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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. David Donoghue and Mr. Rory Montgomery (2 Jun 2022)

Brendan Smith: They appeared before this committee. I think they came down on the side of saying that you could not be too prescriptive about it. We could well understand that. If we are talking about a border poll and I passionately want to see a united Ireland, we must do the groundwork. If a border poll is called and the right spirit and partnership does not exist between both Governments, we will...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Jun 2022)

Brendan Smith: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his engagement with the leaders of the parties in Northern Ireland following the Stormont elections. [26028/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Jun 2022)

Brendan Smith: 121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a Passport Office will be established in the province of Ulster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28421/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Union (1 Jun 2022)

Brendan Smith: 124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any recent discussions with his counterparts in the European Union Foreign Affairs Council and with the European Union Commission in relation to the need to progress Ukraine’s European Union membership application to candidate status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28451/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Qualifications (31 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 492. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if persons who have level-five or higher qualifications in special needs education but have no specific QQI childcare qualifications are eligible to work in a childcare facility where there is a shortage of suitably-qualified personnel with the resultant pressure in retaining services due to staff shortages;...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: As the Tánaiste knows, Ulster Bank proposes to exit this State next March and KBC proposes to do the same the following August. This does not seem to be a realistic timeframe, due to the challenging logistics for those two banks’ customers transferring their accounts to other financial institutions. I hear daily of the frustration and worries of customers of Ulster Bank and KBC...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (26 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: One thing the parents have highlighted to me in meetings and correspondence is that there has been no international recruitment for such healthcare professionals. The Minister, Deputy Donnelly, might take an interest in this as well. There was success in recruiting nurses over the years from the Philippines and elsewhere. Some parents put forward a suggestion regarding international...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (26 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 6. To ask the Minister for Health when additional healthcare professionals (details supplied) will be recruited in view of long delays for children receiving appropriate therapeutic interventions and supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26865/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (26 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: There is a very urgent need to recruit healthcare professionals such as speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists and social workers across Cavan and Monaghan. At present, we have totally unacceptable delays in children with special needs and children with a disability receiving assessments and follow-up treatment and support. Progress in the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (26 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Butler. I also appreciate the interest of the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, in this area. Along with Oireachtas colleagues and parents from Cavan and Monaghan, I met the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, on Tuesday last. The stories those parents told to the Minister of State that day were really heartbreaking. I had met the parents previously...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (26 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 22. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in advancing a building project at a hospital (details supplied); when it will proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26864/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (26 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when additional financial supports will be introduced for the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27171/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (26 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the post office network will be enabled to provide additional government services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27173/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (26 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 315. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if grant aid will be made available in respect of the retention of a childcare facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27185/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (26 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 316. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the grant aid that is available at present towards the provision of childcare facilities by community groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27199/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: It is great to have Mr. O'Connor. His recollections obviously are accurate and I hope he puts them on paper for the future because far too often, we read so-called history books and we can see the inaccuracies in them ourselves. It would be important that a person like Mr. O'Connor, who has no agenda and who only wants to recall the facts, would do so. He made such a contribution and he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: Yes. In Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Breffni Park and elsewhere. Mr. O'Connor also mentioned the ceasefire in July 1997 and I remember where I was that day. I was at the Ulster final in Clones, which Cavan won of course, which was important. We do not win enough of them but Mr. O'Connor's county is on a high with hurling at the moment and it is great to see such athleticism, quality...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: So those of us who are privileged to be in public life and to be in elected office have to treasure and always hold uppermost in our minds that we have a mandate to implement that agreement. We know there are difficulties and unfortunately there are aspects of the Good Friday Agreement that are not working. We can rehash why that is happening but that is not the purpose of our exercise...