Results 81-100 of 18,437 for speaker:Brendan Smith

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 May 2025)

Brendan Smith: 336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is proposed to allow persons aged 70 and over, subject to appropriate medical checks, to undertake school transport work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28836/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 May 2025)

Brendan Smith: 337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in increasing the number of drivers available for school transport work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28837/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna DEIS (29 May 2025)

Brendan Smith: 364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is proposed to include more schools in the DEIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28841/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (29 May 2025)

Brendan Smith: 365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional financial support will be provided for primary schools; particularly smaller schools where capitation funding is inadequate to meet essential expenditure due to increased costs over recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28842/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (29 May 2025)

Brendan Smith: 366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next IT grant will be issued to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28851/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 May 2025)

Brendan Smith: 367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when payments will issue to primary schools under the minor works schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28852/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (29 May 2025)

Brendan Smith: 368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the remainder of capitation grant payments will issue to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28853/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (29 May 2025)

Brendan Smith: 477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the present position regarding the provision of a new service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28882/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (29 May 2025)

Brendan Smith: 479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he proposes to introduce additional measures to assist in reducing the sales of farm land to non-farming interests, and particularly large-scale businesses, with specific reference to the need to provide more support to small farm holders who may wish to buy neighbouring farm land for farming purposes when such options arise;...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (29 May 2025)

Brendan Smith: 494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if cross-Government measures will be introduced to reduce the sale of land to non-farming interests and particularly large-scale businesses with specific reference to the need to support small farm holders who may wish to buy neighbouring farm land to help make their holdings viable; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Apology to Shane O'Farrell and his Family: Statements (27 May 2025)

Brendan Smith: Like all other speakers, I welcome Jim and Lucia and their daughters to the Distinguished Visitors' Gallery this evening. I am glad the Minister made the apology on behalf of the State. It was overdue. His words were clear about the terrible injustice that was done to the O'Farrell family on the tragic loss of life of their son, who was killed by a person who should not have been at large...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2025)

Brendan Smith: As we all know, throughout the country the Irish Wheelchair Association provides very valuable and important supports to their service users. These are essential supports for persons with disabilities. For more than a year, there have been limited in-person day services at the Irish Wheelchair Association centre in Cavan town. This has affected 40 service users and their families. I have...

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (27 May 2025)

Brendan Smith: Absolutely.

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (27 May 2025)

Brendan Smith: I second the nomination.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (22 May 2025)

Brendan Smith: 10. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the capital projects in the further education sector that will be progressed in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26306/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (22 May 2025)

Brendan Smith: I very much welcome the emphasis placed on the development of the further education sector since the previous Government took office in June 2020. I spoke to the Minister's predecessors on many occasions about the opportunities that exist to develop the further education sector on an all-island basis, and particularly that there be a substantial capital programme. One of the projects of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (22 May 2025)

Brendan Smith: I very warmly welcome the Minister's confirmation that progress is being made with this very important project for our constituency, as the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach, Deputy David Maxwell, will know. I hope the Minister will be in a position to visit Cavan Institute at an early date, and to visit Monaghan Institute. Cavan Institute been a very successful institute since its...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (22 May 2025)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister. It is very important that we record the importance of the further education sector. It was originally established to respond to the needs of the local community and the local economy. It has been an extremely important gateway for students and pathway to higher education. It has given so many people, who traditionally would not have had the opportunity, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (22 May 2025)

Brendan Smith: 55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals, in place to develop further education on a cross-Border/All Ireland basis. [26225/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (22 May 2025)

Brendan Smith: 74. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will outline projects underway in counties Cavan and Monaghan that are receiving funding under different schemes with financial support from his Department; if he will also outline other projects that his Department has committed funding to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26301/25]