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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 812. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide additional financial support for community pharmacies in view of difficulties facing this sector as outlined by a union (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7026/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 906. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if urgent consideration will be given to the issues raised in correspondence from an association (details supplied) in view of the need to have marts functioning as much as possible with appropriate restrictions in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6660/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Poultry Industry (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 907. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish a compensation scheme in respect of the culling of poultry flocks which has resulted in huge losses for a number of poultry farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6689/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 908. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific proposals he put forward at the recent EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council in relation to the urgent need to provide adequate financial support for the farming sector in view of the additional difficulties that have arisen for different sectors due to Covid-19; the outcome of such discussions; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Funding (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 1047. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had discussions with the banking sector in relation to the need to support the tourism and hospitality sector through the major difficulties that have arisen due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6700/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domestic Violence (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 1185. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will put in place a short-term emergency rent supplement which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence to access safe housing for a period of three months and or the duration of the Covid-19 national emergency in view of her responsibility for the co-ordination of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domestic Violence (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 1186. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider her decision not to facilitate access to emergency rent supplement which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence to secure safe housing for a period of three months and or the duration of the Covid-19 national emergency; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domestic Violence (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 1281. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider her decision not to facilitate access to emergency rent supplement which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence to secure safe housing for a period of three months and or the duration of the Covid-19 national emergency; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Control Management System (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 1371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to implement the recommendations of the Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht report on the title of architect published in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6702/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 1370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to Cavan County Council in respect of the housing voids programme in 2019; if an increased level of funding will be provided in 2020 in view of the urgent need to bring vacant local authority housing stock back to habitable use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6683/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland (20 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 1423. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital spending of her Department in 2019; the capital funding allocated to Waterways Ireland; the projects undertaken by Waterways Ireland with the allocation; the specific funding per project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6535/20]

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (13 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: Like my colleagues, Deputies O'Callaghan and Murnane O'Connor, I appreciate the work of the personnel in the Department of Justice and Equality, including its agencies such as the Prison Service and An Garda Síochána. I commend the work of An Garda Síochána during these difficult times. Garda personnel have been a reassuring presence in our communities, and this work...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (13 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the minimum number of contact and-or class hours each lecturer is obliged to undertake in each university and institute of technology; if he is satisfied that such hours are adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4209/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (13 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: 511. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding the appointment of much needed additional Parkinson’s nurse specialists in view of the fact there are only two such nurse specialists in the 25 counties outside Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4210/20]

Brexit: Statements (7 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: I have a few quick comments to make. In the context of both Brexit and Covid-19, we need maximum co-operation on an all-Ireland basis. I again appeal to the Government, as I did some weeks ago, to amend the recent regulations and enable gardaí to restrict the movements of people where necessary and regardless of whether they are resident outside State. I am concerned that my own...

Brexit: Statements (7 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: That is okay. Under the general data protection regulation, the transfer of personal data will be prohibited once Britain becomes a third country. That includes personal health data. The North and the South are very interdependent and need key health tools, such as those applications, to speak to each other in the best interests of the citizens on all of this island. Let tracing...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (5 Mar 2020)

Brendan Smith: 45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Brexit negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3693/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (5 Mar 2020)

Brendan Smith: 46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the implementation of the Irish Protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3694/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (5 Mar 2020)

Brendan Smith: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he and the European Union will take to protect the Irish fishing industry during the Brexit negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3697/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (5 Mar 2020)

Brendan Smith: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions at the Foreign Affairs Council in relation to Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3878/20]