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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 965. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the issues pertaining to her Department raised by an association (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22624/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (8 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 988. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide additional residential facilities for adults with an intellectual or physical disability in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22330/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (8 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 989. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be implemented to reduce the waiting times in relation to assessment of needs in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22331/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Fuel Poverty (8 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 1354. To ask the Minister for Health his views in relation to the health impact arising from fuel poverty here; his further views on the need for greater investment to prevent fuel poverty and the corresponding health consequences for persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22308/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 1457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a payment to compensate sheep farmers in view of the market disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22303/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 1458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase payments under the sheep welfare scheme due to the market disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the difficulties that will arise due to Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22304/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 1459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish a sheep taskforce in relation to the long-term issues facing the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22305/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Incidence (8 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 1474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reconvene the tuberculosis forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22547/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Incidence (8 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 1475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the recent changes to the tuberculosis eradication programme with particular reference to the issue of tuberculosis herd history risk statements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22548/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (9 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide additional mental health supports to students returning to higher and further education. [22632/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (9 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: I wish the Minister, Deputy Harris, and the Minister of State, Deputy Collins, well in their very important work. All Deputies are aware that the reopening of schools in recent weeks has shown there is a wide understanding of the strain that Covid-19 has placed on the wellness and mental health of young people and society in general. That strain does not end when a student leaves second...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (9 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: As the Minister stated, Covid is not generational. Rather, it has affected every cohort in society. He referred to SUSI. My colleague, Deputy O'Connor, has tabled a very good question regarding the need for flexibility in respect of some independent students who had to move home and may not have the utility bills for a certain period that are an important part of the application process. ...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (9 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: I assure the Minister that, having fought for them over the years, we now have two very good institutes of further education in Cavan and Monaghan and I am very glad to be associated with the development of both. We would be glad to welcome the Minister and Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, whenever it is suitable. We are all aware that the members of the class of 2020 have had a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Support Schemes (9 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: I endorse Deputy O'Connor's remarks. I know of people who had to change their plans and move home. They now hope to go on to education but they are unable to produce a utility bill as evidence of independent living. They had to move to their parents' house due to the emergency and that should be taken into consideration.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Fairs (9 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 69. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if urgent consideration will be given to issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) on trade fairs and exhibitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22897/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Investigations (10 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been further progress in achieving a full and comprehensive investigation here and in Northern Ireland into the bombing in Belturbet, County Cavan, in December 1972, which caused the death of two young persons and injuries to many others; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22831/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Investigations (10 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: I wish the Minister, Deputy McEntee, and the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, well in their important work in the Department of Justice over the next number of years. I have raised with a number of the Minister's predecessors the urgent need for a comprehensive and thorough investigation into the bombing in Belturbet in December 1972, both in Northern Ireland and this State. I am not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Investigations (10 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister and appreciate that she will take this up with her counterparts in Northern Ireland. The University of Nottingham recently contacted me with a recent detailed document on loyalist activities in Northern Ireland and, particularly, in Cavan and Monaghan. A very detailed article has been written by Edward Burke, an assistant professor in the University of Nottingham,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Investigations (10 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: I recently had the privilege of attending, along with the O'Reilly and Stanley families, the publication of the book Children of the Troubles: The Untold Story of the Children Killedin the Northern Ireland Conflict by Joe Duffy of RTÉ and Freya McClements ofThe Irish Times. It contains the following in relation to the Belturbet bombing: Geraldine was one of two children killed in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (10 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a review of the proposed north-south interconnector project will be undertaken as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23220/20]