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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if urgent consideration will be given to issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) concerning entitlements for employees of a company (details supplied); if it will be ensured that such applications are processed and approved without delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25558/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department plans to engage with communities in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath along the route of the proposed North South Interconnector; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is widespread opposition to the proposal to put the transmission cables overground in the event of the project...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the areas of County Cavan which will have broadband infrastructure upgraded in 2020 in view of recent reports that the county is to be prioritised for the rollout of the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25037/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of an ESRI report regarding fuel poverty due to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25152/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 301. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will give urgent consideration to the issues (details supplied) raised regarding a sector that has been adversely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic; if adequate financial support will be provided to enable this sector reopen to the safest extent possible and protect employment; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a jobseeker’s benefit application will be approved for a person (details supplied); if this application will be finalised without further delay as it meets with the criteria of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25523/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 886. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a requirement to have a deep clean carried out in a meat processing facility in which staff members have had a positive Covid-19 test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25223/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (23 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions with a bank (details supplied) in relation to reports regarding the possible closure of another bank here which would result in the closure of 88 branches, the loss of 2,500 jobs and would further reduce banking competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25860/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 208. To ask the Minister for Health if urgent consideration will be given to issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) concerning the difficulties in delivering health services; and if assistance will be provided to the sector as promised by his predecessor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25856/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (24 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided in 2021 for the upgrading of a road (details supplied) in view of its strategic importance in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25681/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if adequate checks are taking place at airports and ports in relation to dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26263/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (24 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timescale for the reopening of Bawnboy Garda station, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26198/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (24 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timescale for the refurbishment or upgrading of a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26215/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (24 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that suitably qualified persons, licensed merchant stores and veterinary pharmacies will be able to continue the prescribing and supply of anthelmintics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26213/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (29 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 34. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions with a company (details supplied) in relation to the need to retain a bank and its network of branches here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26774/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (29 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: As the Minister is aware, there are widespread concerns in many communities about the statement by NatWest that it is considering all strategic options in the future of Ulster Bank. Ulster Bank has 88 branches in our State, it has more than 2,500 employees and it has a substantial presence in the Border region, particularly in my constituency of Cavan-Monaghan, with three branches in County...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (29 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: As I said, there are 88 branches serving 88 communities. They are large communities nowadays because a lot of branches were closed over the years due to rationalisation measures and there has been a loss of services to many communities. Any further diminution in banking competition in this country would be concerning. Ulster Bank is the third largest bank and we lack banking competition in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (29 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his reply. In my constituency, we have Ulster Bank branches in Ballyconnell, Cavan, Ballyjamesduff and Monaghan town. Traditionally, Ulster Bank has very much been associated with the Border region and it has had a very successful business, by and large, for the most of 200 years in communities right throughout our country. As the third largest bank in the country,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Garda Stations (29 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date in carrying out refurbishment works at the Garda station in Bawnboy, County Cavan, to enable it to reopen as announced by the Department of Justice and Equality some time ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26729/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Garda Stations (29 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: The acting Garda Commissioner in November 2017, in a report to the Department of Justice and Equality, outlined that An Garda Síochána had decided to reopen six Garda stations that had been closed some years previously. He outlined to the Department that he had been in touch with the OPW with regard to the necessary modernisation or upgrading of any of the Garda stations so chosen....