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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Mobile Telephony Services (15 Jan 2019)

Brendan Smith: 858. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the inadequate mobile telephone coverage in many parts of counties Cavan and Monaghan; if he or the Communications Regulator will engage with mobile telecoms providers to ensure that customers in the area are provided with improved coverage; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (15 Jan 2019)

Brendan Smith: 857. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress achieved in 2018 and to date in 2019 and his plans for the upgrade of broadband telecommunications infrastructure throughout counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54107/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Development (15 Jan 2019)

Brendan Smith: 895. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date of the development of a project (details supplied); when the project will proceed to next stage; the grant aid that will be available for the development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54113/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (15 Jan 2019)

Brendan Smith: 1001. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a project (details supplied) will be approved for funding at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54112/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Brendan Smith: 1226. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the specific funding allocation in 2019 towards the restoration of the Ulster Canal; the particular works that will be undertaken with this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1778/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Eligibility (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: 76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to amend the conditions pertaining to the rural social scheme, with particular reference to the need to remove the six-year participation limit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53392/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Eligibility (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: 86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to amending the means test in respect of participation in the rural social scheme in view of the fact the additional income derived from the scheme may help in some circumstances to upgrade essential on-farm facilities and make the small-scale farm more viable for the long-term, thus enabling...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Brexit Issues (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: I also thank the Minister of State for her reply and acknowledge her work in this area. The PEACE and INTERREG programmes were established in the mid-1990s to support the peace process at the time. These funding programmes supported economic development, particularly community development and infrastructure, as well as education and some social areas. I agree with Deputy Breathnach,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Brexit Issues (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: I appreciate the Ceann Comhairle giving us the opportunity to raise this very important issue and the Minister of State being present. A great deal of the uncertainty and concern about Brexit we encounter in the Border region stems directly from the huge uncertainty we see in Westminster, an uncertainty reported nightly on UTV and BBC Northern Ireland news programmes, which are widely...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: Eirgrid has not tried to be fair to local communities.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: 51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the need to provide the North-South interconnector as proposed by EirGrid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53166/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: 58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the 2018 electricity generation report published by EirGrid and a company (details supplied) on the proposed North-South interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53165/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: I wish the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton, and the Minister of State at the Departments of Rural and Community Development and Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Canney well in their new roles. As the Minister is aware, we have been told relentlessly since 2006 that the lights would go out in Northern Ireland unless the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his reply. I never suggested that we should not have an all-Ireland electricity market - far from it - and I have always advocated that we develop an all-Ireland economy. I am saying that we have been fed a diet of suggestions that the lights will go out in Northern Ireland in 2019 if the North-South interconnector is not built. The most recent report shows that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister. I would not question the need for an independent planning system. We are all fully aware of the need for that and the way it works. When members of Government, Members of the Oireachtas and public representatives from local authorities go to the bother of making detailed presentations at oral hearings, it would be expected that the inspector's report would at least...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: But we booked an oral public hearing.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: There were qualitative arguments from public representatives as well.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that there will be no reconfiguration in the provision of second level school services and ensure the continuation of existing school provision in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52770/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS status will be conferred on a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52847/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Smith: 282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda trainees that will be recruited to the Garda College in Templemore in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53352/18]