Results 1,021-1,040 of 18,296 for speaker:Brendan Smith

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (13 Jul 2023)

Brendan Smith: 868. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that an adequate number of courses are provided in colleges of further education throughout the country in relation to different professions providing healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35390/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (13 Jul 2023)

Brendan Smith: 869. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a building project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; the timescale for the delivery of this new accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35424/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (13 Jul 2023)

Brendan Smith: 876. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the review of areas eligible for inclusion in the CLÁR Programme will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35348/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Finance and Economics: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Brendan Smith: I welcome our witnesses who provide very valuable material for the work of the committee. On Professor Doyle's introductory remarks about the poor performance of Northern Ireland with regard to foreign direct investment, some of us have advocated that IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland should be merged with Invest Northern Ireland and the other agencies there. If foreign direct investment...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Smith: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what his Department is doing to tackle the issue of e-scooters being dangerously parked on footpaths. [34603/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Programme (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Smith: 80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 will come into force. [34604/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Smith: 239. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the health infrastructure projects currently underway in CHO 1; the projects completed since June 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34454/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (11 Jul 2023)

Brendan Smith: One of the many benefits of the Good Friday Agreement has been the establishment of all-Ireland bodies including Tourism Ireland which is responsible for marketing the island of Ireland as a premier holiday destination. It has been successful in growing the tourism industry North and South. The British Government has introduced secondary legislation to put in place its electronic travel...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (11 Jul 2023)

Brendan Smith: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [32834/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (11 Jul 2023)

Brendan Smith: 82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the recent report into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33996/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gangland Crime (11 Jul 2023)

Brendan Smith: 87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when additional measures will be introduced to deal with the scourge and damage being inflicted on families and communities throughout this country by persons involved in major drug trafficking and gangland criminality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33997/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (11 Jul 2023)

Brendan Smith: 215. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will have detailed consideration given to issues outlined by a national representative organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34322/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Programmes (11 Jul 2023)

Brendan Smith: 229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total funding available for the new PEACE Plus Programme; the level of funding available for each measure under this Programme; the allocations decided to date for government Departments and statutory agencies; when these allocations were decided and notified to such agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33684/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (11 Jul 2023)

Brendan Smith: 238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will give detailed consideration to the request of a local authority (details supplied) [34186/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (11 Jul 2023)

Brendan Smith: 509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the youth diversion projects in place in counties Cavan and Monaghan at present; the proposals she has to approve additional projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34057/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (5 Jul 2023)

Brendan Smith: 19. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [32833/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Jul 2023)

Brendan Smith: The British Government's Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill is an absolutely deplorable piece of legislation. Yesterday, most regrettably, this Bill was passed in the House of Lords and returned to the Commons with amendments. The only suitable amendment to this reprehensible legislation would be to withdraw it in its entirety. This Bill, as proposed, would give...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cross-Border Co-operation (5 Jul 2023)

Brendan Smith: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the Shared Island cross-border funding to expand Ulster University’s Derry campus announced on 20 June 2023. [32835/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (4 Jul 2023)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his reply and compliment him on the work he has been doing over the past two and a half years in expanding the range of supports available for childcare. Thankfully, the public finances are in a very healthy state today due to policies that have been implemented over many years in building an enterprise economy and growing our exports. At this particular time, more...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (4 Jul 2023)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister. I am particularly interested in the capacity measure. I was involved in a getting a group in my constituency a childcare facility in that town. I remember people saying that it would never be used to its fullest potential because there would not be enough children. Thankfully, in one sense, it is not able to cope with the numbers. This is a great sign of how...