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Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (26 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: And the triple lock.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (26 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: Has consideration being given by the Council of Foreign Ministers to urging the United Nations to impose a no-fly zone, or is there certain merit in that proposal? We know that, apart from the European Union, the international community made major commitments at the commencement of the year that it has not honoured about assisting to try to deal with the humanitarian crisis. Has the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (26 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: 4. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions at European Union Foreign Affairs Council in relation to Syria; if there is a possibility of a common European position to deal with this ongoing and escalating conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30911/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (26 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his reply and welcome the additional funding provided under our overseas development budget for the humanitarian crisis in Syria. Barbarity is too mild a word to describe what has been happening there. Some Members met representatives of the Syrian opposition groups recently. Their descriptions of the treatment of individuals and the murder and mayhem that is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: EU Funding (26 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: 1. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made to date with the EU budget negotiations; if he will outline the way the outcome of those discussions will affect funding for various programmes here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30910/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: EU Funding (26 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. Last weekend he was accused by certain Members of the European Parliament from both major groupings, the European People's Party and the socialist group, of "objectionable manipulation" in respect of his pronouncements on the multi-annual financial framework. Today he is talking about a "core package" rather than a done deal, the latter being what we...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: EU Funding (26 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: Has the issue of the deficit for the 2012-13 budget been resolved? The Tánaiste has indicated that the Parliament discussed the securing of additional funding by way of own resources. Have particular sources of revenue been identified in this regard? The financial transaction tax which is not acceptable to us is probably the one with the most potential. Are other areas being...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (26 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: 43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised at the EU Foreign Affairs Council the totally inadequate response of the international community to the humanitarian crisis in Syria and adjoining areas; if the EU is pursuing with other major trading partners the urgent need to provide an immediate and adequate response to the needs of millions of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (26 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to address the inadequate international response to commitments of humanitarian aid to Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30495/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Imports (26 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: 65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the proposed labelling measures for goods from Israeli settlements that are currently being discussed at the EU level will take the form of voluntary guidelines or will be mandatory by law; if they will extend to all goods imported from Israeli settlements beyond just fresh agricultural produce; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (26 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: 146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties that arise for emigrants who have now returned home and who are being deprived of social welfare benefits due to the conditions of the habitual residence clause (details supplied); her plans to remove such unfair restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31012/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance Provision (25 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: 100. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the introduction of universal health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30445/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: 111. To ask the Minister for Health the latest waiting list figures for day cases and in-patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30442/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (25 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be allocated for a project (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30364/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements (25 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the situation in relation to the circumstances that a student who holds a primary degree in sports science can now qualify for a grant to do a two year masters in Physiotherapy in UCD; if there is any special entitlement/scheme for students who are Irish international athletes and who, on this occasion, has been selected for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (25 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: 293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any primary schools in counties Cavan and Monaghan will lose teaching positions in September 2013 as a result of changes to the pupil-teacher ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30642/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (25 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: 337. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline the proposals he has tabled to protect the beef sector within the European Union in the event of a EU/US Trade Agreement being formalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30356/13]

An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: I am sharing time with Deputy Seamus Kirk. The changes and deletions proposed to the Constitution in the Bill before the House run to 19 pages. Not since the adoption by the people of the Constitution in July 1937 have so many fundamental and basic changes been contemplated. I do not know of any Member of the Oireachtas who believes in a bicameral parliamentary system and does not share...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences Applications (19 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: 45. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue the 100 aquaculture licence applications outside of the areas designated under the Habitats Directive which he indicated to Dáil Éireann on the 25 of September had been cleared for payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29367/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (19 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: 56. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to ensure there will be adequate fodder for the coming winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29352/13]