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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 43. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date in implementing measures to assist the mushroom and horticulture sector due to the serious difficulties that have arisen in sourcing horticultural peat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51712/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if TAMS grant aid will be increased for the purchase of low emission slurry spreading machinery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51706/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 230. To ask the Minister for Health if the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme will continue on an administrative basis beyond the end of 2021 pending the enactment of legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51461/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 13. To ask the Taoiseach the details of his recent address to the British-Irish Association. [43772/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: Like Deputy Haughey, I welcome the Taoiseach's comments at the association's conference. I wish to refer to the European Commission's proposals last week regarding the protocol. Naturally, the Taoiseach and his colleagues in government will have contributed to the discussions in order to remove as many obstacles as possible. When I engage with people in Northern Ireland, be they business...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (19 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the shared island unit in his Department. [43771/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (19 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. I welcome the substantial chapter on the shared island initiative in the national development plan. Specific commitments are made there for cross-Border and all-Ireland projects, both in the area of infrastructural development and the delivery of services. The NDP also references the fact that the economy of the central Border area is predominantly...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (19 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 151. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons on the waiting list for homecare support in each local health office area in CHO1; the corresponding figures for each area at the end of June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50612/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (19 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005 in each local health Office area in CHO1; the corresponding figures for each area at the end of June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50611/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (19 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection , further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 30 September, if she will ensure that local employment services are not privatised; if community organisations will continue to deliver such services due to the important work carried out over recent years by such services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51155/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (19 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 862. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that additional funding is provided in 2022 for the North East Regional Drug Task Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51153/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: The Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme was put in place earlier this year to replace the EU cross-Border directive following Britain's exit from the European Union. The scheme and its predecessors enable large numbers of patients to access treatment and surgery, or both, in Northern Ireland, paid for by this State. These were typically patients on long hospital waiting lists. I...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (14 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 51. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when additional funding under the transitional programme for the Leader programme will be allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50083/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (14 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 67. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding will be provided for the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme which is delivered by local development companies and is of great importance to many individuals and organisations in rural communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50084/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (14 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that a transport service (details supplied) will be provided at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50328/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (14 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to undertake the necessary preparatory work for the upgrade of a road (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50348/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (14 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the outcome of the studies undertaken by the working groups concerning the future use of peat by the horticulture sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50349/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Ireland (14 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50357/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (14 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will introduce as a matter of urgency to ensure that there is an adequate supply of domestic peat for the mushroom and horticulture sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50312/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (14 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that the concerns of the mushroom and horticulture sector in relation to the harvesting of horticultural peat are addressed in view of the importance of peat for that sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50313/21]