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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (3 Dec 2020)

Brendan Smith: 76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she will introduce to ensure that the free travel scheme will be available on all bus routes that are publicly licensed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40000/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (3 Dec 2020)

Brendan Smith: 81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the free travel scheme will be applicable to more bus routes that are publicly licensed in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40079/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (3 Dec 2020)

Brendan Smith: 103. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capital funding provided in 2020 towards the provision of new and upgraded childcare accommodation; the level of funding that will be provided in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40770/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (1 Dec 2020)

Brendan Smith: 31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approval will issue in respect of a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40010/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (1 Dec 2020)

Brendan Smith: My question relates to Coláiste Dún an Rí in Kingscourt, County Cavan. The school opened in August 2016 and has already exceeded its capacity. The projected attendance at the school was 450 but, after five years, the current enrolment is 530. The indications are that the enrolment numbers will continue to grow. It is a highly regarded school that has been very successful....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (1 Dec 2020)

Brendan Smith: I was closely involved with former Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, a predecessor of the Minister's, in getting the school approved for Kingscourt. There was much cynicism that there was no need for a school in the area. The projection at the time by the Department and the vocational education committee was that an enrolment of 450 would be adequate capacity. Thankfully, the current enrolment is 530...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (1 Dec 2020)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister. At the request of Councillor Clifford Kelly, the chairman of the board of management of Coláiste Dún an Rí, I met the parents association and some of the school staff. The pride they take in their school was clear, as were the precautions they put in place. Every safety guideline they have been given by public health and the Department regarding the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (1 Dec 2020)

Brendan Smith: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to improve capitation funding for voluntary second level schools in view of the differential in the level of funding provided for such schools and other second level schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40009/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Transmission Network (1 Dec 2020)

Brendan Smith: 156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the 400 kV Celtic interconnector will be placed underground along public roads in its entirety when this connection from France reaches Ireland in the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40099/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Dec 2020)

Brendan Smith: 426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for additional permanent accommodation at a school (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage in view of the urgent need to upgrade existing accommodation and provide new accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40178/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (1 Dec 2020)

Brendan Smith: 549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student living in a direct provision centre awaiting a decision on a residency application and at present attending second level is entitled to apply through the CAO for a course in further or higher education; if successful, if the student is entitled to apply for a SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39676/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (26 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding proposed immigration reform in the United States with particular reference to the difficulties facing the undocumented Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38291/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (26 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total financial allocation for the emigrant support programme in 2020; the funding to be allocated for 2021; if this allocation will enable additional programmes to be supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38292/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (26 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will convey again to a bank (details supplied) the need to retain its business network which is important for many rural communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39167/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (26 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of his discussions with a bank (details supplied) in relation to the need to retain a bank, its network of branches and the protection of employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39166/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (26 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason procurement is proceeding by the ESB in relation to the proposed North-South interconnector before a project agreement is in place with EirGrid as specified in the European Union infrastructure agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39520/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Establishment of an Independent Public Inquiry into the Murder of Pat Finucane: Motion (26 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: I compliment John Finucane on presenting the case with such clarity and great composure. It cannot be easy to recount the events around the murder of one's father at the dinner table in one's own home, an event also witnessed by his mother and siblings. It goes without saying the pain and the appalling circumstances that his family were thrown into due to that awful murder and the collusion...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Community Banking (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to advance proposals for community banking, with particular reference to the role of the post office network in the further development of financial services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39253/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 265. To ask the Minister for Health when a project (details supplied) at a healthcare facility will proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39177/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authority Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: It is clear that the guidelines and income limits we have at the moment are totally outdated. I was promised that a review would be completed and carried out and that income limits would be improved. This was back when the Ministers with responsibility for housing were Deputy Coveney and, subsequently, Deputy Eoghan Murphy and the relevant Minister of State was Deputy English. I have...