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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (12 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that legislation being enacted at present or proposed by the British Government in relation to its decision to exit the EU will not impact on aspects of the Good Friday Agreement. [52940/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (12 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding that will be provided to Cavan County Council in 2018 for flood relief and drainage works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52650/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (12 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flood relief and drainage works that the Office of Public Works will carry out in County Cavan in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52651/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (12 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 136. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding that will be provided to Monaghan County Council in 2018 for flood relief and drainage works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52652/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (12 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 137. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flood relief and drainage works that the Office of Public Works will carry out in County Monaghan in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52653/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (12 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 478. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reverse the decision to remove the over age exemption from the early childhood care and education scheme from September 2018; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the removal of this exemption will adversely impact on many children in their preparation to enter primary school and is a cause of serious concern to...

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (7 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of income eligibility limits for social housing will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52195/17]

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (7 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: The Minister will recall that I have raised the issue of the need to increase the income eligibility limits for social housing with him on several occasions, as well as with his predecessor, the Tánaiste, Deputy Coveney, and with the Minister of State, Deputy English. My constituency of Cavan-Monaghan is in the lowest income limit band and the limit is far too low. I have previously...

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (7 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his reply and I welcome that the review is under way. However, delivery in the first half of 2018 could be seven months away, which would not be acceptable. I was given a commitment by the Minister's predecessor that the study would be concluded at an early date and the Minister gave a similar indication in response to previous parliamentary questions. Each time...

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (7 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: I again appeal to the Minister to go back to the Housing Agency and the senior officials in his Department and ask them to give this issue the utmost urgency. We cannot condemn people who are working in low-paid jobs and trying to care for and support their families in difficult circumstances to renting houses for the rest of their lives. Such people come to my clinics every week and ask me...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when an affordable housing scheme will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52196/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (7 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether legislation being enacted or proposed by the British Government will not impact on aspects of the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52502/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (7 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he has put forward to the European agriculture Commissioner for funding to be provided under the crisis reserve fund to finance a fodder support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52503/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (7 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 233. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to provide specific funding to local authorities for the local improvement scheme in the road works programme for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52581/17]

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: I support the amendment tabled by my colleague, Deputy O'Dea. Some of us have been raising this anomaly since 2012. It is not this year alone that we have raised it or the difficulties that have been caused, in particular to women who left insurable employment to take up full-time work at home caring for children, elderly parents or siblings. We all know of many individuals and families...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: Apologies have been received from Deputy Darragh O'Brien. I remind members and those in the Public Gallery that mobile phones should be switched off completely for the duration of the meeting as they cause interference, even on silent mode, with the recording equipment in the committee rooms. The purpose of today's meeting is to consider the motion referred to the select committee by...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: The Deputy can go ahead, we will take all his questions together.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: We are not going back to the Russian empire now. The Deputy is straying a little bit there.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: One speaker at a time please.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: Let the Minister of State continue.