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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (26 Sep 2024)

Brendan Smith: 65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals under consideration by the EU Agriculture Council to have additional funding provided for CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38124/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (26 Sep 2024)

Brendan Smith: 84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of discussions to date to reduce the regulatory burden and associated paperwork on farmers participating in different schemes; the proposals to alleviate such burdens at EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38123/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (26 Sep 2024)

Brendan Smith: 109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to ensure that detailed consideration is given to the submission of a union (details supplied), taking into consideration the very important and valuable services its members provide throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38406/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (26 Sep 2024)

Brendan Smith: 195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proposals she has to increase the income disregard pertaining to carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38422/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (26 Sep 2024)

Brendan Smith: 196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proposals she has to increase the income eligibility limit for the free fuel allowance for pensioners who are also in receipt of a small occupational pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38423/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (26 Sep 2024)

Brendan Smith: 280. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that necessary financial resources are allocated for 2025 to establish new family resource centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38478/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (26 Sep 2024)

Brendan Smith: 281. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the additional measures that will be implemented in 2025 to increase childcare places throughout the country, in view of serious shortages in many areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38479/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (26 Sep 2024)

Brendan Smith: 309. To ask the Minister for Health taking into consideration the findings from national and international research, the measures that will be implemented to deal with the impact of loneliness on all age groups, as loneliness is considered a major public health issue internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38433/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (26 Sep 2024)

Brendan Smith: 310. To ask the Minister for Health if it is proposed to develop a strategy to help prevent and tackle loneliness as a public health policy priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38434/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (26 Sep 2024)

Brendan Smith: 311. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the work to date of the Loneliness Taskforce, which was established in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38435/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (26 Sep 2024)

Brendan Smith: 325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the grant scheme operated by SUSI for further and higher education students is the only grant source for supporting students in colleges in this State based on family income or, in the case of a mature student, the applicant’s own income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38439/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Sep 2024)

Brendan Smith: 33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected timeline for the finalisation of the employment status for school caretakers in the education system (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38027/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Brendan Smith: The Minister will be aware that adult education classes have been extremely important for a huge number of learners on an annual basis. They have enabled people to develop skills and obtain qualifications that literally changed their lives. In Cavan-Monaghan, thanks to the good work of the education and training boards, ETBs, over many years, we have had active and dynamic programmes....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (24 Sep 2024)

Brendan Smith: 335. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when additional measures will be implemented to address the outbreaks of bovine TB in parts of the country; if there are sufficient personnel in all district veterinary offices at present dealing with disease-control issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37523/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyberbullying Issues (19 Sep 2024)

Brendan Smith: 7. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the additional measures that will be implemented by her Department or agencies under the remit of her Department to deal with online abuse; if she is satisfied that there are adequate legislative measures to deal with misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36933/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyberbullying Issues (19 Sep 2024)

Brendan Smith: I compliment the Minister on the initiatives she has taken to try to improve online safety. Practically every casual conversation today ends up discussing social media and the damage it is doing, particularly to children. When engaging with teachers, they express serious concerns about the prevalence and proliferation of the use of social media and its harmful effects. We also need to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyberbullying Issues (19 Sep 2024)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for her reply. I hope that she, along with other members of the Government, will give a strong and clear message to the various companies today that they have serious obligations to address as strongly as possible cyberbullying and to eliminate hate and harmful content on their social media platforms. My understanding is that Coimisiún na Meán is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyberbullying Issues (19 Sep 2024)

Brendan Smith: I understand from people who are much more familiar with and have much greater knowledge of social media than me that, as part of the online safety code, a ban on recommender system algorithms should be considered. These systems collect and analyse sensitive data of social media users. This data is then used to determine what content those users see. Recommender system algorithms are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Brendan Smith: I apologise for being late. I missed the early part of the contributions because I was in the Dáil Chamber for Question Time. I may have to go back again later so please excuse me if I have to leave before the meeting is over. I welcome the contributions of the witnesses. It is good to have them here. I will very much focus on the point that Deputy Conway-Walsh made about the...