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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (21 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister. I cannot emphasise enough that the increases the Minister has given us are welcome but do not match the increase in costs allied to the damage done by rainfall over the past 12 to 18 months. We are not sufficiently protecting the investment that has been made over recent years because councils are not able to carry out adequate programmes. I appeal to the Minister to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (21 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that additional funding will be provided to Cavan County Council and Monaghan County Council for much-needed improvement works to the non-national road network in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13262/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (21 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: As the Minister is aware, there is a commitment in the programme for Government to maintain the existing road network to a high standard and fund safety improvements. I am thinking particularly of the non-national road network in Cavan and Monaghan where we have heavy volumes of traffic. We depend entirely on the road network to move goods and people, and for day-to-day commerce and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (21 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: The Minister listened to my Fianna Fáil councillors in Cavan County Council outline their particular concerns about the non-national road network in our county. I say again that Cavan and Monaghan are totally dependent on the road network. County Cavan has a very small proportion of national road network. I think 95% of the road network in County Cavan is classified as non-national;...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 31. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if, in view of the lack of an Army barracks in the central Border area, if further consideration will be given to the re-opening of Dún Uí Néill, Cavan, as an Army barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13121/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if further consideration will be given to the re-opening of Dún Uí Néill Barracks, Cavan, as a forward operating base as that region has a long land border with a neighbouring jurisdiction, and taking into account that in the past the presence locally of Army personnel played a very important role in the security of this State;...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (21 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport views on the commitment in the Programme for Government to maintain the existing road network to a high standard and fund safety improvements; if he will ensure that additional funding will be provided to local authorities for the non-national road network in 2024, taking in to account the urgent requirement for additional investment...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (21 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland the interim report of Operation Kenova with particular reference to the actions of the British agent in the IRA which caused so many tragedies and loss of life; if he has expressed concern about the failure to pursue prosecutions for deplorable actions detailed in this...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Cross-Border Co-operation (21 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures that will be implemented to grow even further and strengthen the all-Ireland economy following the very welcome growth in cross-Border trade since 1998; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13541/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 149. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the numbers enlisted in the Permanent Defence Forces at present; the proposals, if any, to have substantial recruitment and the timescale for increasing personnel in the Army; Air Corps and Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13501/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 150. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress to date in implementing the Report of the Commission on Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13502/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 151. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the programme of improvement works that will be undertaken this year at Army barracks throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13503/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (21 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures in place to protect customers from the actions of vulture funds, particularly homeowners whose mortgages are with such entities; his views on the need to ensure adequate access for such mortgage holders to greater protections through statutory agencies; if he proposes to implement additional measures; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (21 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance if he proposes to introduce additional measures to assist mortgage holders who are under financial pressures due to increased interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13543/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (21 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 194. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the proposals, if any, there are to improve the visa criteria for the farming and agri-food sector, in view of the shortage of workers in some areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13489/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (21 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 195. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when additional financial provision will be introduced to assist local authorities, particularly those councils with a small rates base, to develop enterprise centres, as such workspaces are of extreme importance in enabling the establishment and growth of small businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13490/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Social Media (21 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 216. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress to date in introducing measures to counteract misinformation, disinformation and abuse on social media platforms; if additional measures are proposed, when same will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13491/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Universal Basic Income (21 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 217. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number in receipt of the artists’ basic income scheme; if the workings of this scheme have been reviewed; the proposals, if any, there are to extend this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13492/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (21 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is proposed to introduce a standalone offence in relation to the spiking of drinks, in view of the serious repercussions of such deplorable behaviour and the effects on victims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13478/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations operational in Cavan/Monaghan at present; when Bawnboy Garda station will be reopened as announced by Government previously; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13479/24]