Results 18,021-18,040 of 18,496 for speaker:Brendan Smith

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: There is an urgent need for more flexibility by the Department of Education in applying the criteria for the retention of teaching posts where there is a short-term drop in a school's enrolment on 30 September but this drop in enrolment is reversed within a very short period of time, particularly by the end of that school term, bringing the school's enrolment up to the required threshold for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: 11. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent meeting with the prime minister of the United Kingdom. [36705/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: I welcome the fact that there has been much more active engagement at heads of government and ministerial level between the Irish and British Governments. This needs to continue. The Taoiseach will recall that when the British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly met in his constituency of Wicklow, members of the British and Irish delegations, including me, spoke about the need to intensify...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (16 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: 264. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of widespread concerns in relation to the inadequate and limited supply of HRT patches (details supplied); the measures that will be undertaken to ensure that women will have no delay in accessing such products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41995/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (16 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: 265. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of widespread concerns in relation to the shortage in supply of fortisip compact protein drinks (details supplied); the measures that will be undertaken to ensure that supply of these necessary drugs are made available to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41996/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (23 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: 146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when PGI status will be approved in respect of a food product (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43475/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: 71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the importance of developing enterprise centres and workspaces, a new scheme of grant aid will be introduced to assist local authorities and community groups with such developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43430/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: 76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if additional financial support will be made available to local authorities and community groups to develop enterprise centres or workspaces, taking into account the importance of such facilities in assisting job creation, especially in smaller towns and villages; if he is aware of the substantial costs on local authorities and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: The Minister of State will have heard me speak previously about the value of enterprise centres and the development of workspaces. Grant schemes are available to help develop such centres but they are not adequate, particularly for local authorities that have a low rates base. I appeal to the Minister of State to ensure there is an additional scheme of assistance to help those local...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. The point I have been trying to get across to successive Ministers in the Department is, in the case of Cavan and Monaghan where we have a great culture of developing enterprise centres, typically the local authority or community group buys the site and develops the services at major cost because of the drumlin topography and soil in the area....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: I welcome the development of hubs, but I am specifically talking in this case about centres and workspace for manufacturing and processing. We have a great tradition of engineering in Cavan and Monaghan. I have worked along with companies that started with two or three employees in an enterprise space and now are huge employers, having developed their own space. We need the space to enable...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (24 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: 20. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the proposals there are to provide additional childcare places in Cavan and Monaghan, taking in to account difficulties incurred by parents in obtaining placements for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43432/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (24 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: 30. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of capital grant-aid that will be made available to assist in the provision of additional childcare places through community providers and private providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43431/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) will not lose a teaching post in view of the extreme difficulties such a loss would create for the arrangement of classes, resulting in a very high pupil-teacher ratio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43820/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (24 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a proposal is progressed without further delay which would ensure the best school provision for an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43821/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (24 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: 305. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress to date in providing new and much needed accommodation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43822/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (24 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: 371. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a healthcare facility is facilitated with the allocation of personnel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43818/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (24 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: 372. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in advancing new accommodation at a healthcare facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43819/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Nov 2024)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Ceann Comhairle and all the staff in the Houses for the courtesy and support they have shown over the years. Our small and medium enterprises, which are the backbone of our economy, particularly in smaller urban and rural areas, have faced particular challenges over the last few years due to increased costs. Many of those businesses fear for their viability into the future....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Nov 2024)

Brendan Smith: Will the Tánaiste ensure this is addressed as a matter of urgency because businesses need these payments before the end of this year?