Results 13,361-13,380 of 18,496 for speaker:Brendan Smith

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Funding (18 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 313. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase the allocation to Monaghan County Council for the non-national roads maintenance programme for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2618/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (18 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 320. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide specific funding to local authorities in 2018 for the local improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2619/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland Feasibility Study (23 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 93. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 27 September 2017, if Waterways Ireland has studies underway or plans to carry out studies in relation to the feasibility of having some of the Erne waterway from Belturbet to Killykeen and Killeshandra made navigable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3072/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland Feasibility Study (23 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 95. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to having at least some of the stretches of the Erne river system made navigable from Belturbet to Killykeen and Killeshandra; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3073/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (23 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 388. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the recommendations of the Ombudsman in relation to the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3045/18]

Shortage of Teachers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: I compliment my colleague, Deputy Thomas Byrne, on putting forward a comprehensive and practical motion. I hope that the Minister can give it favourable consideration. The motion is comprehensive. It deals with all aspects of the crisis facing second-level and primary schools in regard to teaching replacements. From speaking to a principal and a deputy principal of a large second-level...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (24 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the numbers serving in the Permanent Defence Force at the end of 2017; the projected number of enlisted personnel for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3357/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (24 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the numbers serving in the Defence Forces Reserve at the end of 2017; the projected enlistment for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3358/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (24 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost if the capitation grant at primary level was increased from €170 to €178 per pupil and from €296 to €310 at post primary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3695/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (24 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division as of 1 January 2016, 1 January 2017 and 1 January 2018 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3693/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (24 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of marked and unmarked Garda cars and marked Garda vans attached to the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division as of 1 January 2016, 1 January 2017 and 1 January 2018 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3694/18]

Other Questions: Good Friday Agreement (25 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with political parties, statutory agencies or Departments in respect of an appropriate commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. [1626/18]

Other Questions: Good Friday Agreement (25 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to date with regard to an appropriate commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. [1625/18]

Other Questions: Good Friday Agreement (25 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: In marking the anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement in a significant and comprehensive manner, we would be doing more than just commemorating the successful completion of an historic agreement. We would be reminding people in leadership roles in all parts of these two islands of the crucial importance of the three strands of relationships that fundamentally underpin the Good Friday...

Other Questions: Good Friday Agreement (25 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his positive response. I welcome the fact that he intends to hold commemorations and events on our island, in Washington and elsewhere. We should also press for a significant input from the European Union to mark the achievement. The EU is not explicitly mentioned in the Good Friday Agreement but it also underpins the agreement. The chair of the negotiations...

Other Questions: Good Friday Agreement (25 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: I fully agree with the Minister. Properly marking the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement will remind us of what we all risk losing in the longer term owing to the short-term partisan gains of two political parties. This year, 2018, marks the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, the 50th anniversary of civil rights, the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: I compliment the witnesses on the excellent presentation and the appropriate manner in which they put forward the details on an extremely difficult issue. I am very glad, as I did in 2012, to have suggested for the 2018 work programme of this committee to invite the representatives of the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains to make a presentation to the committee. My...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: Nobody is entitled to shoot anybody.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (30 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the outcome of discussions to date with the European Commission on cohesion funding post 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3936/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Planning Framework (30 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if structural funds post 2020 will be aligned with priorities identified in the national planning framework and regional and spatial economic strategies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3937/18]