Results 3,741-3,760 of 18,449 for speaker:Brendan Smith

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Disability Inclusion and International Development Issues: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

Brendan Smith: I thank all the witnesses for their detailed presentations on the many challenges that need to be confronted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Disability Inclusion and International Development Issues: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

Brendan Smith: Does Dr. Keogh wish to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Disability Inclusion and International Development Issues: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

Brendan Smith: In the context of Deputy Barrett's point, we discussed the notion of more interaction with schools and colleges to get the message out about the importance of development aid and humanitarian assistance programmes, as well as the benefits taxpayer funding brings to the most impoverished people in the world. The communities that are most vulnerable to climate change are in the poorest...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Disability Inclusion and International Development Issues: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

Brendan Smith: We have to conclude as another committee meeting is scheduled for the room. I thank the witnesses again.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (27 Jun 2019)

Brendan Smith: 19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding available through her Department in 2019 to assist sectors that will be adversely impacted by Brexit; the schemes supported by such funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27099/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Provision (27 Jun 2019)

Brendan Smith: 21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a specific programme of grant aid will be established to assist local statutory agencies or community groups to provide enterprise centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27098/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (26 Jun 2019)

Brendan Smith: 55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the need to provide additional staffing resources to the Border region for the remainder of 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26892/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (26 Jun 2019)

Brendan Smith: 62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the need to provide additional staffing resources to the Border region in 2020 in view of the adverse impacts of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26893/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (26 Jun 2019)

Brendan Smith: 165. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the request by an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27018/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (26 Jun 2019)

Brendan Smith: 179. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to publish the review of the system for setting nursing home prices under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27085/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (26 Jun 2019)

Brendan Smith: 180. To ask the Minister for Health if the general practitioner contract will provide sufficient resources for the provision of appropriate services to patients in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27086/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (25 Jun 2019)

Brendan Smith: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 7 February 2019, if funding has been committed in respect of a proposed project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26541/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (25 Jun 2019)

Brendan Smith: 293. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the healthcare assistant role will be removed from the ineligible categories of employment for permits on a controlled basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27117/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Brendan Smith: 502. To ask the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre device will be made available to all persons with type 1 diabetes; if consideration will be given to the issues raised in correspondence from a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26774/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meetings (25 Jun 2019)

Brendan Smith: 534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the issues discussed at the recent EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council; if he put forward specific proposals on the need to provide adequate assistance to the agrifood sector due to the adverse impacts of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26307/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (25 Jun 2019)

Brendan Smith: 535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had recent discussions with the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development on the need to minimise the conditions that will be attached to the beef fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26308/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (25 Jun 2019)

Brendan Smith: 744. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to Cavan and Monaghan county councils in respect of the home loan scheme; when the necessary funding will be put in place to ensure that applications can be processed and finalised without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26314/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cross-Border Projects (20 Jun 2019)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his commitment to the programmes. In the post-Brexit era, such programmes will never have been more needed. There could be fragile relations between North and South, although I hope that will not be the case. Those of us privileged to be public representatives of Border communities worked with counterparts in Northern Ireland in the dark days to bring projects...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cross-Border Projects (20 Jun 2019)

Brendan Smith: 8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the outcome of the most recent discussions his officials have had with their counterparts in Northern Ireland in respect of funding for cross-Border projects post 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25796/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cross-Border Projects (20 Jun 2019)

Brendan Smith: 26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the outcome of the most recent discussions he has had with his British counterpart in respect of the funding of cross-Border projects post 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25795/19]