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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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (18 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the absence of resource teaching hours for children with Down syndrome, if he intends to reintroduce this service for those children who are suffering a serious disadvantage as a result of this condition in the first instance for those who need one to one teaching in order to help them overcome such difficulties with speech and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Administration (18 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: 249. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to provide additional placements for the rural social scheme for Counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29248/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (18 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: 584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a proposed project (details supplied) in County Armagh; if likely sources of funding have been identified towards such a development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28991/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Irish Language Act: Discussion (13 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: Has a time frame been given for the movement from draft to strategy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Irish Language Act: Discussion (13 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: Is the strategy still in draft form?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Irish Language Act: Discussion (13 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: It has not been approved by the Executive of the Assembly in that case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Irish Language Act: Discussion (13 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: We are now more than half way through the lifetime of this Assembly and it was in the programme for Government.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Irish Language Act: Discussion (13 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: I welcome our guests and thank them for their contributions. Each of the speakers is committed to the promotion of the Irish language, but there is a different emphasis on the part of each of them. The 20 year strategy was published three years ago and promoted by Deputy Eamon Ó Cuív. He attended the meeting earlier but had another commitment at 1 p.m. and was not able to return....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (13 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: 54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the further meetings planned at EU Foreign Affairs Council level to discuss the ongoing and escalating conflict in Syria and the humanitarian crisis in that region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28567/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Election Monitoring (13 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: 56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent allegations of voting fraud in the Venezuelan Presidential Election; the efforts being made at an EU level to verify the result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28617/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 Jun 2013)

Brendan Smith: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed building project at a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; when this project will proceed to the next stage; the likely timescale for construction work to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28409/13]