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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Brendan Smith: Does Mr. Adams recall - I do not know myself-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Brendan Smith: Just two minutes-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Brendan Smith: Does Mr. Adams recall if the British Government had previously put in any agreement with the Irish Government that it was up to the Irish people to decide their own affairs? I think that was the first time, in 1993.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Brendan Smith: It is very important to recognise the commitment that Mr. Bertie Ahern gave as leader of the Government at the time to amend Articles 2 and 3 of our Constitution to maintain the Good Friday Agreement. We amended those articles to enable this country to have a provision to have an united Ireland when we would have agreement, both North and South, in referenda, with the consent of the people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Brendan Smith: He had to do some work within our own political party at the time

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (14 Dec 2022)

Brendan Smith: 28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the proposals, if any, to introduce additional financial supports for persons, particularly for those on low incomes, who wish to retrofit their homes; if his attention has been drawn to the long delays in sourcing support from existing schemes; if a grant aid scheme can be introduced to ensure that unacceptable delays...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Dec 2022)

Brendan Smith: 61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that public servants who contracted long-Covid due to their work commitments and who will be unable to resume employment for a considerable length of time, if at all, will be provided with proper financial supports taking into account their employment income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62454/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (14 Dec 2022)

Brendan Smith: 118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any recent discussions with the authorities in the United States in relation to the appointment by President Biden of a Special Envoy to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62377/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (14 Dec 2022)

Brendan Smith: 128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if in communications with the with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland he has raised the need for the British government and Northern Ireland authorities to fully co-operate in all investigations into atrocities such as the Belturbet bombing of December 1972 and the Dublin Monaghan bombings of May 1974; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (14 Dec 2022)

Brendan Smith: 129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of his most recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in relation to the present and unacceptable British government proposals to deal with legacy issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62825/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (14 Dec 2022)

Brendan Smith: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project in respect of the provision of additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62452/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (14 Dec 2022)

Brendan Smith: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in the provision of specific accommodation at second-level schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62453/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (14 Dec 2022)

Brendan Smith: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 630 of 18 October 2022 and 511 of 4 October 2022, when students studying in Northern Ireland and Britain will be able to avail of the once-off €1,000 State financial support towards undergraduate fees; if his attention has been drawn to a commitment that An Taoiseach gave in Dáil Éireann...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Dec 2022)

Brendan Smith: Discerning people.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Dec 2022)

Brendan Smith: Just put a-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Dec 2022)

Brendan Smith: I concur with the comments of my colleague, Deputy Cahill, in respect of the ill-informed commentary that is made sometimes in respect of farm food production and its contribution to climate change. Thankfully, over many decades, there has been a very significant investment by the State and by the farming sector in modernising their farming techniques and in lowering emissions. Recently,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Dec 2022)

Brendan Smith: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with agriculture will next meet. [59342/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2022)

Brendan Smith: This year, 28 December marks the 50th anniversary of the despicable and heinous crime of the bombing of Belturbet, County Cavan, which caused the deaths of two young teenagers, Geraldine O'Reilly from Belturbet and Patrick Stanley from Clara, County Offaly, and injuries to many others. In September 2020, I put on the record of this House information that had come to me through the good...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Dec 2022)

Brendan Smith: 35. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date in enhancing the role of therapy assistants to provide treatment for children, particularly in disciplines where there are unacceptable delays in children accessing services due to a lack of therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61187/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (8 Dec 2022)

Brendan Smith: 96. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date in recruiting much-needed therapists for areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan to provide treatment for children who have had an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61186/22]