Results 2,141-2,160 of 18,301 for speaker:Brendan Smith

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (4 Nov 2021)

Brendan Smith: In response to the Chairman's initial comments, Ms O'Donoghue mentioned that the shared island unit is anxious to broaden its scope with regard to inviting views and so on. I welcome that. I go back to the huge corporate knowledge, expertise and experience that is in our local authorities at elected level and at official level. They dealt with cross-Border developments at a time when there...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (3 Nov 2021)

Brendan Smith: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland last met; and when it is next due to meet. [43770/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Brexit Supports (2 Nov 2021)

Brendan Smith: 34. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the new Brexit impact loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52552/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: InterTradeIreland (2 Nov 2021)

Brendan Smith: 65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the increased supports being provided for InterTradeIreland to respond to the increased complexity of cross-Border trade post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52553/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (2 Nov 2021)

Brendan Smith: 564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if urgent consideration will be given to the inclusion of a school (details supplied) in a programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53264/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Nov 2021)

Brendan Smith: 1013. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals there are to increase the number of places for adult services at a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52888/21]

Covid-19: Reframing the Challenge, Continuing our Recovery and Reconnecting: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: I agree with the remarks of my colleague, Deputy Flaherty, regarding the outstanding success of the vaccine programme. On other occasions when we spoke here or in the convention centre, Members questioned the roll-out of the programme and some initial delays, but the plan and programme the Minister laid out and stuck with has proven very successful. I compliment him, his senior officials...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (21 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: I would like the scoping exercise to be completed as soon as possible. I hope we will then have the public inquiry I believe is warranted.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (21 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in establishing a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51633/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (21 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: My question relates to the tragic death of Shane O'Farrell in County Monaghan following a hit-and-run accident in August 2011. I have often listened to Lucia O'Farrell, Shane's mother, outline with great detail and clarity the dysfunctionality of so many elements of the criminal justice system that led to Shane's tragic death. A scoping exercise was established by a previous Minister for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (21 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Minister for her reply. My question has been framed in the background that on 14 June 2018 we all voted in this Chamber calling on the Government to establish a public inquiry. As we all know in this House the O'Farrell family has worked tirelessly seeking justice for their only son and brother. The State failed them in the manner in which the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Core Working Group for the All-Island Cancer Research Institute (21 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: It has been a heartening and uplifting meeting and I compliment each of our witnesses. Their commitment to their patients and professions comes across in every utterance they have made. I wish them well with the very important work they carry out on behalf of our society. As was said in the AICRI's introduction, unfortunately none of our families have avoided the scourge of cancer through...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 43. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date in implementing measures to assist the mushroom and horticulture sector due to the serious difficulties that have arisen in sourcing horticultural peat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51712/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if TAMS grant aid will be increased for the purchase of low emission slurry spreading machinery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51706/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 230. To ask the Minister for Health if the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme will continue on an administrative basis beyond the end of 2021 pending the enactment of legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51461/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 13. To ask the Taoiseach the details of his recent address to the British-Irish Association. [43772/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: Like Deputy Haughey, I welcome the Taoiseach's comments at the association's conference. I wish to refer to the European Commission's proposals last week regarding the protocol. Naturally, the Taoiseach and his colleagues in government will have contributed to the discussions in order to remove as many obstacles as possible. When I engage with people in Northern Ireland, be they business...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (19 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the shared island unit in his Department. [43771/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (19 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. I welcome the substantial chapter on the shared island initiative in the national development plan. Specific commitments are made there for cross-Border and all-Ireland projects, both in the area of infrastructural development and the delivery of services. The NDP also references the fact that the economy of the central Border area is predominantly...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (19 Oct 2021)

Brendan Smith: 151. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons on the waiting list for homecare support in each local health office area in CHO1; the corresponding figures for each area at the end of June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50612/21]