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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (29 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: 409. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to improve broadband telecommunications service throughout County Cavan; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that households and many small enterprises have concerns regarding the service that exists at present; if the necessary investment programme will be undertaken to bring this broadband service...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (29 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: 410. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to improve broadband telecommunications service throughout County Monaghan; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that households and many small enterprises have concerns regarding the service that exists; if the necessary investment programme will be undertaken to bring this broadband service up to a...

Other Questions: Child Care Services Funding (28 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: 45. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of funding that will be provided in 2018 to assist in the upgrading of existing child care facilities and the provision of additional child care places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50185/17]

Other Questions: Child Care Services Funding (28 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: 60. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of funding that will be provided in 2018 to assist in the upgrading of existing community and private child care facilities and the provision of additional child care places, both community and private; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50186/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (28 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: 289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if further consideration will be given to the request of the local community to have a policing service restored (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50659/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (28 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: 348. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a report on trauma care; his plans for a reconfiguration of such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50021/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (28 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: 349. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the levels of services to be provided at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50022/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (28 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: 388. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that additional funding is provided to an organisation (details supplied) to assist it to provide necessary support services for children and parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50224/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Funding (28 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: 551. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided in 2018 towards the planning and design of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50239/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (28 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: 678. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the commitment to remove the anomalies in the method of calculation of entitlements to the State contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50660/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Issues and Implications of Brexit for Good Friday Agreement: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (23 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: I have a few comments to make. It is difficult to follow the proceedings when one has to leave to vote in the Dáil. As regards the capital plan, in the early days of this committee, following the Brexit referendum I raised the need to prioritise the infrastructural needs of the Border region in the review of the capital plan with the then Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: Apologies have been received from Deputies Seán Crowe and Darragh O'Brien. Deputies Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Lisa Chambers are substituting and welcome. All mobile phones should be switched off for the duration of the meeting as they cause interference with the recording equipment in the committee room, even when left in silent mode. The meeting has been convened to consider the...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister of State and note that he stuck rigidly to my exhortation that he stay with the subject matter of the Supplementary Estimate. I welcome that it is a Supplementary Estimate, not the reallocation of funding for the capital programme to fund the shortfall in pensions that has been a recurring feature of the past few years. The Minister of State mentioned the loss of many...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: I am referring to people who served 18 or 20 years.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister of State. I know from dealing with some representations that the time to process and approve or make a final determination on an application is far too long. That needs to be speeded up.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister of State but I am sure that when he signs replies to representations from Members of the Oireachtas in regard to delays in finalising some of these applications, if he were to read them, he would see that it takes too long, unfortunately. If that could be speeded up, it would be helpful to those people.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: We may have a difficulty because of votes.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: I said I would give some latitude.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: Some of the particular items are not directly related. I said that I would give latitude but I cannot allow the Deputy to stray entirely.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: Deputy Tony McLoughlin is next.