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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.

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

Brendan Smith: I join the Chairman in welcoming Mr. Maguire. I know from reading material over the years that he has been active in promoting this country in areas in which there has been potential for increased trade. The Chairman referred to the Moroccan ambassador, whom I have got to know during the past few years. He has been very active in this country. I had some interaction with him during the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Minister for Health when he will reduce general practitioner remuneration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57083/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (19 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional primary care posts that will be in place in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57084/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (19 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that a resolution of the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo remains a key objective of Ireland's Presidency of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57269/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (19 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise at the UN Human Rights Council the ongoing violations of human rights within the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57270/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (19 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will allocate additional overseas development aid to assist the humanitarian relief efforts in Syria and in surrounding countries in view of the fact that the crisis in Syria has intensified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57271/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (19 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will specify all sources of funding towards the total overseas development programme of €623 million for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57272/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage of a proposed building project for a school (details supplied); when this project is likely to proceed to the next stage; and the likely timescale for the project to proceed to construction stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57139/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (18 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to regulate all paid child minders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56709/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Public Inquiries (18 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has outlined to the British Government that their refusal to hold a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane is a breach of an international agreement between Ireland and Britain; the way he intends to pursue this breach of an international agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56993/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Public Inquiries (18 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has outlined to the British Government that their refusal to hold a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane is a breach of an international agreement between Ireland and Britain; the way he intends to pursue this breach of an international agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56994/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Public Inquiries (18 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has conveyed to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland the inadequacy of the recent de Silva Report on the brutal murder of Pat Finucane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57048/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Public Inquiries (18 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has conveyed to the British Government the need for a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57049/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Cessation Scheme (18 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will obtain compensation in respect of the cessation of turf cutting at Cloughbally/Killacunny Bog, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56919/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Democratic Republic of Congo: Motion (13 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: I support the motion also. The first line which refers to in excess of 5 million people having lost their lives speaks volumes for all of us. The motion is well structured with very good content and I support it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Democratic Republic of Congo: Motion (13 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: Should we forward it to our MEPs as well?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Democratic Republic of Congo: Motion (13 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Work in Syria: Discussion with Médicines sans Frontières (13 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: I, too, welcome Dr. McMaster and Ms McKenna. We can read reports and briefing documents, but their vivid recollections of the awful challenges and difficulties facing courageous people such as they and their colleagues in delivering a service in difficult circumstances give us a picture of the awful problems facing so many in Syria. It appears that there has been a further escalation of the...