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Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (13 Feb 2014)

Brendan Smith: 19. To ask the Minister for Health when BreastCheck will be extended to women aged 65 to 69; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6949/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (13 Feb 2014)

Brendan Smith: 36. To ask the Minister for Health the number of discretionary medical cards currently in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6948/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (13 Feb 2014)

Brendan Smith: 77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had contact with Members of the US Administration or Members of Congress following the recent comments by the speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mr. Boehner, on the Immigration Reform Bill in view of the need to regularise the position of many undocumented Irish in the United States; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (13 Feb 2014)

Brendan Smith: 175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when approval will issue to Monaghan County Council in respect of a housing project (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7353/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2014)

Brendan Smith: I welcome Mr. Cotter and his colleagues. I welcome his off-script comments at the end when he spoke about the possibilities that may emerge for our economic development and for business working in conjunction with the EDF. That is welcome. If Sir Humphrey from "Yes Minister" was looking for EU jargon, he would have looked at this programme. Mr. Cotter had to make the presentation within...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Controls (12 Feb 2014)

Brendan Smith: 45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the checks made to ensure the security and integrity of Irish passports; if he will outline the staff selection process carried out before hiring staff to the Passport Office; if he is concerned at recent investigations into the Passport Office by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Airport Security (12 Feb 2014)

Brendan Smith: 144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of provision of security by Gardaí for flights carrying US troops through Shannon Airport in 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7129/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Airport Security (12 Feb 2014)

Brendan Smith: 158. To ask the Minister for Defence the cost of provision of security by Defence Forces personnel for flights carrying US troops through Shannon Airport in 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7129/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft Landings (12 Feb 2014)

Brendan Smith: 230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the landing fees received by Shannon Airport in 2012 and 2013 for flights carrying US troops through the airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7129/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland Expenditure (11 Feb 2014)

Brendan Smith: 340. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of expenditure incurred to date in relation to the feasibility study and any other studies undertaken in respect of the proposed extension of the Erne Navigation from Belturbet to Killykeen and Killeshandra; if his Department proposes to review the decision not to proceed with this project any further; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Genomics Scheme (11 Feb 2014)

Brendan Smith: 520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the precise costs involved for individual farmers in terms of genotype testing for suckler farmers who wish to partake in the beef genomics scheme for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6852/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (11 Feb 2014)

Brendan Smith: 521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals, if any, he has to reverse his decision to incorporate the sheep grassland scheme payments into the single farm payment of sheep farmers where the benefits of the grassland scheme will be eroded under the single farm payment convergence and approximation mechanism to be implemented; if he will reverse his decision to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (11 Feb 2014)

Brendan Smith: 522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the strong opposition among sheep farmers to his decision effectively to abolish the sheep grassland scheme in his recent announcement on the Common Agricultural Policy; if he will provide details of the analysis his decision was based on; if he will outline the mechanisms now in place to prevent...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (11 Feb 2014)

Brendan Smith: 673. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be allocated to the National Roads Authority this year in respect of necessary upgrading of the east-west route from Cootehill, County Cavan through Shercock and Carrickmacross to Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6622/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Discussion with Commissioner for Victims and Survivors (6 Feb 2014)

Brendan Smith: I am grateful to Ms Stone for briefing me shortly after her appointment and her subsequent engagement. Her presentation was excellent and dealt comprehensively with the different aspects of victims' needs and other legacies of the past. In the aftermath of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, Kenneth Bloomfield was appointed as victims commissioner in the North and the former...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Co-operation on Health and EU Directive on Patients' Rights: Department of Health (6 Feb 2014)

Brendan Smith: I welcome the delegation from the Department and I thank Ms Nic Aongusa and Mr. Barron for their presentations. I agree with Deputy Conlan in regard to the need to improve practical co-operation on a daily basis. Over the years there has been the provision of services by Omagh hospital for Monaghan and a dialysis service from Daisy Hill Hospital for patients in County Louth in particular....

Other Questions: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (6 Feb 2014)

Brendan Smith: 6. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the use of unmanned drones in military operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1482/14]

Other Questions: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (6 Feb 2014)

Brendan Smith: As a country we should clearly outline our total opposition to the use in combat of unmanned drones, also known as unmanned combat aerial vehicles or UCAVs. The EU must take steps, through the UN, to bring a halt to unlawful UCAV attacks. It should promote the agreement of an international treaty on UCAVs and the extension of the scope of the arms trade treaty to include UCAVs. The UN...

Other Questions: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (6 Feb 2014)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his reply. When I said we should be opposed to the use of drones, I was of course referring to their use in combat rather than their use in surveillance work. Does the Minister recall whether the comments of the UN special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism were discussed at EU level? The rapporteur, Mr. Emmerson, is engaged in an ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Issues (6 Feb 2014)

Brendan Smith: 80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when it is proposed to carry out actuarial estimates for the cost of public sector pensions; if it is proposed to carry out such estimates on a regular basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6116/14]