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Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (7 Nov 2023)

Brendan Smith: On 28 December last in Belturbet, County Cavan, we marked the 50th anniversary of the bombing in the town that caused the death of two young teenagers, Geraldine O'Reilly and Patrick Stanley. As the Taoiseach knows, next May will mark the 50th anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, when 33 innocent people were murdered and hundreds were badly injured on that fatal day. That day,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2023)

Brendan Smith: I have for a considerable length of time been raising the unacceptable delays in getting driving tests in the Cavan test centre. These delays have caused real difficulties for people who need to travel for work or to study and impact adversely on rural communities, such as those throughout County Cavan. If a person were to book a test in the Cavan test centre today, he or she will not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (26 Oct 2023)

Brendan Smith: 72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made to date in finalising data on the sequestration of carbon by hedgerows to ensure the inclusion of hedgerows in the national inventory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46950/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (26 Oct 2023)

Brendan Smith: Some time ago I asked questions with regard to carbon sequestration and the national inventory. I was glad at that time to be told that Teagasc was carrying out research on the hedgerows to see how these could contribute to the carbon stock in agricultural landscapes. I also understood that by adding trees to the hedgerow, it would be possible to increase the output storage of carbon in the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (26 Oct 2023)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. It is very important, as mentioned by the Minister of State in her answer to me, that we take into account at all times in compiling our national inventory, but also in public commentary on carbon sequestration, how very important it is to our soils, trees and hedgerows. Sometimes that is missed out of the public debate and it also helps to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (26 Oct 2023)

Brendan Smith: Can the Minister of State give me an assurance - I believe I can take it from her reply already - that all small-scale planting and all small blocks of scrub are measured in the inventory? That aspect is very important. Are the Department, and the statutory agencies which work with it, engaged in research across the global community? I know that in my own time in the Department we had a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Waterways Issues (26 Oct 2023)

Brendan Smith: 16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposals to amend the Arterial Drainage Act 1945 to include additional waterways, including the River Erne system in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46987/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (26 Oct 2023)

Brendan Smith: 47. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposals to intensify co-operation with the relevant departments and agencies in Northern Ireland to deal with flooding problems, such as those caused by the River Erne system in counties Cavan and Fermanagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46986/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Oct 2023)

Brendan Smith: 107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when approvals will issue in respect of tranche 1 of TAMS 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46951/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (26 Oct 2023)

Brendan Smith: 118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 28 March 2023 and the issues raised by this Deputy in the debate relating to the need to ensure all householders benefit from the forthcoming energy credits, if he will ensure the issues highlighted in that debate are addressed; that customers of certain energy suppliers...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (26 Oct 2023)

Brendan Smith: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if financial support is available from her Department to improve educational services at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47104/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (24 Oct 2023)

Brendan Smith: 142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that all household energy consumers including people availing of prepay systems will benefit from the energy credits announced in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46422/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Facilities (19 Oct 2023)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister of State. Again I want to put on the record that I have been very glad to work closely along with Cavan County Council, with Brendan Jennings and John Donohoe, with the Cavan County Board, Kieran Callaghan and Martin Cahill, along with the Royal School in Cavan, Bishop Ferran Glenfield, Padraic Corley and Canon Lidwill. They are really working together to ensure that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Facilities (19 Oct 2023)

Brendan Smith: The large-scale sports infrastructure fund is extremely important for the further development of all sports, for women and men. I was glad to hear the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, reiterate his commitment to ensuring that the projects that have already received approval will proceed as soon as possible. Apart from the important sports events in our own country, we need to ensure we have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Facilities (19 Oct 2023)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I also welcome the Minister's engagement with me to date on the proposed Cavan sports complex. I assure the Minister of State, as I did previously, that the Cavan regional sports complex has advanced significantly since the original decision in 2020 to award funding. I compliment the Cavan county board of the GAA, Cavan County Council and the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Brendan Smith: 13. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if additional funding will be provided towards the development of sports facilities in view of the increasing financial costs incurred by clubs of all sporting disciplines in providing much needed new and upgraded facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45523/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Brendan Smith: 33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications received under the recent sports capital grant scheme; the likely timescale for processing and approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45522/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (19 Oct 2023)

Brendan Smith: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be introduced for the 2023/2024 academic year to reduce costs for students in further and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45538/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (19 Oct 2023)

Brendan Smith: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the €1,000 reduction in the student contribution fees for higher education students as announced in Budget 2024 is applied to students studying outside this State, such as Northern Ireland and Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45537/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (19 Oct 2023)

Brendan Smith: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her estimate of the number of secondary students in counties Cavan, Monaghan, Leitrim, Sligo and Donegal that will benefit from the introduction of free school books next year; the number of primary students that are currently benefiting from free school books in each of the counties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46042/23]