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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (26 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total financial allocation for the emigrant support programme in 2020; the funding to be allocated for 2021; if this allocation will enable additional programmes to be supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38292/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (26 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will convey again to a bank (details supplied) the need to retain its business network which is important for many rural communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39167/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (26 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of his discussions with a bank (details supplied) in relation to the need to retain a bank, its network of branches and the protection of employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39166/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (26 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason procurement is proceeding by the ESB in relation to the proposed North-South interconnector before a project agreement is in place with EirGrid as specified in the European Union infrastructure agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39520/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Establishment of an Independent Public Inquiry into the Murder of Pat Finucane: Motion (26 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: I compliment John Finucane on presenting the case with such clarity and great composure. It cannot be easy to recount the events around the murder of one's father at the dinner table in one's own home, an event also witnessed by his mother and siblings. It goes without saying the pain and the appalling circumstances that his family were thrown into due to that awful murder and the collusion...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Community Banking (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to advance proposals for community banking, with particular reference to the role of the post office network in the further development of financial services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39253/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 265. To ask the Minister for Health when a project (details supplied) at a healthcare facility will proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39177/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authority Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: It is clear that the guidelines and income limits we have at the moment are totally outdated. I was promised that a review would be completed and carried out and that income limits would be improved. This was back when the Ministers with responsibility for housing were Deputy Coveney and, subsequently, Deputy Eoghan Murphy and the relevant Minister of State was Deputy English. I have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authority Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: I welcome the remarks of the Minister of State. In his initial response he spoke about sustainable communities. Thankfully, over many decades we had local authority policies that worked well with local authority housing and a mix of households. We will not have sustainable communities if we do not improve the income limits. We will only have people who are on low incomes, especially those...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authority Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that the review of income eligibility limits for social housing is finalised and published without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38279/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will improve income eligibility limits for social housing for areas such as Cavan and Monaghan where the existing limits are low at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38280/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (24 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to put in place a five year plan for the post office network to ensure its sustainability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38824/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (24 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to implement a sustainability plan for the post office network with particular reference to the provision of new products, additional Government services for the network and capital investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38823/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rural Recreation Policy (24 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if further consideration will be given to a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37853/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (19 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital funding provided for 2021 for the development of heritage and cultural attractions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37342/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Funding (19 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 59. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital funding provided for 2021 for the further development of the tourism product throughout the country; the specific sectors, if any, identified for further development in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37341/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Services (19 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 263. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will ensure a substantial increase in funding for domestic violence services for 2021 in view of the increase in domestic violence since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and taking into account the report by an organisation from (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37725/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Services (19 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 264. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total funding provided in 2020 for domestic violence services; the planned allocation for such services in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37726/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Services (19 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 265. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress to date in developing a national services development plan to deal with domestic abuse and coercive control; if it is planned to have such plan commenced in 2020; the role of an organisation (details supplied) and its 38 frontline member services in developing a comprehensive national response to domestic abuse; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (19 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 327. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to ensure that the EU cross-border directive on health-care remains in place post-Brexit with particular reference to Northern Ireland and the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37698/20]