Results 16,361-16,380 of 18,496 for speaker:Brendan Smith

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (3 Feb 2022)

Brendan Smith: 238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if assistance can be provided by the OPW to the relevant local authority in order that maintenance and cleaning work will be carried out on a stretch of river (details supplied) in view of increasing incidents of major flooding on an annual basis and the resultant threat to animal welfare and road safety due to serious flooding on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (3 Feb 2022)

Brendan Smith: 369. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in implementing recommendations 9, 11 and 36 of the Report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on Reform of the Family Law System; the expected timeline for the introduction of such changes as recommended by the Oireachtas Committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Brendan Smith: Cavan and Monaghan are two of the counties without a dedicated refuge centre. Tearmann services do a very good job locally in the two counties supporting people, both women and men but predominantly women, going through such trauma. Tearmann recorded a 35% increase in 2021 in the number of people seeking support since 2019. They support families along with the local authorities through HAP...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (8 Feb 2022)

Brendan Smith: 61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projects that will be progressed in 2022 in the upgrading of existing accommodation and the provision of new accommodation in the further education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6437/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (8 Feb 2022)

Brendan Smith: As the Minister knows, there was a welcome commitment in the national development plan to increase capital investment in the further education sector. I had the opportunity to speak with him on a number of occasions regarding the needs of Cavan Institute and the welcome increase in demand for places in the further education sector. I hope the Minister is in a position to announce a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (8 Feb 2022)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his positive message regarding increased investment. A new building complex was completed in Cavan in 2005. Cavan Institute was the first dedicated post-leaving certificate college in the country. I and other public representatives were very much involved with the local authority in the transfer of substantial lands at that location to enable the building of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (8 Feb 2022)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his reply. Very high standards were set in Cavan Institute from the word go. I had the privilege of being the first chairman of the first board of management of that college. It has carried on a very fine tradition in ensuring that any public representative who visits to college gets a very warm welcome, in particular a Minister making an announcement of major...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Feb 2022)

Brendan Smith: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be implemented to intensify cross-Border co-operation in the provision of further education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6436/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Feb 2022)

Brendan Smith: 515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the provision of additional accommodation for a college (details supplied) can be progressed at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6433/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (8 Feb 2022)

Brendan Smith: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will increase the level of rebate on products (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6023/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Feb 2022)

Brendan Smith: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be ensured that there are no further delays in finalising the pay and conditions for school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5864/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (9 Feb 2022)

Brendan Smith: 113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the present status of the Immigration Investment Programme; if she will ensure that there will be no reduction in potential investment funding for public good projects including the disability, sports and arts sectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6982/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (10 Feb 2022)

Brendan Smith: 8. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of funding provided for his Department and for the agencies under the remit of his Department for the development of enterprise centres in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7063/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (10 Feb 2022)

Brendan Smith: The development of enterprise centres and the development of workspace through enterprise centres has been particularly important in supporting the creation of employment. The counties I represent, Cavan and Monaghan, have benefited from such developments. We all know of one- or two-person businesses that went on to be major national and international companies. We now need a new approach...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (10 Feb 2022)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister of State. We had very good meetings with the Cavan and Monaghan LEOs and the local authorities as well. The Minister of State knows the topography of Cavan and Monaghan and knows that the development of sites there is very expensive. I and other public representatives supported Cavan County Council on one particular project. The council drew down limited Government...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (10 Feb 2022)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister of State for his response. In respect of the provision of workspace in enterprise centres, there is a market failure in that developers will not construct such workspace in areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan because they will not get the rent return. That is the information available to me and that analysis is supported at official and private sector level too....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (10 Feb 2022)

Brendan Smith: 55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the financial supports available from his Department and through the agencies under the remit of his Department for the development of enterprise centres through community and or local authority development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7062/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (10 Feb 2022)

Brendan Smith: 153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is proposed to revise costings for farm improvement works to be grant-aided under TAMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6998/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Minimum Wage (10 Feb 2022)

Brendan Smith: 203. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will increase the minimum wage in view of the severe pressures on low-income workers at present due to rising costs of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7362/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Programmes (10 Feb 2022)

Brendan Smith: 218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will announce details of a new home retrofit programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7373/22]