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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagement with the President of the United States of America. [20345/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: I welcome that the Taoiseach raised again with President Biden the need to make progress regarding immigration reform. The E-3 visa Bill was previously stopped in its tracks at the last minute by one Senator objecting. Irish advocacy groups estimate that there could be up to 10,000 people in the United States whose position has not been regularised, who are referred to as "the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the British Prime Minister. [21793/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: As the Taoiseach is aware, the 48th anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, which took place on 17 May 1974, is approaching . There were many dark days on our island during the era known as the Troubles, but that was darkest day of all because 33 innocent people were murdered and hundreds were badly injured. Sadly, nobody has been brought to justice for those horrific crimes. The...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (5 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 16. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if additional measures will be implemented to promote tourism in the Hidden Heartlands Region for the 2022 season in view of the difficulties facing this sector due to the pandemic since early 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22162/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Northern Ireland (5 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department and the agencies under the remit of her Department will avail of funding under the Peace Plus Programme to develop tourism infrastructure in the Border region and on a cross-Border basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22161/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (5 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when income eligibility limits for social housing for areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22145/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will allocate funding to local authorities for the 2022 Voids Programme in view of the importance of this scheme in bringing back to habitable use vacant council housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22146/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (10 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will have further discussions with the British Foreign Secretary and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the need for the British government to respond positively and without further delay to the unanimous requests of Dáil Éireann concerning the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of May 1974; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (10 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will have discussions with the political parties in Stormont and with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in relation to the need to ensure that an Executive is established at the earliest possible date following the assembly election; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22650/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (10 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 284. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the inclusion of a representative organisation (details supplied) as a key stakeholder in all negotiations concerning the exit of banks from this State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23431/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (10 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when income eligibility limits for social housing for areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22755/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (10 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will allocate funding to local authorities for the 2022 Voids Programme in view of the importance of this scheme in bringing back to habitable use vacant council housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22756/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 713. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that costs in respect of the provision of a specific health service is reduced for patients (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22722/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (12 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 289. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the outcome of the consultations following the publication of the Initial State Report under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the next stage in the consultation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24045/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (12 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 306. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals, if any, to amend the Disability Act 2005 to enable children who need additional supports to have a right in law to appropriate services and not just an entitlement to an assessment of needs as provided for at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24046/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (17 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department’s progress in supporting unemployed persons back into work, including those in long-term unemployment under the Pathways to Work 2021-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24676/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (17 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the findings of the Commission on Pensions report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24675/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (17 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a person (details supplied) is not entitled to the illness benefit given that he or she has been paying class A PRSI contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24543/22]