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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland (21 Jun 2018)

Brendan Smith: 38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the blueway projects identified for development in 2018 and 2019; the level of funding available for such projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27097/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland Data (21 Jun 2018)

Brendan Smith: 44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital funding in 2018 provided to Waterways Ireland for work on the Erne, Shannon Waterway; the projects to be undertaken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27096/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (21 Jun 2018)

Brendan Smith: 138. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans and the plans of the industrial promotion agencies to assist in 2018 and 2019 in the maintenance of existing employment and in job creation throughout County Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27330/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (21 Jun 2018)

Brendan Smith: 139. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when decisions are likely to be made in relation to the identification of suitable sites as locations for the establishment of data centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27331/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (21 Jun 2018)

Brendan Smith: 140. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a centre (details supplied) will be given further consideration in respect of the location of inward investment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27332/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (21 Jun 2018)

Brendan Smith: 197. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to make the drug Pembrolizumab available through the HSE in view of the comments of leading oncologists of the value and importance of this medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27317/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (20 Jun 2018)

Brendan Smith: 52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the tenant purchase scheme will be finalised; when he plans to amend the conditions of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26840/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (20 Jun 2018)

Brendan Smith: 95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional funding will be provided to local authorities in 2018 for house improvement grants such as the housing adaptation scheme and the disabled persons grant scheme in view of delays in having applications approved and the importance of these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26839/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (20 Jun 2018)

Brendan Smith: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the issues raised by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to insurance reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27019/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Rights Cases (20 Jun 2018)

Brendan Smith: 135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if further consideration will be given to a request by a person (details supplied) to remain here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27076/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Expenditure (20 Jun 2018)

Brendan Smith: 163. To ask the Minister for Health the financial allocation in 2018 for home support, home help and home care packages in counties Leitrim, Sligo and Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26992/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Expenditure (20 Jun 2018)

Brendan Smith: 164. To ask the Minister for Health the initial financial allocation in 2017 for home support, home help and home care packages in counties Leitrim, Sligo and Donegal; the expenditure incurred to year end in the programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26993/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (19 Jun 2018)

Brendan Smith: 420. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the need to provide access to new medicines for patients (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26835/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Cross-Border Projects (14 Jun 2018)

Brendan Smith: 23. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to have further discussions with his counterparts in Northern Ireland on the development of cross-Border projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25853/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Cross-Border Projects (14 Jun 2018)

Brendan Smith: 27. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the discussions his Department is having with its counterparts in Northern Ireland on the development of cross-Border tourism projects that would be of particular benefit to rural communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25854/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (14 Jun 2018)

Brendan Smith: 159. To ask the Minister for Health if services will be restored to cover a geographic area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26021/18]

Other Questions: Child Care Services Funding (13 Jun 2018)

Brendan Smith: I welcome the commitment to further consultation with private and community childcare providers made by the Minister. I have already made written representations to her office about specific concerns I have in my constituency and would be glad to take up her offer of a meeting to discuss those particular projects.

Other Questions: Child Care Services Funding (13 Jun 2018)

Brendan Smith: 30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce a new childcare capital grant scheme in 2018 to assist childcare providers to extend or provide new facilities in cases in which there is an identified need for additional places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25642/18]

Other Questions: Child Care Services Funding (13 Jun 2018)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for her reply and I welcome the recent grant approvals. In any grant scheme there will be some disappointed applicants. 12 o’clock In previous replies the Minister gave a commitment to have a widespread consultation with both community childcare providers and private childcare providers on the 2019 capital grant scheme. More grant aid is required to assist in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Childcare Subvention Programme (13 Jun 2018)

Brendan Smith: 50. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase substantially the maximum level of grant aid in respect of the provision of new childcare facilities in cases in which there is an identified need for additional places and in which the maximum level of grant aid under the present scheme would be inadequate to support a community childcare organisation to provide...