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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (25 Sep 2025)

Brendan Smith: 45. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of investments the IDA is targeting in the Border region under its current strategy; it's performance in Border region investments under the previous strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50709/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Sep 2025)

Brendan Smith: 135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in Counties Cavan and Monaghan availing of companion passes; the measures in place to promote this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50749/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (25 Sep 2025)

Brendan Smith: 177. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the roll out of the auto-enrolment pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50750/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Sep 2025)

Brendan Smith: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give detailed consideration to issues outlined in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the provision of supports for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51008/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Safety (25 Sep 2025)

Brendan Smith: 280. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when additional legislative and regulatory measures will be implemented to prevent online abuse and the online dissemination of misinformation and disinformation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51096/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Sep 2025)

Brendan Smith: 295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when additional funding will be provided in 2025 to Cavan County Council for the housing aid for older people grant, the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability and the mobility aids grant scheme. [51088/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (24 Sep 2025)

Brendan Smith: 34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposals for further investment in an amenity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50817/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (24 Sep 2025)

Brendan Smith: 197. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the proposals to provide orthodontic services for children in Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50842/25]

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Engagement with the Office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces (23 Sep 2025)

Brendan Smith: I welcome our witnesses, Mr. Justice Mahon and Mr. O'Connor, to the committee. It is heartening to hear the positive, upbeat report from the ombudsman. He paints a picture of an office that is adequately resourced. Generally when we meet groups in the Oireachtas or in our daily work, they refer to a need for additional financial resources, so it is good to hear of one particular office...

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Engagement with the Office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces (23 Sep 2025)

Brendan Smith: Participants.

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Engagement with the Office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces (23 Sep 2025)

Brendan Smith: I have just one further question about courses. Sometimes there is a considerable delay in young privates getting on to particular courses. Does that arise in the ombudsman's work?

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Engagement with the Office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces (23 Sep 2025)

Brendan Smith: I thank the ombudsman.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (23 Sep 2025)

Brendan Smith: 35. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress to date in reducing waiting lists for children with additional needs accessing therapies in Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50219/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (23 Sep 2025)

Brendan Smith: 83. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress to date in recruiting additional therapists for disability services for Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50220/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Information and Communications Technology (23 Sep 2025)

Brendan Smith: 497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that will be introduced to protect the privacy of mobile and landline phone users in view of recent concerns regarding the harvesting of information by digital marketing and advertising industries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50509/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 Sep 2025)

Brendan Smith: 40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the proposals there are to upgrade and-or provide new accommodation and facilities, including living accommodation, for the permanent Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49234/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 Sep 2025)

Brendan Smith: 71. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress to date in implementing the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49233/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Infrastructure (18 Sep 2025)

Brendan Smith: 104. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of severe weather events in 2024 and to date in 2025, the measures being implemented to strengthen critical infrastructure including energy supplies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49276/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Infrastructure (18 Sep 2025)

Brendan Smith: 107. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if additional legislative or regulatory measures need to be implemented by his Department to protect critical infrastructure and ensure security of energy supplies particularly to rural communities, where severe difficulties were caused for households, businesses, farmers and for both statutory and voluntary providers of...