Results 5,141-5,160 of 18,449 for speaker:Brendan Smith

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the EU-British agreement on Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53915/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates Eligibility (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to improve the criteria in respect of the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53947/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision is made in his Department's Estimate for 2018 for a minor works grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54062/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the details of the 2018-2019 higher education grant scheme will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54119/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to exclude students' part-time earnings in the assessment of means for the higher education grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54120/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 317. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided in 2018 home help, home support and home care packages; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties caused to persons and families when delays occur in providing such support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53946/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 347. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of new health facilities (details supplied); when these projects will proceed to the next stage; if specific funding will be provided in 2018 for these developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53710/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 447. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve access to the HSE cross-border directive under which patients accepted onto the scheme who cannot afford the cost of surgery up-front are ineligible for treatment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53914/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 576. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to invest in facilities for public use; if such investment will be made in 2018 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54060/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 577. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to upgrade or provide new facilities in 2018 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54061/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 578. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give further consideration to the introduction of a fodder aid scheme following the Fianna Fáil Private Members' motion on this issue and the difficulties facing farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54121/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roadworthiness Testing (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 623. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend a scheme to include a new category (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53623/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 625. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to launch a new sports capital programme in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54063/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 648. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to improve services and provide additional facilities in counties Cavan and Monaghan for victims of domestic abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53897/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Estates (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 729. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if specific funding will be allocated to a local authority to carry out necessary improvement works in a housing estate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53622/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Brexit Issues (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 756. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of engagement between her Department and the agencies under its remit with their counterparts in Northern Ireland in the ongoing Brexit negotiations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53911/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 757. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of funding provided in her Department's Estimates for 2018 for Creative Ireland; the level of funding that will be allocated to local authorities and agencies under the remit of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53912/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (14 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: 758. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding provided by her Department for 2017; the estimated expenditure under each major subhead by year end; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53913/17]

Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: On behalf of Fianna Fáil, Deputy Darragh O'Brien outlined on earlier Stages our support for this Bill. It is important legislation. Over recent years, we have witnessed so much destruction of cultural property due to conflict throughout the world. In particular, the destruction in Syria was the catalyst for ensuring that the international community acts as constructively as possible...

Northern Ireland: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: Deputies Micheál Martin and Declan Breathnach have outlined very clearly Fianna Fáil's strong view that we want the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Northern Ireland Executive restored as soon as possible. We sincerely hope that the parties and the Governments will reach agreement. There is a particular onus on the two major parties represented in Stormont to ensure that the...