Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Schools Administration

Brendan Smith

90. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education when she will address anomalies in legislation and regulations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25883/24]

School Funding

Brendan Smith

91. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she will give urgent and detailed consideration to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding for primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25885/24]

Local Government Reform

Brendan Smith

96. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the proposals, if any, he has to establish town councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25884/24]

Cabinet Committees

Brendan Smith

2. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [23694/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Brendan Smith

700. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the existing policies to support medical staff who have contracted long-Covid and are now unable to work; his plans to introduce such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24736/24]

Tourism Policy

Brendan Smith

32. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if consideration is being given to the development of new tourism amenities on a cross-Border basis in areas such as Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24358/24]

Tourism Policy

Brendan Smith

40. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the progress to date in developing new tourism amenities (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24357/24]

Housing Schemes

Brendan Smith

68. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will increase the income eligibility limits for social housing for areas such as Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24359/24]

Housing Schemes

Brendan Smith

94. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase the income eligibility limits for social housing for areas such as Cavan and Monaghan as the present limits are unrealistic and are depriving families on relatively low incomes the opportunity to apply for social housing when in such instances these families will not meet the criteria for home loans or mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24363/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Brendan Smith

211. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason there are so many reviews of persons’ entitlements to carer’s allowance causing stress and some costs in preparing submissions (details supplied); her views on whether carer’s allowance plays a major role in reducing admissions to residential care and is a major saving on the State, taking into account that the majority of people want to remain at home, with supports, if at all possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24461/24]

Public Sector Pensions

Brendan Smith

231. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the pension of a person (details supplied) to ensure they are receiving the correct grade/scale and rate of pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24466/24]

Health Services

Brendan Smith

259. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that new facilities (details supplied) will be provided in all hospitals and in other major health care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24526/24]

Nursing Homes

Brendan Smith

268. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will give urgent and detailed consideration to the issues outlined by a national organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24580/24]

Cabinet Committees

Brendan Smith

18. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with defence will next meet. [23693/24]

Wildlife Regulations

Brendan Smith

125. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that there is proper consultation with all stakeholders when consideration is being given to amendments to the Open Seasons Order; if he will ensure that mechanisms are put in place in his Department to meet such commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24384/24]

Northern Ireland

Brendan Smith

143. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice if all formal requests from An Garda Síochána and the Government since 2021 for intelligence and other co-operation from the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom authorities relating to bombings in this jurisdiction in 1972 and 1973 have been fully facilitated; if An Garda Síochána is satisfied that no further information held by the PSNI or the UK authorities has been withheld or is outstanding following these specific requests relating to those heinous crimes committed more than 50 years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24234/24]

Bus Services

Brendan Smith

152. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the up-to-date position regarding the provision of a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23969/24]

Animal Culls

Brendan Smith

274. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that persons licensed to cull deer will be able to continue such services and that such licences will not just be made available to large-scale operators and exclude one-person licensed services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23719/24]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Brendan Smith

297. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Nature Advisory Committee, as recommended in the 2021 Review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service, will be established; the reason such a delay has occurred in establishing this committee which can provide a structured forum for consultation with stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24100/24]

Wildlife Regulations

Brendan Smith

298. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress to date in establishing a sustainable hunting of wild birds stakeholder forum; the timeline for its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24101/24]