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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (23 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the conditions applicable to eligibility for the rental tax credit for parents of students in relation to accommodation costs while attending further or higher education college to include students studying outside of this jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51578/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Bodies (23 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance when it is proposed to establish the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; when the criteria for this scheme will be amended in view of the widespread dissatisfaction in relation to the workings of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51735/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Vacant Properties (23 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: 193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a vacant property will be made available to a community group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51786/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: 137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected timeline for approval to issue in respect of TAMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51376/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: 46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence in view of the absence of an army barracks in the central Border area, if further consideration will be given to the re-opening of Dún Uí Néill Cavan as a forward operating base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50868/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Reviews (21 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: 64. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the Strategic Defence Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50867/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (21 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: 253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next minor works grant payment will issue to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50964/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parking Provision (16 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: 133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that existing car parking facilities will continue to be made available to staff working in a government department in Cavan town (details supplied), as the cessation of such facilities would cause difficulties and substantial additional costs for such staff as, due to lack of public transport, they must travel to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (16 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made to enable persons aged 70 years and over, subject to appropriate medical checks, to drive public service vehicles and vehicles employed on State contracts as difficulties have arisen in many areas with shortage of qualified drivers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50453/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parking Provision (16 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: 181. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that the existing carparking arrangements for staff in her Department (details supplied) continue to be made available for staff members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50517/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (15 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in establishing a transfer/relocation scheme for teachers, as requested in a proposal to her Department by teacher unions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50065/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (15 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: 134. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in making a permanent appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50033/23]

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...