Results 1-20 of 18,706 for speaker:Brendan Smith

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Nov 2025)

Brendan Smith: I welcome the Minister of State's commitment in this regard.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Nov 2025)

Brendan Smith: 44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when details of the next community sports facilities fund will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64199/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Nov 2025)

Brendan Smith: As the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach knows, the sports capital programme has been extremely beneficial across our two counties of Cavan and Monaghan. Voluntary groups and sporting organisations have worked hard to provide new and upgraded facilities. No matter what parish I go to, it is great to see the top-quality facilities available. Unfortunately, the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach and I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Nov 2025)

Brendan Smith: I welcome the Minister of State's announcement on the next round. It is a joy to visit any of our sporting clubs on a Saturday morning and see the huge numbers of people participating. Clubs who have relatively good facilities and even county boards with good facilities are always talking to us about the pressure on their grounds and their need for additional facilities. It is welcome...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (19 Nov 2025)

Brendan Smith: 17. To ask the Taoiseach for a report on the work of the shared island unit. [48516/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Nov 2025)

Brendan Smith: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on water quality will next meet. [58231/25]

Select Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Business of Select Committee (19 Nov 2025)

Brendan Smith: I warmly welcome what has been achieved and it is great to hear the Minister being able to utter the phrase "all-Ireland university". Those of us who come from Ulster are particularly conscious of and proud of that development. I represent two of the counties that are in the broader catchment area of Dundalk Institute of Technology and a huge amount of students from my own constituency...

Select Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: National Training Fund (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2025)

Brendan Smith: I share the sentiments. Maybe it is an issue that could be addressed across procurement in general. It is probably a matter for the Department of public expenditure. There should be an element of ensuring that apprenticeships are in major projects. It would need to be done in general rather than specifically for the Minister's Department, I would expect. I do not know. Like the...

Select Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (19 Nov 2025)

Brendan Smith: I welcome the provision of the additional Estimate and resources for the Minister’s Department. I had to take a call and I missed some of the discussion with regard to the SUSI grant or grant supports for beneficiaries of temporary protection, particularly for the Ukrainian people who are here. I dealt with some cases where they applied through the normal SUSI grant application. I...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Correspondence (19 Nov 2025)

Brendan Smith: 128. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will give detailed and urgent consideration to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) in respect of recent additional costs on a sector that provides very significant employment throughout the country and is a critical component of the overall national economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (19 Nov 2025)

Brendan Smith: 339. To ask the Minister for Health with consideration for the findings of national and international research, the measures that will be implemented to deal with the impact of loneliness on all age groups, as loneliness is considered a major public health issue internationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64112/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (19 Nov 2025)

Brendan Smith: 340. To ask the Minister for Health if it is proposed to develop a strategy to help prevent loneliness as a public health policy priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64113/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (19 Nov 2025)

Brendan Smith: 341. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the work to date of the Loneliness Taskforce, which was established in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64114/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (18 Nov 2025)

Brendan Smith: 153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that a project (details supplied) will be included in his Department’s sectoral plan for the 2026 to 2030 period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63476/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (18 Nov 2025)

Brendan Smith: 154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that a project (details supplied) will be included in his Department's sectoral plan for the 2026 to 2030 period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63475/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Nov 2025)

Brendan Smith: 1126. To ask the Minister for Health if urgent consideration will be given to the provision of services at a health care facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63714/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 Nov 2025)

Brendan Smith: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals to amend and improve the criteria for the establishment of school transport to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62611/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (13 Nov 2025)

Brendan Smith: 406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of recent discussions he had with the EU Commissioner in relation to the need to review the Nitrates Derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62622/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (12 Nov 2025)

Brendan Smith: 116. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the scheme or schemes of grant aid that will be available in 2026 for the upgrading or provision of new childcare accommodation, both for community providers and private providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61588/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (12 Nov 2025)

Brendan Smith: 172. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding that will be provided in 2026 for the building blocks grant scheme; when the details of the 2026 scheme will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61587/25]