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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (19 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when improved financial supports will be introduced to assist in the development of enterprise centres in view of their importance in the creation of employment opportunities in areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25362/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals to introduce new courses in further education and training on a cross-Border basis in co-operation with colleges in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25381/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if measures under the PEACE PLUS Programme will assist in the strengthening of collaboration in further education and training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25380/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional financial resources, both current and capital, are being provided in 2022 to enable the provision of additional special classes at primary and post primary level in areas in which there is an increasing demand for such classes (details supplied); if additional places will be available for the forthcoming school year; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (19 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 391. To ask the Minister for Health when additional healthcare professionals (details supplied) will be recruited, in view of long delays in children receiving appropriate therapeutic-interventions and supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25651/22]

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (25 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this important debate. Once again, we are debating Northern Ireland issues, legacy issues and the need to implement the protocol and to deal with outstanding issues relevant to it. It is most disappointing that the institutions established by the Good Friday Agreement are not in place or working on behalf of the people at present. In recent days,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (24 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional measures that will be implemented by her Department and by agencies under the remit of her Department in relation to tackling the scourge of illegal drugs throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26117/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cross-Border Co-operation (24 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any outstanding legislative obligations for her Department arising from commitments made in the Stormont House Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26115/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (24 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if school meals are included as part of a programme for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25749/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (26 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 6. To ask the Minister for Health when additional healthcare professionals (details supplied) will be recruited in view of long delays for children receiving appropriate therapeutic interventions and supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26865/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (26 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: There is a very urgent need to recruit healthcare professionals such as speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists and social workers across Cavan and Monaghan. At present, we have totally unacceptable delays in children with special needs and children with a disability receiving assessments and follow-up treatment and support. Progress in the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (26 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Butler. I also appreciate the interest of the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, in this area. Along with Oireachtas colleagues and parents from Cavan and Monaghan, I met the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, on Tuesday last. The stories those parents told to the Minister of State that day were really heartbreaking. I had met the parents previously...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (26 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: One thing the parents have highlighted to me in meetings and correspondence is that there has been no international recruitment for such healthcare professionals. The Minister, Deputy Donnelly, might take an interest in this as well. There was success in recruiting nurses over the years from the Philippines and elsewhere. Some parents put forward a suggestion regarding international...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: As the Tánaiste knows, Ulster Bank proposes to exit this State next March and KBC proposes to do the same the following August. This does not seem to be a realistic timeframe, due to the challenging logistics for those two banks’ customers transferring their accounts to other financial institutions. I hear daily of the frustration and worries of customers of Ulster Bank and KBC...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (26 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 22. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in advancing a building project at a hospital (details supplied); when it will proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26864/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (26 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when additional financial supports will be introduced for the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27171/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (26 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the post office network will be enabled to provide additional government services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27173/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (26 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 315. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if grant aid will be made available in respect of the retention of a childcare facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27185/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (26 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: 316. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the grant aid that is available at present towards the provision of childcare facilities by community groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27199/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Strive (19 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: Like colleagues, I want to welcome the witnesses and thank them for their powerful contributions. The breadth of their work is impressive and they are dealing with people who are disadvantaged, including young people who are in care or about to go into care, and some migrants as well, particularly people with educational underachievement. It is so disappointing that in this day and age,...