2017. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when a proposed building project will proceed to the next stage (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35985/24]
1993. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to ensure that students studying outside the State are eligible for any additional supports that may be provided for third level students, such as a reduction in student contribution fees in the forthcoming budget, to ease the cost of living pressures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35048/24]
1992. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students from this State studying at further and higher education level in Britain in the academic years 2022/2023 and 2023/2024; the financial supports available for such students to meet fees and maintenance costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35042/24]
1959. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students from the State studying at further and higher education level in Northern Ireland in the academic years 2022-2023 and 2023-2024; the financial supports available for such students to meet fees and maintenance costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33932/24]
1957. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health when additional and modern facilities will be provided at a hospital (details supplied) to enable increased capacity and eliminate delays in provision of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35990/24]
1956. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if further consideration will be given to the pre-budget 2025 submission of a national organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35989/24]
1955. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will give further consideration to the need to provide additional support for nursing home care; particularly for smaller-scale nursing home providers, in view of the challenges facing them to remain viable due to various increased costs over the past number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35988/24]
1882. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health when additional staff will be recruited for CAMHS in the Cavan, Monaghan and Meath areas; if he will ensure that recruitment makes provision for additional staff, not just replacement of persons who have retired or left the services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35575/24]
1564. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that detailed consideration is given to the pre-budget 2025 submission of an organisation (details supplied), in view of the need to provide additional resources for youth work in communities throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35996/24]
1563. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the grant aid available from his Department for the upgrading of existing playground facilities and the provision of new playgrounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35979/24]
1562. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department and or agencies under the remit of his Department have assessed the need for additional childcare places in County Monaghan; the measures being implemented to provide additional childcare places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35978/24]
1561. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department and or agencies under the remit of his Department have assessed the need for additional childcare places in County Cavan; the measures being implemented to provide additional childcare places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35977/24]
1560. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the methodology used by his Department and the agencies under the remit of his Department in projecting the demand for childcare places throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35976/24]
1559. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that an application for a new service will be given detailed and favourable consideration (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35975/24]
1558. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the proposals there are to expand and or provide new family resource centres in 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35974/24]
1476. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that will be implemented to increase services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35212/24]
1306. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is an up-to-date review available concerning the adequacy of fodder stock for the coming winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35984/24]
1305. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the introduction of a farm retirement scheme with funding from CAP and/or national resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35983/24]
1304. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give further consideration to the provision of financial assistance to persons who do not have forest plantations and are not availing of any forestry schemes who need to have ash dieback trees removed on their property adjacent to public roads from a safety point of view; if he is aware that there are substantial costs for individuals and households in having such diseased trees removed; if he is aware that this issue is particularly of concern to households on low incomes such as persons in receipt of pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35982/24]
1205. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice when a Garda service will be restored (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35995/24]
1204. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice if she will ensure that adequate financial resources continue to be provided for the work of the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains, in view of the great importance of their work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35994/24]
901. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if specific paid leave will be introduced for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35987/24]
899. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will amend the conditions pertaining to the tenant purchase scheme to enable long-term tenants of smaller social housing units, which were termed in the past as older persons’ dwellings, to purchase their homes if they so wish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35880/24]
890. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will extend the timeline in relation to the issue of approval for an application under the vacant homes scheme and the completion date; if he is aware that this 13-month deadline is causing difficulties for some applicants due to the shortage of capacity in construction particularly for smaller contractors who are finding it extremely difficult in many instances to complete work on time; if he will extend the 13-month deadline, in view of the importance and value of this scheme and the potential to bring more houses back to habitable use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35863/24]
710. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education when her Department and the NCSE will finalise the review in relation to the need for further new special schools and the expansion of existing special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35956/24]
709. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education the up-to-date position regarding the provision of a special school in County Monaghan, as the need for such school provision has been clearly identified for some time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35955/24]
409. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if there are plans to amend the Arterial Drainage Act 1945 to include areas in County Cavan that are subject to flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34221/24]
382. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Finance the new measures his Department and the Revenue Commissioners will implement to deal with the problems of smuggling tobacco (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35823/24]
312. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 4 July 2024, the progress to date in rolling out a new local area hackney scheme; if in introducing a new scheme he will ensure easy access to such services for persons, particularly those without their own transport or close family support living in remote areas; if he will ensure that a new and viable scheme will be introduced without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35964/24]
174. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if, in view of the Government’s commitment to increase personnel in the Permanent Defence Force, he will ensure further consideration is given to a proposal concerning accommodation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35991/24]
132. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are proposals to expand the range of services available through the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35658/24]
10. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach when details of the next round of funding for capital projects under the shared island fund will be announced. [35824/24]
2643. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the proposals to increase capacity and availability of courses in digital forensics at further and higher education levels, in view of the threats to society posed by the proliferation of misinformation through social media platforms, and the need to tackle such abuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33147/24]
2481. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will support the establishment of an all-island cancer research institute as discussed at the inaugural joint Euro-American forum on cancer and strongly endorsed by Irish and international clinicians and researchers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33164/24]
1922. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will give further consideration to the representations outlined by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33192/24]
1596. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice if join family visa applications will be prioritised particularly for applicants whose family members are employed here as key workers, particularly in the healthcare sector, in view of the need to retain such personnel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33172/24]
1346. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection when the recommendations of the Labour Court will be implemented in relation to the National Advocacy Service; if she is aware of the concerns of service users in relation to disruption of essential services provided to such persons through the National Advocacy Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32619/24]
1155. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total funding provided to date by his Department and through other Departments and agencies towards the development of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33165/24]
1004. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress to date in advancing projects under the shared island initiative (details supplied). [32657/24]
966. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media 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. [33200/24]
942. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the proposals to extend the basic income for the arts pilot scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32660/24]
837. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education the proposals, if any, to award funding to more primary schools under the STEM grant scheme in 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33123/24]
397. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Finance to consider the issues raised in a pre-Budget submission by a representative organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33179/24]
396. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Finance if he will give further consideration to the issues raised by the hospitality sector in relation to increased costs, loss of business and jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33162/24]
395. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Finance the measures that will be introduced to assist the retail sector in the Border region due to difficulties that have arisen in trading with increased excise costs on energy products and the resultant loss of trade in other goods as well; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33161/24]
269. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport when safety measures will be introduced on a national road (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33157/24]
268. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the proposals to provide park-and-ride facilities on the N3 and M3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33156/24]
157. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the additional accommodation provision that will be made for increased enlistment in the Permanent Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32664/24]
156. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the progress to date in implementing the report of the Commission of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32663/24]
155. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number enlisted in the Permanent Defence Forces at present; the proposals for recruitment in 2024 and 2025; the projected enlistment by mid-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32662/24]