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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (24 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided in 2021 for the upgrading of a road (details supplied) in view of its strategic importance in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25681/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if adequate checks are taking place at airports and ports in relation to dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26263/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (24 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timescale for the reopening of Bawnboy Garda station, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26198/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (24 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timescale for the refurbishment or upgrading of a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26215/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (24 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that suitably qualified persons, licensed merchant stores and veterinary pharmacies will be able to continue the prescribing and supply of anthelmintics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26213/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (23 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions with a bank (details supplied) in relation to reports regarding the possible closure of another bank here which would result in the closure of 88 branches, the loss of 2,500 jobs and would further reduce banking competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25860/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 208. To ask the Minister for Health if urgent consideration will be given to issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) concerning the difficulties in delivering health services; and if assistance will be provided to the sector as promised by his predecessor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25856/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Free Travel Scheme (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for her reply and I agree with her last point. I know of one operator that operates a substantial service covering a very large rural area, including a number of smaller towns and villages. The owner told me that were it not for the fact that he was deemed eligible to offer customers the free travel facility, his service would not be viable. I understand that the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Free Travel Scheme (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 31. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will engage with the private bus operators and the National Transport Authority with a view to applying the free-travel scheme on all publicly licensed bus routes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25065/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Free Travel Scheme (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: For many decades the free-travel scheme has been of great benefit to a substantial cohort of our population. By and large persons in receipt of a pension payment are eligible for free travel on public transport and in more recent years on the LocalLink services. Unfortunately in too many instances, customers of transport services operated by private carriers are not able to avail of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Free Travel Scheme (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for her reply. I am glad she said it would be kept under constant review. While I recognise that with the Covid pandemic additional services will not be coming on stream because of uncertainty over the use of services, the Minister's answer clearly demonstrates the importance of the scheme. It is a very good €95 million investment in people, in human resources....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 43. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce a total contributions approach in relation to the assessment of a person’s contributory pension entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25066/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if urgent consideration will be given to issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) concerning entitlements for employees of a company (details supplied); if it will be ensured that such applications are processed and approved without delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25558/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department plans to engage with communities in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath along the route of the proposed North South Interconnector; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is widespread opposition to the proposal to put the transmission cables overground in the event of the project...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the areas of County Cavan which will have broadband infrastructure upgraded in 2020 in view of recent reports that the county is to be prioritised for the rollout of the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25037/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of an ESRI report regarding fuel poverty due to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25152/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 301. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will give urgent consideration to the issues (details supplied) raised regarding a sector that has been adversely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic; if adequate financial support will be provided to enable this sector reopen to the safest extent possible and protect employment; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a jobseeker’s benefit application will be approved for a person (details supplied); if this application will be finalised without further delay as it meets with the criteria of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25523/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 886. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a requirement to have a deep clean carried out in a meat processing facility in which staff members have had a positive Covid-19 test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25223/20]

Expenditure Response to Covid-19 Crisis: Statements (Resumed) (17 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: With the permission of the House, I will give four minutes of my time to Deputy Sherlock. The Exchequer returns demonstrated very clearly the huge public expenditure that has been necessarily incurred due to the pandemic. There were much-needed and very welcome additional supports for the health sector, social protection and for business, and like previous speakers, I want to see those...