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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: 159. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons accessing services at a centre (details supplied); the range of services provided; his plans to extend such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47266/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: 160. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to upgrade or replace existing inadequate accommodation at a centre (details supplied); the timeframe for the provision of modern and appropriate accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47267/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (8 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: 175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being put in place in view of the concerns, particularly in the north west, about a possible fodder shortage in early 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47271/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (8 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: 205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if pension entitlements will be introduced for community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47173/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Law (7 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: 498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to implement specific penalties for those found to have damaged life-saving equipment such as defibrillators as contained in the Life Saving Equipment Bill 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45949/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (7 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: 873. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if specific programmes introduced for small and medium enterprises due to difficulties arising from Brexit will include the farming agri sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46810/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Administration (7 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: 927. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase substantially the expenditure limit for pigs and poultry units in relation to the upgrading or replacement of existing facilities in respect of TAMS applications in view of the fact that the present limit is restricting investment in these sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46352/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Documents (7 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: 956. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a study prepared for the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development regarding the potential impact of Brexit on the agriculture industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46842/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Documents (7 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: 957. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to raise with the EU Council of Agriculture Ministers the concerns outlined in the report prepared for the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development regarding the likely impact of Brexit on the agriculture industry with particular reference to border controls here; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (7 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: 1023. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if specific funding will be provided in 2018 to improve facilities at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46198/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (7 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: 1030. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if specific funding will be provided in 2018 to improve facilities at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46333/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (7 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: 1098. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to issues raised by a local authority (details supplied) in relation to child care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45844/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: I welcome our three witnesses and thank Ms Sandra Peake and Mr. Brian Gormally for the clarity in their presentations. We heard Ms Peake give an important presentation at the committee a number of years ago. In her concluding remarks, she spoke about the bodies of the disappeared and the three which were still, unfortunately, missing. Around that time also, the Commissioners for the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (26 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the review of income eligibility limits for social housing has commenced; if so, the likely timeframe for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45087/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (26 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to improve income eligibility limits for social housing in areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45086/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (26 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 61. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has had discussions at EU level on the need to implement specific measures to assist businesses and enterprise in the Border region that will be adversely affected by Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44668/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (26 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 62. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the discussions her Department is having with its counterpart in Northern Ireland on the need to implement programmes on a cross-Border basis to assist businesses and enterprise that will be affected adversely by Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44669/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (26 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent discussions he has had with the authorities in the United States of America on immigration reform; if he has put forward new proposals with particular reference to the undocumented Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45607/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Built Heritage Investment Scheme (26 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 139. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is specific grant assistance available towards the necessary upgrade of an old dwelling house which would be regarded as a heritage building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45416/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Incidence (26 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 204. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a higher instance of persons with haemochromatosis in specific parts of the country; if so, the variation between the different HSE regions; if there are standard procedures throughout the country for the treatment of such persons in view of the fact that there are substantial costs for persons attending hospitals as outpatients that do not have...