cavan and Monaghan in view of the totally unacceptable delay for persons obtaining treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31988/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Provision (16 Jul 2014)

Brendan Smith: 314. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will approve funding in respect of the development of a greenway cycle track along the former northern counties railway line as proposed by the local authorities in counties Cavan, Leitrim and Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32011/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (15 Jul 2014)

Brendan Smith: 156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been in contact with other members of the EU Foreign Affairs Council or with Commissioner Ashton in relation to the escalating Israel-Palestine conflict; if the European Union proposes to take any specific initiative in relation to this conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31610/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (15 Jul 2014)

Brendan Smith: 158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State or British Foreign Secretary in relation to 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 Jul 2014)

Brendan Smith: 328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills position regarding the proposed building project for a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; the present stage of this project; when the project is likely to proceed to the next stage; the timescale for construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31663/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (15 Jul 2014)

Brendan Smith: 340. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide for each Department and agency, whose recruitment is carried out by Public Appointments Service, the number of persons recruited for short-term contracts to cover leave such as term leave over the summer months; the number of those recruited who have already retired from the public service or are in receipt of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fisheries Protection (15 Jul 2014)

Brendan Smith: 443. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce a by-law aimed at protecting and preserving the wild trout populations in the Annalee, Bunnoe and Laragh Rivers, County Cavan, as requested by a local angling organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31605/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telecommunications Services Provision (15 Jul 2014)

Brendan Smith: 444. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the need to provide an adequate broadband telecommunications service throughout all of County Cavan; the proposals there are to ensure the necessary investment is made at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31606/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telecommunications Services Provision (15 Jul 2014)

Brendan Smith: 445. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the need to provide an adequate broadband telecommunications service throughout all of County Monaghan; the proposals there are to ensure the necessary investment is made at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31607/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telecommunications Services Provision (15 Jul 2014)

Brendan Smith: 446. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has received complaints on the totally inadequate mobile telephone coverage in counties Cavan and Monaghan; if such concerns have been brought to the attention of the Commission for Communications Regulation or to the telecommunications companies; the proposals, if any, there are to upgrade the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telecommunications Infrastructure (15 Jul 2014)

Brendan Smith: 447. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the licensing process for a company to provide a mobile telephone service; if there is an ongoing assessment of a company's investment in telecommunications infrastructure to provide appropriate coverage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31611/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Poultry Industry (15 Jul 2014)

Brendan Smith: 561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he has to provide financial support to the poultry sector under the rural development plan; the specific allocation of funding that will be made available for this sector; the investment measures that will be supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31658/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (10 Jul 2014)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for the reply and I endorse the comments of my colleague, Deputy Dara Calleary. Over the past two years, as Fianna Fáil spokesperson on foreign affairs and trade, in priority questions and oral questions, I have raised this very important issue with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade. During that period, I have had the opportunity to meet the Secretary of...

Topical Issue Debate: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (10 Jul 2014)

Brendan Smith: I appreciate the Ceann Comhairle giving us an opportunity to raise this important issue, which is one of concern also to the Acting Chairman, Deputy Joe O'Reilly. It has been raised by our constituency colleague, Senator Diarmuid Wilson, in the Seanad on a number of occasions. Bombs in Monaghan and Dublin on 17 May 1974 resulted in the deaths of 33 civilians and the wounding of almost 300...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2014)

Brendan Smith: Has the Government, or the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, sought an emergency meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council to discuss the escalating Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the terrible loss of life?