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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (5 Oct 2016)

Brendan Smith: 65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the proposals he has to increase substantially the level of funding to county councils in respect of the various housing grant schemes which are essential to assist in the necessary upgrading of housing accommodation, in many instances for older persons or for persons with a disability who are living in unsuitable...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (5 Oct 2016)

Brendan Smith: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals he has to reduce the distance criteria in respect of qualification for the non-adjacent maintenance grant for higher education; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the reduced distance qualification has impacted most severely on lower income families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28857/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (5 Oct 2016)

Brendan Smith: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, further to written representations made to his Department on a number of occasions in relation to the urgent need to approve grant aid in respect of necessary upgrading works, particularly window replacements, at a school (details supplied), if he will giver urgent consideration to this application with a view to early approval of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (5 Oct 2016)

Brendan Smith: 168. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the serious delay in children being provided with necessary services such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, and child and adolescent mental health services in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the proposals there are to ensure that access to such services are improved at an early date; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (5 Oct 2016)

Brendan Smith: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the serious delay in children being provided with necessary services such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, and child and adolescent mental health services in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the proposals there are to ensure that access to such services are improved at an early date; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Incentives (5 Oct 2016)

Brendan Smith: 222. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the renewable heat incentive will be introduced with effect from early 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28923/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (4 Oct 2016)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. Unfortunately, the indications from the Conservatives point to a hard Brexit. Are we going to witness Britain making the same old mistakes again in Northern Ireland by ignoring the democratic decision made by the people there in the recent referendum? If so, the people of England will be enforcing their will on Northern Ireland again. There is real...

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (4 Oct 2016)

Brendan Smith: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed with other heads of Government within the EU the serious implications for Ireland of Britain leaving the EU. [27105/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Oct 2016)

Brendan Smith: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students from this State attending the autism unit in Middletown, County Armagh; the level of services provided at that unit at present; the proposals there are to expand the range of services and increase the number of students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28361/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Closures (4 Oct 2016)

Brendan Smith: 596. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date to secure a replacement industry following the closure of a manufacturing plant in County Monaghan; if she will ensure that discussions are held with a company (details supplied) that proposes to relocate here with a view to establishing that business in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development Initiatives (4 Oct 2016)

Brendan Smith: 605. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her proposals to develop and promote a location (details supplied) as a suitable location for inward investment property held by the IDA in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28628/16]

Topical Issue Debate: Cross-Border Projects (29 Sep 2016)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his reply. As the Minister is aware, uncertainty will kill off the best interests of the people involved in these programmes. They work on a voluntary basis to better their local communities. In many instances, they create local employment to provide better services and better facilities for, in the main, disadvantaged communities on both sides of the Border. It...

Topical Issue Debate: Cross-Border Projects (29 Sep 2016)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter for discussion. Deputy Declan Breathnach and I attended the meeting earlier this week of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, during which alarm bells rang for all of us in respect of the full roll-out of the INTERREG IVA and PEACE IV programmes. As the Minister will be aware, the PEACE and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UK Referendum on EU Membership (28 Sep 2016)

Brendan Smith: 36. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the role her Department will play in minimising the effect of Brexit on counties Cavan and Monaghan. [27402/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (28 Sep 2016)

Brendan Smith: 84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the proposed increase in Garda numbers will lead to the restoration of a Garda drugs unit in Cavan-Monaghan. [27403/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Administration (28 Sep 2016)

Brendan Smith: 163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the proposals he has to increase the number of participants on the Rural Social Scheme from the present 2,600 to 4,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27722/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Projects (28 Sep 2016)

Brendan Smith: 231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a targeted sheep scheme to the value of €25 million from early 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27720/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (28 Sep 2016)

Brendan Smith: 232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to re-open the beef data and genomics programme to facilitate new entrants to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27721/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telephone Call Charges (28 Sep 2016)

Brendan Smith: 243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the outcome of any discussions he has had with the EU Commission or at the Council of Ministers on the non-implementation of the proposed new regime pertaining to mobile phone roaming charges that was announced by the EU Commission some time ago; when the new charging criteria which was originally agreed will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Fiscal Implications for Northern Ireland of UK EU Referendum Result: Discussion (27 Sep 2016)

Brendan Smith: I welcome Mr. Ó Muilleoir and it is good to have a member of the Northern Ireland Executive attend our committee. Like my colleague, Deputy Breathnach, I want to raise the funding issue. Mr. Ó Muilleoir's comments alarm me. The people he referred to have done Trojan work in their communities and some local statutory agencies were very good at assisting local communities in drawing...