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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (5 Mar 2020)

Brendan Smith: 1200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional funding will be provided in 2020 to local authorities for the housing voids programme in view of the need to eliminate delays in the allocation of vacant council houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2957/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (5 Mar 2020)

Brendan Smith: 1201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional funding will be allocated to Cavan County Council in 2020 for the housing voids programme to ensure the minimum delay in allocating vacant council houses which need upgrading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2958/20]

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...

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]

Covid-19 (Employment Affairs and Social Protection): Statements (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: I want to compliment the staff in the offices of the Department throughout Cavan and Monaghan and in the regional office in Dundalk on dealing so efficiently with a huge workload in challenging circumstances. From the outset, officials showed their determination to process applications as quickly as possible and they were conscious of the sudden and changed circumstances for so many...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had recent discussions with the UK Foreign Secretary and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the need for the UK Government to respond positively to the unanimous requests of Dáil Éireann concerning the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6656/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 123. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company which had some staff on the wage subsidy scheme who will be re-employed after 1 May 2020 will have their wage subsidy refunded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6708/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when long-standing proposals to provide additional permanent accommodation and upgrade existing accommodation at a school (details supplied) will be advanced to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6661/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when long-standing proposals to provide additional permanent accommodation and upgrade existing accommodation at a school (details supplied) will be advanced to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6662/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when proposals to provide additional permanent accommodation and upgrade existing accommodation at a school (details supplied) will be advanced to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6663/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if approval will issue at an early date in respect of a proposed building project for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6685/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Facilities (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approval will issue in respect of the provision of new facilities at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6686/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is proposed to have a July education programme in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6687/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 687. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the Covid-19 pandemic issues will be addressed on an all-island basis to the best possible extent; the level of cooperation in place at present between the authorities here and in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5803/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 710. To ask the Minister for Health If consideration will be given to the request of a representative association in relation to the need to provide additional support for a sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5957/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 812. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide additional financial support for community pharmacies in view of difficulties facing this sector as outlined by a union (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7026/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 906. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if urgent consideration will be given to the issues raised in correspondence from an association (details supplied) in view of the need to have marts functioning as much as possible with appropriate restrictions in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6660/20]