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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Control Management System (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 1371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to implement the recommendations of the Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht report on the title of architect published in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6702/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 1370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to Cavan County Council in respect of the housing voids programme in 2019; if an increased level of funding will be provided in 2020 in view of the urgent need to bring vacant local authority housing stock back to habitable use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6683/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 1423. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital spending of her Department in 2019; the capital funding allocated to Waterways Ireland; the projects undertaken by Waterways Ireland with the allocation; the specific funding per project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6535/20]

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (13 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: Like my colleagues, Deputies O'Callaghan and Murnane O'Connor, I appreciate the work of the personnel in the Department of Justice and Equality, including its agencies such as the Prison Service and An Garda Síochána. I commend the work of An Garda Síochána during these difficult times. Garda personnel have been a reassuring presence in our communities, and this work...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (13 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the minimum number of contact and-or class hours each lecturer is obliged to undertake in each university and institute of technology; if he is satisfied that such hours are adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4209/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (13 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 511. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding the appointment of much needed additional Parkinson’s nurse specialists in view of the fact there are only two such nurse specialists in the 25 counties outside Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4210/20]

Brexit: Statements (7 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: I have a few quick comments to make. In the context of both Brexit and Covid-19, we need maximum co-operation on an all-Ireland basis. I again appeal to the Government, as I did some weeks ago, to amend the recent regulations and enable gardaí to restrict the movements of people where necessary and regardless of whether they are resident outside State. I am concerned that my own...

Brexit: Statements (7 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: That is okay. Under the general data protection regulation, the transfer of personal data will be prohibited once Britain becomes a third country. That includes personal health data. The North and the South are very interdependent and need key health tools, such as those applications, to speak to each other in the best interests of the citizens on all of this island. Let tracing...

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

Brendan Smith: 45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Brexit negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3693/20]

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

Brendan Smith: 46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the implementation of the Irish Protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3694/20]

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

Brendan Smith: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he and the European Union will take to protect the Irish fishing industry during the Brexit negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3697/20]

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

Brendan Smith: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions at the Foreign Affairs Council in relation to Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3878/20]

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

Brendan Smith: 53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of discussions at the General Affairs Council in relation to Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3879/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Preparations (5 Mar 2020)

Brendan Smith: 47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of contingency planning for all Brexit scenarios including a no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3695/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (5 Mar 2020)

Brendan Smith: 48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the change of status to the EU-Turkey migration deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3696/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (5 Mar 2020)

Brendan Smith: 50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of discussions at recent EU Foreign Affairs Council meetings in relation to the persecution of Christians in many countries throughout the world; if he put forward a specific proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3711/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (5 Mar 2020)

Brendan Smith: 104. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he plans to implement to deal with exorbitant insurance costs affecting many sectors of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3756/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (5 Mar 2020)

Brendan Smith: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer on an annual basis of illegal trade in tobacco, drink and fuel products; the additional measures planned to counteract such illicit trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2927/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (5 Mar 2020)

Brendan Smith: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional measures he plans to implement to counteract illegal cross-Border trade in tobacco, drink and fuel products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2928/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme Funding (5 Mar 2020)

Brendan Smith: 122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if additional funding will be provided in 2020 to local authorities for the minor works scheme in view of increased incidents of flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2930/20]