Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Overseas Development Aid

Brendan Smith

225. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the greater demands on the Irish Aid budget for emergencies such as the Ebola crisis, the ongoing Syrian crisis and the growing number of natural disasters are impacting on the level of funding made to Irish NGOs; if there is a specific arrangement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in regard to the provision of additional funding when such crises happen and Irish Aid wishes to assist in the international response to such humanitarian disasters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11017/15]

School Funding

Brendan Smith

237. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills if grant aid is available for small-sized primary schools to provide assembly areas, general practitioner rooms and physical education facilities, where there are very limited or no sporting and recreational facilities available at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11002/15]

School Staff

Brendan Smith

238. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure there will be no reduction of the staffing complement of a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; if she will further ensure that all the relevant issues outlined in recent correspondence from the school to her Department pertaining to the distance of this school to the next nearest primary school and the remote location of the school are taken into account in any decisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11003/15]

Public Sector Pensions

Brendan Smith

70. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of staff at Waterways Ireland and the staff of other all-Ireland bodies regarding the proposal to impose an additional pension contribution on them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10700/15]

Road Projects Expenditure

Brendan Smith

158. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide consideration to a motion adopted by the Carrickmacross-Castleblayney municipal district, County Monaghan, in respect of funding for road improvement works (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10679/15]

Agriculture Scheme Eligibility

Brendan Smith

132. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if milk recording systems and milk parlour feeding systems will be eligible for grant aid under the targeted agricultural management scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9814/15]

Organic Farming

Brendan Smith

133. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant aid will be provided for a fodder growing system in respect of farmers involved in organic farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9815/15]

Home Help Service Provision

Brendan Smith

228. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if home support hours make provision for housekeeping tasks, as well as personal care, for patients in need of maximum support, particularly those with no immediate family support; if the criteria for the allocation of home support hours are consistent throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9871/15]

Library Services

Brendan Smith

258. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm there will be no change to the status of the County Cavan library headquarters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9816/15]

Library Services

Brendan Smith

259. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that there will be no change to the status of the County Monaghan library headquarters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9817/15]

Fuel Laundering

Brendan Smith

260. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangements he has put in place with the Minister for the Environment in the Northern Ireland Executive, Oireachtas Members from counties Cavan, Monaghan and Louth, and Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly in County Armagh, to meet in the Armagh/Louth/Monaghan area, to discuss the ongoing damage caused by the illegal trade in fuel, as requested by a number of Deputies during a Topical Issues debate on 21 January 2015; when this meeting will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9818/15]

Health Services Funding

Brendan Smith

128. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that adequate funding is provided for the residential centres of the Camphill Community of Ireland to ensure the continuation of services at those centres throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9445/15]

HSE Funding

Brendan Smith

176. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that adequate funding is provided to ensure that there are no reductions in the level of service provided by North East Doctor on Call Ltd. in the north-east region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9573/15]

School Transport Eligibility

Brendan Smith

189. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills if transport will be provided to a primary school in County Cavan from a location (details supplied); if she will ensure that families in that general area who wish to have their children attend a school under the patronage of their particular denomination will have school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9449/15]

Road Projects

Brendan Smith

234. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be provided to a motion passed by Carrickmacross-Castleblayney Municipal District in relation to the need to provide funding towards the upgrading of the R179 - Carrickmacross to Donaghmoyne road, County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9576/15]

International Agreements

Brendan Smith

239. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will support the application submitted by the GAA for UNESCO heritage status in respect of hurling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9574/15]

Ukrainian Conflict

Brendan Smith

1. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland’s position on the deteriorating situation in the Ukraine; if he has had contact with his Russian counterpart on this matter; if he will provide an update on the discussions he has had about the incursion into Irish airspace by Russian military aircraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8340/15]

Northern Ireland Issues

Brendan Smith

4. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the implementation of the Stormont House Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8341/15]

Undocumented Irish in the USA

Brendan Smith

12. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to meet with the Administration of the United States of America in relation to the urgent need to progress the proposed immigration reform legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8234/15]

Electoral Reform

Brendan Smith

15. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an outline of the discussions he has had with Irish emigrant groups in relation to their ongoing campaigns to participate in the Irish electoral process, such as elections to a reformed Seanad Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8236/15]