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Wed, 20 May 2020
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Special Educational Needs
Brendan Smith
353. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills if it is proposed to have a July education programme in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6687/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Brendan Smith
687. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the Covid-19 pandemic issues will be addressed on an all-island basis to the best possible extent; the level of cooperation in place at present between the authorities here and in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5803/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Brendan Smith
710. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health If consideration will be given to the request of a representative association in relation to the need to provide additional support for a sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5957/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Brendan Smith
812. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide additional financial support for community pharmacies in view of difficulties facing this sector as outlined by a union (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7026/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Livestock Issues
Brendan Smith
906. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if urgent consideration will be given to the issues raised in correspondence from an association (details supplied) in view of the need to have marts functioning as much as possible with appropriate restrictions in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6660/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Poultry Industry
Brendan Smith
907. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish a compensation scheme in respect of the culling of poultry flocks which has resulted in huge losses for a number of poultry farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6689/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Brendan Smith
908. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific proposals he put forward at the recent EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council in relation to the urgent need to provide adequate financial support for the farming sector in view of the additional difficulties that have arisen for different sectors due to Covid-19; the outcome of such discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6717/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Tourism Funding
Brendan Smith
1047. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had discussions with the banking sector in relation to the need to support the tourism and hospitality sector through the major difficulties that have arisen due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6700/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Domestic Violence
Brendan Smith
1185. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will put in place a short-term emergency rent supplement which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence to access safe housing for a period of three months or the duration of the Covid-19 national emergency in view of her responsibility for the co-ordination of the emergency Covid response to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6733/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Domestic Violence
Brendan Smith
1186. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider her decision not to facilitate access to emergency rent supplement which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence to secure safe housing for a period of three months or the duration of the Covid-19 national emergency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6736/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Domestic Violence
Brendan Smith
1281. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider her decision not to facilitate access to emergency rent supplement which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence to secure safe housing for a period of three months or the duration of the Covid-19 national emergency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6735/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Local Authority Housing
Brendan Smith
1370. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the funding allocated to Cavan County Council in respect of the housing voids programme in 2019; if an increased level of funding will be provided in 2020 in view of the urgent need to bring vacant local authority housing stock back to habitable use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6683/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Building Control Management System
Brendan Smith
1371. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to implement the recommendations of the Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht report on the title of architect published in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6702/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Waterways Ireland
Brendan Smith
1423. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital spending of her Department in 2019; the capital funding allocated to Waterways Ireland; the projects undertaken by Waterways Ireland with the allocation; the specific funding per project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6535/20]
Wed, 13 May 2020
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Third Level Staff
Brendan Smith
187. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the minimum number of contact and-or class hours each lecturer is obliged to undertake in each university and institute of technology; if he is satisfied that such hours are adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4209/20]
Wed, 13 May 2020
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Health Services Provision
Brendan Smith
511. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health his plans regarding the appointment of much needed additional Parkinson’s nurse specialists in view of the fact there are only two such nurse specialists in the 25 counties outside Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4210/20]
Thu, 5 Mar 2020
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Brexit Negotiations
Brendan Smith
45. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Brexit negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3693/20]
Thu, 5 Mar 2020
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Brexit Negotiations
Brendan Smith
46. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the implementation of the Irish Protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3694/20]
Thu, 5 Mar 2020
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Brexit Preparations
Brendan Smith
47. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of contingency planning for all Brexit scenarios including a no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3695/20]
Thu, 5 Mar 2020
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Humanitarian Aid
Brendan Smith
48. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the change of status to the EU-Turkey migration deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3696/20]