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- Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): General Practitioner Services (29 Feb 2024)
Brendan Smith: I welcome the measures the Minister has been introducing to strengthen the recruitment and retention of GPs. As he knows, there are particular challenges in rural practices. Recently, I have been engaging with him very strongly and continuously regarding the need for a permanent GP appointment for Swanlinbar, County Cavan. The permanent GP there retired some time ago and a locum has been...
- Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): General Practitioner Services (29 Feb 2024)
Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister. I understand there will be applicants for the permanent GP vacancy in Swanlinbar if the position is readvertised. I sincerely hope it can be. The HSE makes the clinical decision on a suitable applicant. I sincerely hope this can be made in the best interest of the local community. Over the years, the permanent GP service in the area served the community very well....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (29 Feb 2024)
Brendan Smith: Grand. I welcome the fact that Professor Ashe mentioned the importance of reaching marginalised groups and people who unfortunately did not have a great opportunity to achieve great levels of skills or educational attainment. I remember at a meeting of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly we held in Stormont in March 2023 I arranged for the members of the Women's Coalition to attend...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (29 Feb 2024)
Brendan Smith: I am not sure if Professor Ashe knew May Blood, who we should always mention because she was a voice of reason in the most difficult of times.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (29 Feb 2024)
Brendan Smith: 101. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the financial allocation in 2024 for youth services; if this funding will enable the roll out of additional services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9727/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (29 Feb 2024)
Brendan Smith: 124. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total financial allocation from his Department in 2023 for youth services; if any new services were established during the course of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9726/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (29 Feb 2024)
Brendan Smith: 240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date position regarding the provision of a refuge centre in counties Cavan and Monaghan for victims of domestic abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9745/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (29 Feb 2024)
Brendan Smith: 255. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons with disabilities that received home support hours in CHO1 and CHO2 in 2023 respectively; the number of persons with disabilities in 2023 that received personal assistance hours in CHO1 and CHO2 in 2023, respectively; the total number of hours provided in each category in CHO1 and CHO2 in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (29 Feb 2024)
Brendan Smith: I thank the Acting Chair. Apologies, I had to go to the Chamber as I had questions there. Was this research carried out on an all-Ireland basis?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)
Brendan Smith: I am very anxious that the HSE has without delay an open recruitment campaign to enable the appointment of a permanent GP in Swanlinbar, County Cavan. Since the retirement of the previous permanent GP, a locum doctor has fulfilled the role of the doctor in charge on a four day per week basis. This contract is due to end on Thursday. The communities served by this medical practice in...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Registration Tax (27 Feb 2024)
Brendan Smith: 103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific motor taxation requirements for vehicles registered in other jurisdictions but belonging to residents in this jurisdiction and in use here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8787/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (27 Feb 2024)
Brendan Smith: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance if vehicles registered and insured in other countries have full insurance cover in this jurisdiction; the countries, if any, with which Ireland has mutual recognition of motor vehicle insurance cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8786/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (27 Feb 2024)
Brendan Smith: 170. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the deductions payable by employers when they make a statutory sick payment to an employee; the reason these differ from those payable by the State under illness benefit; if he will amend statutory sick pay criteria to align them with illness benefit in relation to PRSI, USC and employer’s PRSI deductions; and if he will...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Meetings (22 Feb 2024)
Brendan Smith: 51. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his attendance at a meeting (details supplied). [1697/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Active Travel (22 Feb 2024)
Brendan Smith: 111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position regarding a request by a local authority for the provision of facilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8552/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (22 Feb 2024)
Brendan Smith: 113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that adequate funding is allocated to a local authority in 2024 to advance proposed road projects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8566/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (22 Feb 2024)
Brendan Smith: 114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding that will be provided for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8569/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: North-South Ministerial Council (22 Feb 2024)
Brendan Smith: 229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the issues he proposes to progress at a sectoral level through the work of the North-South Ministerial Council; if meetings will be held at an early date under the auspices of the council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8392/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (22 Feb 2024)
Brendan Smith: 256. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the proposals to provide a new service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8491/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (22 Feb 2024)
Brendan Smith: 299. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a health service will be restored to its former level (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8617/24]