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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (16 May 2019)

Brendan Smith: 134. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons approved for home help in CHO 1 and CHO 2 areas and awaiting provision of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21330/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (15 May 2019)

Brendan Smith: 230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to implement measures to assist the suckler beef sector in view of ongoing difficulties facing farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21074/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (8 May 2019)

Brendan Smith: 1574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a scheme (details supplied) will be approved; his plans to ensure that there are no further delays in having such a properly funded scheme put in place due to the severe hardship caused to householders at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19659/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Cyber Security Policy (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the specific meetings over the past 18 months between his Department, the Defence Forces and the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment in which the issue of developing civil and military co-operation as set out in the National Cyber Security Strategy 2015-2017 was on the agenda; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Cyber Security Policy (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 11 April 2019, if further clarification will be provided (details supplied); the reason this is not a priority; the obstacles to the provision of these critical resources; the specific measures he is taking to address these issues in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18218/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council Meetings (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions at the EU Foreign Affairs Council regarding Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18292/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals there are to resume talks with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the political parties in Northern Ireland on the need to have the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18378/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 214. To ask the Minister for Health if the costs incurred with gestational diabetic testing and medication will be covered under maternity care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18381/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the most recent discussions he has had at EU level on the need to protect the fishing and seafood industry in view of the problems that will arise with Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18295/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Eligibility (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers whose agri-environment options scheme, AEOS, contracts have expired will be enabled to participate in GLAS; if the scheme will be reopened for such applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18326/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the most recent discussions he has had at EU level on the need to relax state aid rules and have adequate measures in place to assist the agrifood sector in the event of severe market disturbance arising from Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18327/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are ongoing discussions with the authorities in Northern Ireland on the need to protect the agrifood sector and deal with issues that may arise from Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18328/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cyber Security Policy (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 236. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps and progress made in 2018 and to date in 2019 in building the capability of the national cyber security centre and achieving the high level of security for computer networks and critical infrastructure as set out in the National Cyber Security Strategy 2015-2017; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cyber Security Policy (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 237. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific measures he is taking to develop civil and military co-operation on cyber security as set out in the National Cyber Security Strategy 2015-2017; the number of meetings between his Department, the Department of Defence and the Defence Forces in which this issue was on the agenda in the past 18 months in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cyber Security Policy (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the webpage on the national cyber security strategy on the website of his Department informs persons that there will be a new, updated national cyber security strategy published in 2018; the reason for the delay in producing this strategy; the progress made in 2019; the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 240. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the tender process for the national broadband plan will be finalised; if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing concerns nationally about the inadequate broadband telecommunications service available at present (details supplied); the timescale for the delivery of high speed broadband infrastructure to each...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 272. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding for her Department both current and capital for 2019; the expenditure profile at the end of March 2019; if EU funding is available to her Department; if so, the programmes that are assisted with such funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18370/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Funding (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: 273. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress in introducing large scale capital grants to assist in the provision of childcare places; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the present level of grants is perceived to be not adequate to support some communities that wish to expand community childcare facilities or provide new ones in which there is a proven...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Humanitarian Situation in Yemen: Oxfam (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: In today's meeting we will meet with Mr. Jim Clarken, chief executive of Oxfam Ireland, and Ms Dina El-Mamoun, head of policy and advocacy in Yemen for Oxfam International. They, and their colleagues attending in the Public Gallery, are very welcome. The members of the committee look forward to hearing their evidence on the current humanitarian situation in Yemen. Before we begin, I remind...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Humanitarian Situation in Yemen: Oxfam (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Smith: I thank Mr. Clarken for his outline of a desperate situation. We arranged for Oxfam Ireland to make a presentation to the committee to try to get the message out to the public as well as we can and to create greater awareness of the threat of war, disease and hunger facing many people. When two thirds of the people in any country need humanitarian assistance, it paints a grim picture. I...