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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (28 Apr 2022)

Brendan Smith: 157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the additional measures that will be introduced to prevent the supply of a product in this State (details supplied) in view of the widespread concerns of merchants regarding the availability of this product; when such measures will be introduced; if local authorities are responsible for such enforcement action; if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Apr 2022)

Brendan Smith: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance will be provided for a sector (details supplied) in view of increased costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21648/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Costs (28 Apr 2022)

Brendan Smith: 289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there have been discussions at European Union level in relation to the need to provide assistance to farmers to mitigate the very substantial increase in fertiliser costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21646/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (27 Apr 2022)

Brendan Smith: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe will next meet. [20344/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (27 Apr 2022)

Brendan Smith: As we are all aware, for quite a number of years the people of Ukraine were subjected to very serious military aggression by Russia on the border. Sadly, since the end of February, we have witnessed daily on our television screens the horrors being inflicted on an independent and sovereign country by an evil regime in Russia. Sadly, we have seen suffering and loss of life and millions of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. I had the opportunity to listen to some of the discussions in the Shared Island dialogue on the provision of health services on this island. There was a great outline in those discussions of the opportunities to provide more health services on a cross-Border and all-Ireland basis. Indeed, in those discussions there was impatience with the slow pace of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Brendan Smith: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the latest Shared Island dialogue initiatives. [14208/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (26 Apr 2022)

Brendan Smith: 119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a further financial allocation will be made during 2022 to local authorities for the non-national road network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21084/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (26 Apr 2022)

Brendan Smith: 134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be provided for the non-national road network in the event of a reallocation within his Department of capital funding during 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21083/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (26 Apr 2022)

Brendan Smith: 288. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views in relation to the health impact arising from fuel poverty; his further views on the need for greater investment to prevent fuel poverty and the corresponding health consequences for persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20308/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (26 Apr 2022)

Brendan Smith: 289. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures in place to assist those on low incomes to avoid fuel poverty; the number living in fuel poverty in Ireland; the impact that fuel poverty has on low income families; if research will be commissioned into the number of families experiencing fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20312/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (26 Apr 2022)

Brendan Smith: 1579. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in finalising a national stroke strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20195/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (26 Apr 2022)

Brendan Smith: 1850. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals there are to provide additional services to reduce waiting times for children with disabilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21267/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (26 Apr 2022)

Brendan Smith: 1045. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients and the level of funding in the past five years paid to recipients of the fuel allowance in tabular form; the number of families the fuel allowance has supported; her planned changes to take account of the increased cost of energy for families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20311/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (26 Apr 2022)

Brendan Smith: 1271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that her Department will implement to address issues relating to the retention of mobile phone data to ensure that the security services have all appropriate and effective means available to investigate serious crime in respect of national security or serious organised criminality; her views on whether there are...

Topical Issue Debate: Pigmeat Sector (7 Apr 2022)

Brendan Smith: The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, contacted me directly to let me know he is attending a Council of Ministers meeting in Europe and that he could not be here this evening. I appreciate that. Only last night, I engaged with the Taoiseach and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Michael McGrath, to emphasise again that the proposal...