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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cross-Border Co-operation (21 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in intensifying co-operation on a cross-Border and all-Ireland basis in further education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13485/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (21 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional places proposed to be in place for the next academic year in medicine, nursing and other healthcare professions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13486/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (20 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will give consideration to the issues outlined in correspondence concerning prices for broadband and mobile network services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12092/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (20 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that despite reduced pupil teacher ratios and increased capitation grants, many schools are finding it difficult to manage given the level of cost inflation that they have to deal with; if she is further aware that schools are looking at dramatically reducing their expenditure, impacting essential school services and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Policies (7 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his proposals for 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 regarding the Monaghan and Dublin bombings of May 1974; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Policies (7 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been any recent substantive response from the British authorities in relation to the unanimous motions passed by Dáil Éireann concerning the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11118/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (7 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date with the roll out of the National Broadband Plan throughout County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11121/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (7 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he has put forward to the European Commission in relation to the need to reduce the regulatory burden on farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11375/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection are insurance contributions carried over to persons who are foster parents and not in employment outside the home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10916/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons who are foster parents are eligible for contributions to be included under the homemaker’s scheme for pension purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10917/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 234. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the tax treatment of statutory sick leave payments made by employers in order that they are not subject to the deductions such as USC that the State avoids it when it pays illness benefit to employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10707/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Correspondence (5 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 256. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will give urgent and detailed consideration to the issues outlined in correspondence from a business group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10696/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Mar 2024)

Brendan Smith: 459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the tax treatment of statutory sick leave payments made by employers in order that they are not subject to the deductions such as USC that the State avoids it when it pays illness benefit to employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10706/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (29 Feb 2024)

Brendan Smith: 101. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the financial allocation in 2024 for youth services; if this funding will enable the roll out of additional services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9727/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (29 Feb 2024)

Brendan Smith: 124. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total financial allocation from his Department in 2023 for youth services; if any new services were established during the course of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9726/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (29 Feb 2024)

Brendan Smith: 240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date position regarding the provision of a refuge centre in counties Cavan and Monaghan for victims of domestic abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9745/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (29 Feb 2024)

Brendan Smith: 255. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons with disabilities that received home support hours in CHO1 and CHO2 in 2023 respectively; the number of persons with disabilities in 2023 that received personal assistance hours in CHO1 and CHO2 in 2023, respectively; the total number of hours provided in each category in CHO1 and CHO2 in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Registration Tax (27 Feb 2024)

Brendan Smith: 103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific motor taxation requirements for vehicles registered in other jurisdictions but belonging to residents in this jurisdiction and in use here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8787/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (27 Feb 2024)

Brendan Smith: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance if vehicles registered and insured in other countries have full insurance cover in this jurisdiction; the countries, if any, with which Ireland has mutual recognition of motor vehicle insurance cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8786/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (27 Feb 2024)

Brendan Smith: 170. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the deductions payable by employers when they make a statutory sick payment to an employee; the reason these differ from those payable by the State under illness benefit; if he will amend statutory sick pay criteria to align them with illness benefit in relation to PRSI, USC and employer’s PRSI deductions; and if he will...