Results 15,501-15,520 of 18,496 for speaker:Brendan Smith

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (10 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if issues raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding the aviation industry will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23201/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided for a pupil (details supplied) to a primary school due to the circumstances as outlined in detail by their parents to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23031/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 46. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be changes to the memorandum of understanding with Northern Ireland in respect of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23690/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 102. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he is undertaking with his Northern Ireland counterpart to intensify an all-Ireland approach to tackling Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23689/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (15 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position on funding for CAP post 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23969/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (15 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timescale for the completion of discussions on the future funding of CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23970/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (16 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussion he has had with his British counterpart in relation to the Withdrawal Agreement with particular reference to the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24431/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (16 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions he has had with parties in the Northern Ireland Executive in relation to Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24432/20]

Expenditure Response to Covid-19 Crisis: Statements (Resumed) (17 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: With the permission of the House, I will give four minutes of my time to Deputy Sherlock. The Exchequer returns demonstrated very clearly the huge public expenditure that has been necessarily incurred due to the pandemic. There were much-needed and very welcome additional supports for the health sector, social protection and for business, and like previous speakers, I want to see those...

Expenditure Response to Covid-19 Crisis: Statements (Resumed) (17 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Acting Chairman because I am conscious of the time. The Minister also spoke about the national recovery fund and the national recovery plan. The Government must ensure that there is a clear emphasis in those plans on the need for regional balance. The pandemic has demonstrated, and my colleague, Deputy Calleary, referred to it earlier, that services do not have to be provided...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Vacant Properties (17 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 16. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if specific measures will be introduced to assist in the upgrading of vacant premises to provide living accommodation in smaller towns and villages in rural communities in view of the fact such investment could contribute substantially to the regeneration of these communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24334/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Capital Programme (17 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 99. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when details of the next sports capital programme will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24592/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a proposed building project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24604/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (17 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in respect of the provision of new facilities at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24606/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (17 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will implement to deal with delays in felling forestry which is causing serious problems for the timber industry and shortage of supplies for other sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24594/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Free Travel Scheme (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 31. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will engage with the private bus operators and the National Transport Authority with a view to applying the free-travel scheme on all publicly licensed bus routes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25065/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Free Travel Scheme (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: For many decades the free-travel scheme has been of great benefit to a substantial cohort of our population. By and large persons in receipt of a pension payment are eligible for free travel on public transport and in more recent years on the LocalLink services. Unfortunately in too many instances, customers of transport services operated by private carriers are not able to avail of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Free Travel Scheme (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for her reply. I am glad she said it would be kept under constant review. While I recognise that with the Covid pandemic additional services will not be coming on stream because of uncertainty over the use of services, the Minister's answer clearly demonstrates the importance of the scheme. It is a very good €95 million investment in people, in human resources....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Free Travel Scheme (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for her reply and I agree with her last point. I know of one operator that operates a substantial service covering a very large rural area, including a number of smaller towns and villages. The owner told me that were it not for the fact that he was deemed eligible to offer customers the free travel facility, his service would not be viable. I understand that the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 43. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce a total contributions approach in relation to the assessment of a person’s contributory pension entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25066/20]