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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (26 Oct 2023)

Brendan Smith: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if financial support is available from her Department to improve educational services at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47104/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (7 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the British Prime Minister. [47658/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (7 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: On 28 December last in Belturbet, County Cavan, we marked the 50th anniversary of the bombing in the town that caused the death of two young teenagers, Geraldine O'Reilly and Patrick Stanley. As the Taoiseach knows, next May will mark the 50th anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, when 33 innocent people were murdered and hundreds were badly injured on that fatal day. That day,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reports (7 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: 12. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the recently published annual report of his Department. [47659/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reports (7 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: I very much welcome the major funding from the Government for the shared island initiative. This is funding projects in my constituency, including the restoration of the Ulster Canal, which will be very beneficial for a number of counties throughout Ulster. The Taoiseach may recall that I raised with him when he held the enterprise portfolio the importance of developing enterprise centres...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: We are very fortunate that we have a great network of supermarkets and other food stores of varying sizes in our towns and villages. The stores are predominately very modern with high standards of hygiene and good service for customers. Those retailers are very concerned about the small business support scheme. They state very clearly that the measures proposed in the budget will not be of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (8 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: 35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timescale for the completion of the design of the Cavan town flood relief scheme; the expected timeline for submission of the planning application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49018/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (9 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: 33. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the Commission on Care for Older People to convene; the impact that the additional funding secured in Budget 2024 will have on expediting this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48616/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (9 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: 58. To ask the Minister for Health how the extra funding of €4.6 million in Budget 2024 will increase the provision of transitional care to make sure that older people get the care they need leaving hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48617/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (9 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: 139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the voids programme for 2024 will be finalised; the national allocation; the funding that will be made available for Cavan County Council and Monaghan County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49035/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (9 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: 163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that the significant investment in the voids programme over recent years will be continued in 2024, in view of the importance of this programme in bringing back vacant housing stock to habitable use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49036/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (9 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: 204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure a substantial financial allocation under the road works programme to Cavan County Council in 2024 for the further planning and design of a route (details supplied) in view of its strategic importance for the Border region and the need to upgrade this road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49191/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: State Properties (9 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: 281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the supports that are available from his Department to public bodies to plant trees on publicly owned lands; if such supports are available to community and voluntary organisations to carry out similar work on grounds to where they have access to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49196/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (9 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: 301. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of capital funding available to his Department this year for the upgrading of existing childcare facilities and the provision of new childcare accommodation; the funding that will be available in 2024 for such developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49256/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (9 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: 302. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is proposed to introduce a grant scheme to assist in the provision of large-scale pre-school accommodation and the upgrading of existing accommodation, as existing grant levels will not be sufficient to ensure adequate childcare accommodation in the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Finance and Economics: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Brendan Smith: I welcome our witnesses who provide very valuable material for the work of the committee. On Professor Doyle's introductory remarks about the poor performance of Northern Ireland with regard to foreign direct investment, some of us have advocated that IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland should be merged with Invest Northern Ireland and the other agencies there. If foreign direct investment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Finance and Economics: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2023)

Brendan Smith: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their contributions. There is nothing any of us could disagree with in their opening remarks. Mr. McCormack referred to the negatives from Brexit for UK workers. It is probably more sad than ironic that the areas where there was the greatest support for Brexit are the areas in which low incomes are most prevalent. The way in which people were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Finance and Economics: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2023)

Brendan Smith: The feedback I was getting reflects what the witnesses have said in that there are two divergent opinions. It will be important that the trade unions, as representative organisations, and the Teaching Council would set out what the facts are. We always know that the thing that is not factual will gather momentum quicker than the facts, unfortunately. Regarding Mr. Reidy's points about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Mapping Diversity, Negotiating Differences: Constitutional Discussions on a Shared Island: Discussion (9 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: I thank Professor Todd and Dr. McEvoy for a very interesting opening statement and compliment them on their work. As Deputy Conway-Walsh said, it is always a concern that we do not get to talk to people who feel marginalised. I was surprised to hear Dr. McEvoy mention consultation fatigue. I have often thought there was not enough consultation with the groups they mentioned and I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Mapping Diversity, Negotiating Differences: Constitutional Discussions on a Shared Island: Discussion (9 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: Deputies O'Dowd and Tully and I represent Border counties, and while I will sometimes come across a woman who has given birth to a baby and works in Cavan, for example, I come across more queries from people in south Fermanagh who wonder why they cannot access oncology services in Cavan General Hospital and have to go to Belfast or Derry for some of those services. There is so much that could...