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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cross-Border Co-operation (1 Jun 2023)

Brendan Smith: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in advancing collaboration on a North/South basis in the provision of further education throughout this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26398/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (1 Jun 2023)

Brendan Smith: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give further consideration to a possible restructuring of the capitation grant scheme for primary schools to provide for additional support for smaller schools, which have particular challenges in meeting increasing costs and which are dependent on a small school community to raise funds; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (1 Jun 2023)

Brendan Smith: 303. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress to date in developing new accommodation and services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27033/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (31 May 2023)

Brendan Smith: 210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the distribution of the devolved capital grant; the amount that has been allocated to the Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26717/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Regulations (30 May 2023)

Brendan Smith: 353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the impact assessments that are being carried out in relation to the proposed EU Nature Restoration Regulation concerning the use of farm-land and food production; if such assessments are being factored in to the overall national response regarding this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25212/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (25 May 2023)

Brendan Smith: 92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the proposed EU nature restoration regulation has been considered at the Council of Agriculture Ministers; if so, the proposals he put forward; the outcome of such discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25213/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Control of Firearms (24 May 2023)

Brendan Smith: 153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure an adequate consultation process with the relevant representative groups following the publication of the firearms expert committee report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22902/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (24 May 2023)

Brendan Smith: 185. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure an adequate level of services in a disability service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25182/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (24 May 2023)

Brendan Smith: 194. To ask the Minister for Health if additional supports will be introduced for the private nursing home sector, particularly for smaller-scale providers; the proposals, if any, to introduce a stabilisation fund; when a review of the fair deal scheme will be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25044/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (23 May 2023)

Brendan Smith: 113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Social Protection Annual Report for 2022 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24441/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (23 May 2023)

Brendan Smith: 127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will review the PRSI contributions system in order that adult dependents who have worked in the home may be entitled to full future social welfare benefits, such as the recent €200 cost-of-living support payment; if she will provide a full explanation for the reason that adult dependents and others...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (18 May 2023)

Brendan Smith: 44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the proposals, if any, there are to intensify marketing of the tourism potential of the Hidden Heartlands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23676/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (18 May 2023)

Brendan Smith: 69. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the consultations to date between her Department and its agencies with their counterparts in Northern Ireland in relation to the development of cross-Border tourism projects under the Peace Plus Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23675/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

Brendan Smith: 90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress to date since 2020 in bringing back to habitable use local authority housing stock that was vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23543/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

Brendan Smith: 139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the voids programme for 2023; the national allocation and the funding made available to counties Cavan and Monaghan local authorities for this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23542/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (18 May 2023)

Brendan Smith: 182. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will have further discussions with the British Foreign Secretary and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the need for the British government to respond positively and without further delay to the unanimous requests of Dáil Éireann concerning the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of May 1974; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (18 May 2023)

Brendan Smith: 236. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will pursue immediately with an international company the concerns outlined by a retail representative organisation (details supplied) regarding the withdrawal of products from a large number of shops throughout the country which would impact negatively on smaller scale retail stores; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 May 2023)

Brendan Smith: 359. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the systems that are in place to ensure that persons living outside this jurisdiction are not in receipt of payments that require a person to be resident in this State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23766/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (17 May 2023)

Brendan Smith: 43. To ask the Minister for Finance if funding from the banking levy could be used to assist in ensuring a network of bank branches throughout the country, in view of the major loss of such facilities in many towns particularly affecting rural communities; if he will give detailed consideration to proposals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23597/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 May 2023)

Brendan Smith: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being implemented to deal with the shortage of qualified drivers for vehicles such as school buses; if she is aware of the difficulties that have arisen for Bus Éireann and private bus and coach operators with such shortages impacting on different areas, such as the operation of the school transport system; and if she will...