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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 257. To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals to introduce additional measures to combat the illicit trade in tobacco, drink and fuel products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62677/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress to date in introducing a 100% redress scheme for homeowners affected by mica; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62781/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the income eligibility limits for social housing will be increased in areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan in which the existing limits are totally inadequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62782/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 363. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised at the United Nations and at the Foreign Affairs Council the security situation in the occupied part of the Ukraine along the border with Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62787/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Victim Support Services (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 364. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to introduce a pension payment for the victims and survivors of terrorist activity related to the era of the Troubles between 1966 and 2010 for persons injured in this State similar to the payments scheme introduced in Northern Ireland and Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62788/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a building project for a school (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62796/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proposals there are to improve the criteria for the free fuel allowance in which a family member may return to live with a parent who normally resides on their own and is in receipt of the free fuel allowance on a temporary basis due to housing or domestic difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 601. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be introduced to improve the provision of services (details supplied) in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62849/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Londonderry Chamber of Commerce and Foyle Port (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: Senator Niall Blaney will speak first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Londonderry Chamber of Commerce and Foyle Port (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: I wish to join with the Chairman in welcoming our guests and thank them for outlining the issues that they believe face Derry and Donegal, which is an integral part of that wider economy. I endorse the comments made by my colleague, Senator Blaney. Some years ago this committee visited Derry and Letterkenny, where we met different interest groups, local authorities, the mayor of Derry,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: This day 28 years ago Albert Reynolds and John Major signed the Downing Street Declaration. That agreement was central to the successful negotiation of the Good Friday Agreement, which brought peace to our country. Every community on this island continues to benefit from that agreement. Following on from the Downing Street Declaration, the first peace-funded programme, PEACE I, was...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Common Travel Area (15 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised concerns with his British counterpart regarding the nationality and borders Bill which will impact on free movement in this country for persons without Irish or British citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62383/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (15 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that an application for accommodation by a school (details supplied) will be finalised and approved at an early date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62324/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (15 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that an application for accommodation by a school (details supplied) will be finalised and approved at an early date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62325/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 217. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that adequate arrangements are in place and being implemented in relation to necessary restrictions on persons arriving to this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62392/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Economic Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 110. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2021. [61365/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (14 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the review commissioned by his Department in respect of the proposed north-south interconnector project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62008/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (14 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the widespread concerns of communities in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath are taken into account in decisions regarding the proposed north-south interconnector project; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that local authorities, reflective of the views of local communities are very strongly of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (14 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that will be implemented at an early date to progress the proposal to extend the Shannon navigation from Lough Allen, County Leitrim to Dowra, County Cavan in view of the substantial preparatory work carried out on the project some years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62010/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (14 Dec 2021)

Brendan Smith: 437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to enable persons to buy voluntary contributions towards entitlement to a contributory old age pension if they do not have 520 paid contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61437/21]