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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (12 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: I welcome Ms O'Donoghue and Mr. Duffy and I wish them well with their work. As Ms O'Donoghue said in her presentation, this new initiative is welcome and inclusive. It is very much underpinned by the Good Friday Agreement and the progress made since April 1998. We want to maximise the potential of the Good Friday Agreement and ensure no diminution to any aspect of the Good Friday Agreement...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (11 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: I compliment the Minister, Deputy Coveney, the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, and their officials in the Department on preparing this legislation, and I know other Departments fed into it as well. This is important legislation and is welcome from many points of view. It ensures reciprocal access to health services for residents of Ireland in Britain, as Deputy Colm Burke has outlined in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Pollution (11 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if specific financial resources will be allocated to local authorities to ensure that the ban on smoky coal is monitored and implemented due to the difficulties caused for some businesses arising from cross-Border trade in such products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35755/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (11 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 163. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to concerns about living conditions for residents in direct provision centres (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35561/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Brexit Supports (10 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 40. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if extra supports are being provided to businesses in Border counties in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35047/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (10 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans his Department has to engage with communities along the route of the proposed north-south interconnector in counties Monaghan, Cavan and Meath; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is strong and widespread opposition in these communities to the proposal to put the transmission cables...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (10 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a public service obligation on mobile telecommunications providers to ensure that all areas of the country have adequate and proper mobile telephony coverage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35079/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (10 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person whose carer's allowance payment ceases 12 weeks following the death of the person being cared for is entitled to the pandemic unemployment payment when that person is unable to return to employment due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35254/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (10 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 824. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the conditions applicable to mart sales at present and enable the presence of a limited number of buyers at the ringside, properly and appropriately spaced in accordance with public health regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35331/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme (5 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 25. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding that will be provided for the local improvement scheme under the CLÁR programme in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34155/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes (5 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 37. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if specific funding will be provided for new projects under the LEADER programme in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34154/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Brexit Issues (5 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it will be ensured there will be no additional costs for persons resident here using mobile phones in any part of the island from 1 January 2021 due to the UK leaving the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34505/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (5 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions at EU level in relation to Brexit and the implementation of the withdrawal agreement and the Northern Ireland protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34506/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Tests (5 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that Covid-19 testing systems for primary and post-primary schools are adequate to ensure that no delays occur in providing such necessary services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34511/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (5 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 334. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 21 October 2020, if healthcare workers and their families can be prioritised for rapid testing and results, including healthcare personnel working in the community to enable staff to return to work in an efficient manner as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34507/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (5 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 341. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the ANC and single farm payments issued to date to farmers in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the percentage of applicants still awaiting initial payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34517/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will give the issues outlined by a national association (details supplied) urgent consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34142/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Development Companies (4 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 167. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of funding that will be provided for the 35 local development companies to prepare and deliver a two-year national rural development programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34133/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Development Companies (4 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 168. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will ensure that funding is provided for new projects under LEADER in 2021 in view of the importance of the programme for rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34134/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (3 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 35. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had discussions with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive in relation to the difficulties that will face the agri-food sector on an all-Ireland basis post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33527/20]