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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to set out interim targets in relation to funding levels for overseas development aid to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57462/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Anti-Social Driving Practices (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 1 of 17 October 2012, if contact has been made with the Justice Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive or with other Departments or agencies on a cross-border basis to deal with serious anti-social driving practices on the N54/A3 road; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Language (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with Members of the Northern Ireland Executive in relation to the Irish Language Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57552/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Presidency (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his priorities for the EU presidency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57598/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposal to provide a new school (details supplied) in County Cavan; when this project will proceed to the next stage; the timescale for construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57412/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for refurbishment of a school (details supplied); the length of time the request has been with his Department; the steps taken in processing the application to date; the reason it has not yet been approved; the estimated cost of the project and the options regarding funding schemes available; if a summary of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update in relation to the possibility of having a proposed building project restored to his Department's School Building Programme (details supplied) in County Cavan; if this project will be prioritised in view of the over-reliance on temporary accommodation at this school where enrolment has grown rapidly over the past number...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in having a proposed building project for a school (details supplied) in County Cavan restored to his Department's school building programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57464/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Programmes (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made to date in relation to the establishment of a successor programme to the Peace III Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57599/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the discussions he has had to date with the EU Trade Commissioner de Gucht in relation to the EU/Canadian trade negotiations; if he has outlined the need to protect the European beef market in view of the importance of the beef sector to the economy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57703/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position in relation to the Irish Language Act; the discussions he has had with the Culture Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57630/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telecommunications Services (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of concerns in relation to the poor mobile telephone coverage in parts of the country, if he has outlined to the mobile telecommunications companies the need to invest to provide adequate mobile telecommunications infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57600/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the allocations made to Cavan County Council and Monaghan County Council under the housing adaptation grant schemes for older people and people with a disability for each year since 2007; the funding drawn down by each council each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57638/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions he has had to date with EU Trade Commissioner de Gucht in relation to the EU/Canadian trade negotiations in view of the absolute need to protect the European beef market in view of the importance of the beef sector to the economy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57683/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposal to provide a Medical Assessment Unit at Monaghan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57628/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be allocated to Monaghan County Council in 2013 to finalise the preparatory work on the N2 Clontibret to the Border road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57411/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Improvements Scheme (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allocate funding in 2013 to local authorities for local improvement schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57629/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that funding is provided to Cavan County Council for the 2013 road works scheme; if he will outline the progress of the proposed major upgrading of the East/West route from Cootehill to Dundalk [57639/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with Arab-Irish Chamber of Commerce (19 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To Mr. Maguire's knowledge, are representatives of agencies such as Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland stationed in some of these locations? Kerrygold has a huge presence in Algeria that has been growing in recent years, which is good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with Arab-Irish Chamber of Commerce (19 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: The concept of the Ireland office is the proper template. Once the person concerned is representing the interests of this country, it does not matter whether he or she is in Enterprise Ireland, the IDA or the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.