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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure an increase in the financial allocations to Cavan County Council and Monaghan County Council for the 2022 non-national roadworks programme in view of the urgent need to upgrade a considerable part of this road network in both counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62288/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when it is proposed to notify local authorities of the financial allocations for the national road network and the non-national road network for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62289/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had recent discussions with the Central Bank in relation to the need to ensure adequate banking services throughout all parts of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62333/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 158. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the widespread concerns in many parts of rural Ireland in relation to the loss of banking services; if he will ensure that the needs of rural communities are taken into account in the review of banking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62334/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Fuel Prices (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 170. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a statutory authority monitors the price of diesel and petrol products throughout the country in view of the wide price differential between different areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62435/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Investigations (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the additional measures that will be introduced to prevent the supply of a product in this State (details supplied) in view of the widespread concerns of merchants regarding the availability of this product; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62676/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadcasting Sector (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the widespread concerns in Northern Ireland in relation to limited access to RTÉ channels for many viewers, with further difficulties emerging with the availability of television streaming services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62784/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it will be ensured an application by a school (details supplied) for upgraded broadband connectivity will be progressed without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62848/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 257. To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals to introduce additional measures to combat the illicit trade in tobacco, drink and fuel products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62677/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress to date in introducing a 100% redress scheme for homeowners affected by mica; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62781/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the income eligibility limits for social housing will be increased in areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan in which the existing limits are totally inadequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62782/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 363. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised at the United Nations and at the Foreign Affairs Council the security situation in the occupied part of the Ukraine along the border with Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62787/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Victim Support Services (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 364. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to introduce a pension payment for the victims and survivors of terrorist activity related to the era of the Troubles between 1966 and 2010 for persons injured in this State similar to the payments scheme introduced in Northern Ireland and Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62788/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a building project for a school (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62796/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proposals there are to improve the criteria for the free fuel allowance in which a family member may return to live with a parent who normally resides on their own and is in receipt of the free fuel allowance on a temporary basis due to housing or domestic difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 601. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be introduced to improve the provision of services (details supplied) in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62849/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Londonderry Chamber of Commerce and Foyle Port (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: Senator Niall Blaney will speak first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Londonderry Chamber of Commerce and Foyle Port (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: I wish to join with the Chairman in welcoming our guests and thank them for outlining the issues that they believe face Derry and Donegal, which is an integral part of that wider economy. I endorse the comments made by my colleague, Senator Blaney. Some years ago this committee visited Derry and Letterkenny, where we met different interest groups, local authorities, the mayor of Derry,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: This day 28 years ago Albert Reynolds and John Major signed the Downing Street Declaration. That agreement was central to the successful negotiation of the Good Friday Agreement, which brought peace to our country. Every community on this island continues to benefit from that agreement. Following on from the Downing Street Declaration, the first peace-funded programme, PEACE I, was...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Common Travel Area (15 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised concerns with his British counterpart regarding the nationality and borders Bill which will impact on free movement in this country for persons without Irish or British citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62383/21]