Results 161-180 of 18,436 for speaker:Brendan Smith

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (3 Apr 2025)

Brendan Smith: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the Central Bank to review credit union lending limits to enhance their ability to serve members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16084/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Programmes (3 Apr 2025)

Brendan Smith: 159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding committed to date under PEACEPLUS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16067/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (3 Apr 2025)

Brendan Smith: 122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on any flood remediation works and arterial drainage works planned for Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16066/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (3 Apr 2025)

Brendan Smith: 250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capital funding for housing available to Cavan County Council for this year’s house building programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16443/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (3 Apr 2025)

Brendan Smith: 251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capital funding for housing available to Monaghan County Council for this year’s house building programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16444/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (2 Apr 2025)

Brendan Smith: 111. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if payments will issue at an early date in respect of the increased cost of business and Power Up grant schemes, which have been delayed due to classification issues, taking into account that many small enterprises factored in this grant payment in their overall income stream to meet costs; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (2 Apr 2025)

Brendan Smith: 232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when protected geographical indication (PGI) status will be approved in respect of boxty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16136/25]

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (1 Apr 2025)

Brendan Smith: 129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised with the British Government the need for full co-operation into investigations concerning the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974. [15539/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Emergency Planning (1 Apr 2025)

Brendan Smith: I agree with colleagues who have spoken about the need to prepare for the next storm or the next major weather event. For a number of years I have been highlighting the dangers posed by falling trees every year. My west Cavan area, along with Deputy Eamon Scanlon's area in south Leitrim, have for many years annually suffered due to trees falling and interfering with and damaging ESB...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Emergency Planning (1 Apr 2025)

Brendan Smith: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the engagements he has had with the National Emergency Co-ordination Group in the days before, during and after storm Éowyn. [10847/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (1 Apr 2025)

Brendan Smith: 99. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [11061/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (1 Apr 2025)

Brendan Smith: 233. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade considering that Article 18 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states that civilian hospitals may in no circumstances be the object of attack, and considering the attack on Nasser Hospital and other healthcare centres, the actions the Government are taking in diplomatic engagements to ensure compliance with Article 18, to secure the safety...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (1 Apr 2025)

Brendan Smith: 234. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade considering Article 20 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states that medical personnel must be respected and protected in all circumstances, and taking into account the very difficult position faced by medical and nursing personnel in the Palestinian Nasser Hospital, which was subject to bombardment, the specific diplomatic or legal...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (1 Apr 2025)

Brendan Smith: 235. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade considering that Article 55 of the Fourth Geneva Convention requires that an occupying power ensure adequate food and medical supplies for civilians, and given that reports from Gaza describe a near-total blockade of medical aid, the steps Ireland is taking to demand full access for humanitarian and medical aid and support the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (1 Apr 2025)

Brendan Smith: 236. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade considering that a disproportionate number of children have been injured and killed in Gaza due to airstrikes, the specific measures the Government is pursuing to protect injured children and ensure their access to medical care, and push for an immediate halt to actions that result in mass child casualties; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Mar 2025)

Brendan Smith: 18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that any additional financial support for students at further and higher education level are also made available to students from this State studying outside our jurisdiction, such as in Northern Ireland and in Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14303/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Mar 2025)

Brendan Smith: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projects for Further Education Colleges that will be progressed in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14302/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (27 Mar 2025)

Brendan Smith: 107. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if financial assistance will be provided towards the repair of community facilities that were damaged as a result of storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14611/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (27 Mar 2025)

Brendan Smith: 123. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding will be provided to his Department this year to meet additional costs arising from storm Éowyn; if such funding is provided, the programmes and schemes that will benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14610/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (27 Mar 2025)

Brendan Smith: 183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that additional funding will be made available this year for the non-national road network in counties Cavan and Monaghan in view of the urgent need to carry out essential repairs and upgrade the road network taking into account the considerable damage caused to roads by increased rainfall and poor weather in recent...