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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the level of funding that will be provided to Monaghan County Council for 2017 in respect of housing construction, purchase of houses, upgrading of existing housing stock and funding for housing grant schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6515/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the proposals he has to amend the legislation and regulations pertaining to eligibility for the State contributory pension in regard to the calculation of the average yearly social insurance contributions that can adversely affect persons who were in insurable employment, left that employment in many instances for family reasons, returned to...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cross-Border Projects (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 163. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the restoration of the Ulster Canal will proceed to the next stage; the funding allocated for this project in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6511/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Projects (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 164. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of funding that will be allocated in 2017 to Cavan County Council in respect of heritage projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6512/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Projects (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 165. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of funding that will be allocated in 2017 to Monaghan County Council in respect of heritage projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6513/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 203. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that additional psychologists, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists are allocated to counties Cavan and Monaghan due to the huge delays in the autism spectrum disorder diagnostic process; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a very large number of children in counties Cavan and Monaghan are awaiting...

Other Questions: Road Projects Status (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: The Minister rightly referred to the strategic study undertaken in the early 2000s that identified the potential of the route and the need for it to run through Sligo, Manorhamilton, Enniskillen, Belturbet, Cavan and Cootehill. In the meantime, the Cavan and Belturbet bypasses were constructed. They are integral parts of this route. In 2009, Cavan County Council, as the lead local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if specific funding will be provided to the National Roads Authority in respect of the necessary upgrading of a road which carries a heavy volume of traffic and is inadequate at present for such a level of traffic (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5824/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to have a major programme of upgrading works carried out on specific regional routes which carry heavy volumes of traffic and are the key arterial routes for rural areas; if consideration will be given to areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan which face particular economic challenges due to Brexit with the resultant need...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to upgrade facilities to enable the better delivery of services by An Garda Síochána (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6338/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance if issues referred to by a person (details supplied) at a Westminster committee in relation to border controls and the imposition of same should Britain leave the EU have been discussed at the EU Council of Finance Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6374/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a request to provide additional funding in respect of a building project (details supplied) in view of the detailed submissions by the board of management and representations made by this Deputy in relation to the urgency of providing this new facility for the 2017-2018 school year and considering that the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: National Planning Framework (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the consultations to date with the Northern Ireland authorities on the new national planning framework; his plans to have further consultations to enable the planning and provision of services on a cross-Border basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6337/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of discussions he has had with the British Foreign Secretary in relation to the need for any post-Article 50 agreement between Britain and the European Union to provide for a human rights Act, which is a central element of the Good Friday Agreement. [5547/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of discussions he has had with the British Foreign Secretary in relation to access to the Court of Justice of the European Union and other guarantees of fundamental rights that underpin the Good Friday Agreement in any post-Article 50 agreement between Britain and the EU. [5548/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his Department has been in touch with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland or the British Foreign Office in relation to the recent disclosure of papers pertaining to torture by the British army of a number of persons in Northern Ireland in the early 1970s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6378/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Courses (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress being made to meet the demand for courses (details supplied); if additional personnel will be recruited to enable demand to be met and to eliminate the delays that occur for farmers wishing to participate on such courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6282/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to improve financial supports in respect of the bovine viral diarrhoea eradication programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6294/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 287. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress in the State's industrial promotional agencies' efforts to attract investment and jobs to a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6272/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: North-South Interconnector (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Smith: 64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in view of the widespread concerns in communities in counties Monaghan, Cavan and Meath and reflected in statements by public representatives in those counties in relation to the EirGrid proposal to construct the North-South interconnector, he will direct EirGrid to underground these transmission cables if the...