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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Oct 2019)

Brendan Smith: I welcome the additional funding for the NTPF, for which our party spokesperson advocated strongly. I also welcome the progress that has been made with the cross-Border scheme. Many patients go to Northern Ireland to access services, as I mentioned during a previous debate. Those who read Belfast newspapers, particularly the nationalist ones, as I do on a daily basis, will see...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (10 Oct 2019)

Brendan Smith: 172. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he plans to implement to address the issues affecting the retention and recruitment of general practitioners particularly in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41399/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (10 Oct 2019)

Brendan Smith: 191. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the request by a local authority for the provision of health services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41496/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (15 Oct 2019)

Brendan Smith: 61. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans he intends to propose at the EU Agriculture Council meeting regarding the need to protect the CAP budget post 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41952/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (15 Oct 2019)

Brendan Smith: As we all know, payments under CAP are the backbone of Irish farming. They are important for the farming community, the rural economy and the overall national economy. Farm families are very concerned about the present proposal to reduce the post-2020 CAP budget by 5%. When a low level of inflation is factored in, this reduction will equate to a 15% reduction over a seven-year period,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (15 Oct 2019)

Brendan Smith: I am glad the Minister has reiterated that the current proposals are unacceptable. I understand that there are 15 or 16 like-minded member states. I hope the Heads of Government or Heads of State of those member states are of the same opinion as their Agriculture Ministers. Perhaps the Minister will let us know the Taoiseach's opinion on adequate funding for CAP. As the Minister quite...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (15 Oct 2019)

Brendan Smith: I accept the final remarks made by the Minister. CAP, which was established in 1962, is important not only as a means of supporting the farming community, but also as a means of ensuring the citizens of Europe can access a secure supply of safe food. It supports 22 million farmers across the EU, as well as 44 million people in the overall food industry. It is important to keep emphasising...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (15 Oct 2019)

Brendan Smith: 90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of discussions at recent EU Agriculture Council meetings regarding CAP funding post 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41953/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (15 Oct 2019)

Brendan Smith: 608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if further consideration will be given to the request by community employment scheme supervisors for proper pension entitlements (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42033/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (16 Oct 2019)

Brendan Smith: 60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has had discussions recently with his counterparts in Northern Ireland on the proposed North South interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42272/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (16 Oct 2019)

Brendan Smith: 70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the planning application in Northern Ireland in respect of the proposed North South interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42273/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (16 Oct 2019)

Brendan Smith: 78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise with members of the British Government the need to establish a comprehensive inquiry into the Birmingham pub bombings of 1974 as requested (details supplied), as these bombings caused the deaths of 21 innocent persons, and the need to have persons brought to justice for these heinous crimes; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (16 Oct 2019)

Brendan Smith: 80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress in having the Assembly and Executive in Northern Ireland restored following his most recent talks with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42568/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (16 Oct 2019)

Brendan Smith: 81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of his most recent discussions with Mr. Barnier of the EU Commission on Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42569/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (16 Oct 2019)

Brendan Smith: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage a proposed building project (details supplied) is at; when the project will proceed to the next stage; the timescale for the overall development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42571/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rehabilitative Training Allowance Payments (16 Oct 2019)

Brendan Smith: 186. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reintroduce the rehabilitative training allowance in view of its value and importance to many trainees nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42570/19]

Financial Resolutions - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (17 Oct 2019)

Brendan Smith: My colleagues and our party leader have outlined our disappointment with some aspects of this budget, which was framed against the backdrop of Brexit. As we meet here this morning, we do not know what will be the final outcome of the negotiations on Brexit. We sincerely hope that there will be a successful outcome and that Britain will be able to leave the European Union with a deal. This...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Closures (17 Oct 2019)

Brendan Smith: 12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the analysis his Department undertook of detailed submissions forwarded by community groups about the proposed closure of two second level schools (details supplied); if the analysis by his Department was brought to his attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42594/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Closures (17 Oct 2019)

Brendan Smith: Through correspondence and parliamentary questions I have raised with the Minister the total opposition of local communities in west Cavan to the proposal by Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board to close St. Bricin's College in Belturbet and St. Mogue's College in Bawnboy. Local committees did exceptionally good work in seeking the views of the local communities on the future of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Closures (17 Oct 2019)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his reply but I must say it is most disappointing. It is literally a rehash of what I have received in written replies to parliamentary questions in recent months. I doubt the veracity and provenance of the Department's analysis of the submissions that were made to it. Those detailed submissions from committees representative of the school communities of St....