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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (16 May 2013)

Brendan Smith: I welcome the Tánaiste's reply. We have discussed this issue on Question Time and at meetings of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade in recent months. As the Tánaiste stated, the situation in Syria is frightening. This is a massive humanitarian issue, with possibly 100,000 people dead. There are 6.8 million people in need of aid, more than 50% of whom are children....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (16 May 2013)

Brendan Smith: Will the Tánaiste continue to raise at the Foreign Affairs Council the concern that exists in respect of the investigation into the use of chemical weapons by the UN? That investigation has been blocked because Assad's Government has refused to grant an international inspection team unfettered access to the country. I understand the Assad regime wanted certain regions to be excluded...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (16 May 2013)

Brendan Smith: 1. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress he has made in conjunction with his EU colleagues in relation to building a UN consensus for a negotiated peace settlement in Syria; the steps he has taken to ensure that all States meet their committed financial obligations for humanitarian assistance to the region; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Domestic Violence: Discussion (16 May 2013)

Brendan Smith: Am I correct in thinking that the residential element of the facility is in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Domestic Violence: Discussion (16 May 2013)

Brendan Smith: Is it the case that the family justice centre will provide services rather than-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Domestic Violence: Discussion (16 May 2013)

Brendan Smith: The overall project should not, therefore, be as daunting a prospect. I had thought that both residential and-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Domestic Violence: Discussion (16 May 2013)

Brendan Smith: So it is not as daunting a prospect as I would initially have believed. I thank Ms Brown for the further elaboration she has provided because it brings great clarity in respect of the need for the development of the centre in order that it might provide services to those who need them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Domestic Violence: Discussion (16 May 2013)

Brendan Smith: Like the Chairman, I welcome Ms Brown and Ms Corcoran and compliment them on their work in their local communities. Their presence today has helped to create a greater awareness of very difficult issues among public representatives and, hopefully, the wider society. Ms Brown mentioned issues that confront many individuals and families. She also mentioned that "hidden" violence is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Narrow Water Bridge: Discussion (16 May 2013)

Brendan Smith: I welcome our guests and thank them for the presentation. This project must go ahead. Almost 90% of the funding is in place, sourced from the European Union and our own Government, and the case has been well made. There is huge potential in the Carlingford Lough area, north and south of the Border, for the tourism industry. It is on the east coast and is a short distance from both Dublin...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Illegal Israeli Imports (16 May 2013)

Brendan Smith: 72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the preparatory work carried out to date in relation to the introduction of labelling requirements and boycotting of products from illegal Israeli settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23499/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Illegal Israeli Imports (16 May 2013)

Brendan Smith: 73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the most recent discussions at European Union Foreign Affairs Council in relation to the labelling and boycotting of products from illegal Israeli settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23500/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (15 May 2013)

Brendan Smith: 19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he will support initiatives that aim to improve the urban cycling experience for commuters in large urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22975/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (15 May 2013)

Brendan Smith: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of boards of management and parents' associations of smaller fee-charging schools in relation to the increase in the pupil/teacher ratio; if his attention has been drawn to the serious impact such increases will have on such schools, particularly schools under the patronage of Protestant...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (15 May 2013)

Brendan Smith: 242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23368/13]

Good Friday Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2013)

Brendan Smith: We have tabled as amendment as follows:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following: "notes that: -- the Good Friday Agreement marked a seminal moment in Anglo-Irish relations and vindication of the efforts of constitutional nationalism after decades of bloody conflict; and -- the aspirations of the Agreement were the achievement of a real...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)

Brendan Smith: Deputy Adams would blush a good bit if he was to listen to the truth.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (14 May 2013)

Brendan Smith: 98. To ask the Minister for Health his policy for reducing suicide rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22615/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (14 May 2013)

Brendan Smith: 414. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of broadband telecommunications infrastructure available in Bailieboro, County Cavan and the area serviced by the telephone exchange in that town; the proposals, if any, there are to upgrade this broadband connectivity; when such upgrading will be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (14 May 2013)

Brendan Smith: 430. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the AMAI Policy Document on Municipal District Councils; if he will give further consideration to the request of this Association to retain town councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22251/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Eligibility (14 May 2013)

Brendan Smith: 742. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the conditions on which National Lottery and or sports grants are issued; if there is any clawback conditions involved in relation to a sports club and or community facility which subsequently becomes a private commercial organisation; if claw-back exists, the number of years for which it exists; if the claw-back is...