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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (30 Jul 2020)

Brendan Smith: 365. To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of the most recent discussions with insurance companies in relation to the need to honour claims for business interruption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20872/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (30 Jul 2020)

Brendan Smith: 366. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement additional measures to counteract cross-Border smuggling and illegal trade in products such as fuel, tobacco and alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20873/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (30 Jul 2020)

Brendan Smith: 427. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to the issues raised in correspondence on behalf of an association (details supplied); if it will be ensured that adequate support is provided as a matter of urgency to the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20934/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (30 Jul 2020)

Brendan Smith: 582. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if progress has been made in relation to immigration reform in the United States of America with particular reference to the status of the undocumented Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20967/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jul 2020)

Brendan Smith: 738. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that will be put in place to enable primary and second-level schools to reopen at the end of August 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20935/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (30 Jul 2020)

Brendan Smith: 961. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the GLAS scheme will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20453/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (30 Jul 2020)

Brendan Smith: 962. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the outcome of discussions at the recent EU Agriculture Council in relation to CAP funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20454/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jul 2020)

Brendan Smith: 1289. To ask the Minister for Health if additional measures will be introduced on an all-Ireland basis to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20445/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jul 2020)

Brendan Smith: 1349. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in ensuring that the Health Service Executive contact tracing application will be compatible with the application being developed by the Department of Health in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20606/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Farm Assist Scheme (29 Jul 2020)

Brendan Smith: I welcome the Minister's approach. I would be glad to sit down with her and Deputy Ó Cuív to go through the particular lacuna in the legislation. This is a crunch time for this small cohort of people because they are approaching pension age. I hope we can make progress on the issue and ensure that these people are not denied their maximum pension contribution. As we know, they...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Farm Assist Scheme (29 Jul 2020)

Brendan Smith: 23. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if insurance contributions will be credited to farmers for pension purposes for the time they were in receipt of farm assist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18806/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Farm Assist Scheme (29 Jul 2020)

Brendan Smith: 44. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if insurance contributions will be credited to farmers for pension purposes for the time they were in receipt of farm assist, which caused a break in their insurance contributions records; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18805/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Farm Assist Scheme (29 Jul 2020)

Brendan Smith: As the Minister will be aware, a cohort of people have reached, or about to reach, pension age, and they have been paying social insurance contributions towards a contributory pension. Now they have found that because their insurance record was broken while they were in receipt of the farm assist payment, they are now entitled only to a reduced contributory pension. I believe that this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Farm Assist Scheme (29 Jul 2020)

Brendan Smith: As the Minister quite rightly pointed out, the farm assist scheme was introduced in 1999. Deputy Ó Cuív, who is here, some others and I were strong advocates for changing the then smallholder's farm assistance payment because it was based on historical farm income. The farm assist scheme was quite rightly introduced to take account of present income circumstances. As we know,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (29 Jul 2020)

Brendan Smith: 113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be approved at an early date in respect of a feasibility study for a project (details supplied); if urgent consideration will be given to the application in view of the tourism potential of the proposed project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19222/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jul 2020)

Brendan Smith: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that adequate supports are put in place for children with special needs to enable them to return to school when schools reopen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19506/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (29 Jul 2020)

Brendan Smith: 345. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure day and respite services will be restored for persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19512/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (29 Jul 2020)

Brendan Smith: 346. To ask the Minister for Health when services including occupational therapy, speech and language therapy will resume for children with special needs or a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19513/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (28 Jul 2020)

Brendan Smith: 45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the assessment of the House of Commons Northern Ireland select committee that a lack of clarity from the United Kingdom Government has made it difficult to examine the way in which the Northern Ireland Protocol in the United Kingdom’s EU Withdrawal agreement will impact Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Jul 2020)

Brendan Smith: 548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a building project for a school (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19127/20]