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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...

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...