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

Brendan Smith: I thank the Acting Chairman because I am conscious of the time. The Minister also spoke about the national recovery fund and the national recovery plan. The Government must ensure that there is a clear emphasis in those plans on the need for regional balance. The pandemic has demonstrated, and my colleague, Deputy Calleary, referred to it earlier, that services do not have to be provided...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Vacant Properties (17 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 16. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if specific measures will be introduced to assist in the upgrading of vacant premises to provide living accommodation in smaller towns and villages in rural communities in view of the fact such investment could contribute substantially to the regeneration of these communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24334/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Capital Programme (17 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 99. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when details of the next sports capital programme will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24592/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a proposed building project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24604/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (17 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in respect of the provision of new facilities at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24606/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (17 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will implement to deal with delays in felling forestry which is causing serious problems for the timber industry and shortage of supplies for other sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24594/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (16 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussion he has had with his British counterpart in relation to the Withdrawal Agreement with particular reference to the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24431/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (16 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions he has had with parties in the Northern Ireland Executive in relation to Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24432/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 46. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be changes to the memorandum of understanding with Northern Ireland in respect of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23690/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 102. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he is undertaking with his Northern Ireland counterpart to intensify an all-Ireland approach to tackling Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23689/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (15 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position on funding for CAP post 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23969/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (15 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timescale for the completion of discussions on the future funding of CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23970/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Investigations (10 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been further progress in achieving a full and comprehensive investigation here and in Northern Ireland into the bombing in Belturbet, County Cavan, in December 1972, which caused the death of two young persons and injuries to many others; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22831/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Investigations (10 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: I wish the Minister, Deputy McEntee, and the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, well in their important work in the Department of Justice over the next number of years. I have raised with a number of the Minister's predecessors the urgent need for a comprehensive and thorough investigation into the bombing in Belturbet in December 1972, both in Northern Ireland and this State. I am not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Investigations (10 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister and appreciate that she will take this up with her counterparts in Northern Ireland. The University of Nottingham recently contacted me with a recent detailed document on loyalist activities in Northern Ireland and, particularly, in Cavan and Monaghan. A very detailed article has been written by Edward Burke, an assistant professor in the University of Nottingham,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Investigations (10 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: I recently had the privilege of attending, along with the O'Reilly and Stanley families, the publication of the book Children of the Troubles: The Untold Story of the Children Killedin the Northern Ireland Conflict by Joe Duffy of RTÉ and Freya McClements ofThe Irish Times. It contains the following in relation to the Belturbet bombing: Geraldine was one of two children killed in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (10 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a review of the proposed north-south interconnector project will be undertaken as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23220/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (10 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if issues raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding the aviation industry will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23201/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided for a pupil (details supplied) to a primary school due to the circumstances as outlined in detail by their parents to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23031/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (9 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: I assure the Minister that, having fought for them over the years, we now have two very good institutes of further education in Cavan and Monaghan and I am very glad to be associated with the development of both. We would be glad to welcome the Minister and Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, whenever it is suitable. We are all aware that the members of the class of 2020 have had a...