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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Applications (11 Oct 2018)

Brendan Smith: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to a Topical Issue debate and previous parliamentary questions, if an application by a school (details supplied) will be approved without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41736/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (11 Oct 2018)

Brendan Smith: 124. To ask the Minister for Health when additional resources will be provided for disability services (details supplied) in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41643/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (11 Oct 2018)

Brendan Smith: 142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the low cost agri-loan scheme will be made available as promised in budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41644/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (11 Oct 2018)

Brendan Smith: 143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position in relation to Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, funding post-2020; the proposals he has put forward in relation to the need to increase the CAP budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41645/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (11 Oct 2018)

Brendan Smith: 181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to roll out a programme of state-of-the-art electric vehicle charge points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41654/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services Provision (11 Oct 2018)

Brendan Smith: 183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will raise with Eir and the Commission for Communications Regulation the delays in having repairs and restoration of service on Eir landlines carried out in which difficulties arise; if there is a statutory obligation on telecommunication providers to have service restored or have repairs undertaken within an...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (10 Oct 2018)

Brendan Smith: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 281 of 17 April 2018, his plans to introduce tax relief on membership subscriptions to trade unions as applies to costs for membership or subscriptions to professional bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41495/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Oct 2018)

Brendan Smith: 166. To ask the Minister for Health if a request from an association (details supplied) for additional investment in services will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41472/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Poultry Industry (10 Oct 2018)

Brendan Smith: 181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to amend the scheme of grant aid towards the provision or upgrading of poultry units to include turkey grow houses, which are excluded at present from grant aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41490/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Poultry Industry (10 Oct 2018)

Brendan Smith: 182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant aid will be introduced towards the provision of new or upgraded poultry units for turkeys in view of the potential of growing this particular market and substitute for imports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41491/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (9 Oct 2018)

Brendan Smith: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance if further and detailed consideration will be given to the ongoing concerns of an association (details supplied) regarding exorbitant insurance costs and the overall level of awards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41026/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Brendan Smith: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the issues raised in a pre-budget submission by an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41181/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (9 Oct 2018)

Brendan Smith: 425. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 511 of 2 October 2018, when Eirgrid was given sight of the final reports relating to the North-South interconnector; the reason this information was not disclosed previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40967/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Mining Industry (9 Oct 2018)

Brendan Smith: 434. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the assistance provided to date or planned to assist those affected by the recent subsidence in Magheracloone, County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41244/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Mining Industry (9 Oct 2018)

Brendan Smith: 435. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the assistance provided to date to statutory agencies in dealing with the issues arising from the subsidence in Magheracloone, County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41245/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry (9 Oct 2018)

Brendan Smith: 450. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to the issues raised in a pre-budget submission by an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41182/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Brendan Smith: I welcome the fact that the Minister will meet the Secretary of State next Monday on this very important issue. He said he would be in touch with the political parties. Can I assume there are no arrangements, at this stage, for the Minister and the British Secretary of State to have a formal engagement with the political parties represented in Stormont? It is important to send a clear...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Brendan Smith: 28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the British Foreign Secretary and the political parties in Northern Ireland in relation to the urgent need to have the Assembly and executive restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40305/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Brendan Smith: It is most disappointing and scandalous that the Stormont Assembly and Executive remain in lock-down at a critical time in this country's history and at a critical time in determining the future of our neighbouring island. Has the Minister had any indication in his discussions with the British Secretary of State and political parties in Northern Ireland that they are trying with urgency to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals and Future of EU Development Funding: Discussion (4 Oct 2018)

Brendan Smith: I welcome Ms Suzanne Keatinge, chief executive of Dóchas, Dr. Róisín Hinds of Oxfam, and Ms Niamh Garvey of Trócaire. The committee is keen to hear their assessment of Ireland's progress in achieving the targets contained in the sustainable development goals, SDGs. We also want to hear from them on how best to ensure that the EU's development funding after 2020, which is...