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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Jun 2025)

Brendan Smith: Primary school principals across Cavan and Monaghan have raised with me consistently the ongoing challenges they face in meeting day-to-day expenditure requirements. There have been improvements in recent years in capitation payments and I hope that budget 2026 will provide for a further increase. School principals and boards of management outline clearly the need for further financial...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Jun 2025)

Brendan Smith: -----and local businesses to meet day-to-day expenditure and annual costs.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Correspondence (18 Jun 2025)

Brendan Smith: 128. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will ensure that an application (details supplied) will be approved without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32928/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Jun 2025)

Brendan Smith: 150. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the progress being made regarding the provision of givinostat (brand name duvyzat) for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32923/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2025)

Brendan Smith: 40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress to date in implementing the recommendations of the Commission on the Defence Forces in relation to recruitment and retention of personnel in the Permanent Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31218/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2025)

Brendan Smith: 49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the preparatory work under way in relation to the provision of additional accommodation to cater for increased enrolment in the Permanent Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31219/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (12 Jun 2025)

Brendan Smith: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase capitation payments for primary schools, taking into consideration increased costs over recent years and the particular challenges facing smaller schools in meeting ongoing financial commitments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31258/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (12 Jun 2025)

Brendan Smith: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when additional primary and second level schools will be included in the DEIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31250/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Brendan Smith: 360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the system of approving supports for children with additional needs will be amended to ensure more timely provision of such supports (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31648/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Projects (12 Jun 2025)

Brendan Smith: 363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project will proceed to the next stage (details supplied) in view of the urgent need to provide additional accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31652/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Projects (12 Jun 2025)

Brendan Smith: 369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage in view of the urgent need to provide additional accommodation at this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31766/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (12 Jun 2025)

Brendan Smith: 566. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals, if any, to introduce additional safeguarding legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31723/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (12 Jun 2025)

Brendan Smith: 567. To ask the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that the inspection regime undertaken by HIQA in respect of both public and private nursing homes is adequate to ensure proper standards are maintained at all times in the best interests of all patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31724/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (12 Jun 2025)

Brendan Smith: 568. To ask the Minister for Health if she will give further consideration to the need to provide additional support for nursing home care, particularly for smaller-scale nursing home providers, in view of the challenges facing them to remain viable due to various increased costs over the past number of years and also taking into account the important role smaller-scale nursing homes play in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (12 Jun 2025)

Brendan Smith: 569. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in increasing the future supply of healthcare workers across all disciplines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31759/25]

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

Brendan Smith: I apologise to the Minister. I had to leave to go to another meeting, so I did not hear all of his contribution. It is great to have him at the committee so early in its life. We look forward to working with him and his Department on a range of issues. I am sure all the other issues were covered, but one issue I will raise is that of further education. I spoke to the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Postal Services (11 Jun 2025)

Brendan Smith: 19. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will give detailed and urgent consideration to a recent report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30944/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Support Services (11 Jun 2025)

Brendan Smith: 110. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ensure that the maximum possible support is provided by his Department, and the industrial promotion agencies under the remit of his Department, to a company (details supplied) to ensure the maximum possible employment level retention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31298/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (10 Jun 2025)

Brendan Smith: 26. To ask the Taoiseach for a report on new shared island projects. [25991/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (10 Jun 2025)

Brendan Smith: Like Deputy Moynihan I very much welcome the measures in the shared island initiative. It has gained support from all political traditions on this island. The Taoiseach may remember that when he launched the initiative I raised with him the need to have an enterprise initiative within the shared island programme. Subsequently, local authorities on both sides of the Border were enabled to...