Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan-Monaghan Brendan Smith says this Government needs to do more to safeguard jobs in the Border region as a result of Brexit. A new survey from business group IBEC highlights Cavan and Monaghan as being the two counties with the highest exposure to Brexit – with one in five workers employed […]
Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan Monaghan and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee Brendan Smith has called on the Irish Government to strongly convey its condemnation of the current political and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela. Deputy Smith wrote to the Foreign Affairs Minister to express his concern at the reports emerging from the recent […]
Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan/Monaghan and Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence, Brendan Smith has expressed his condolences following the death of Kevin McNamara, former British Labour MP of almost 40 years. Deputy Smith said, “I was privileged to work closely with Kevin on the British/Irish Inter Parliamentary Body and […]
Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan-Monaghan Brendan Smith has called on the Finance Minister to hold discussions with the banking sector to explore the possibility of providing essential financial services to people in rural towns and villages which have seen their local bank branches shut in recent years. Deputy Brendan Smith explained, “There are hundreds of […]
Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan-Monaghan Brendan Smith has called on the Junior Education Minister to ensure more flexibility in the administration of the School Transport Scheme. Recent changes in criteria have resulted in cases whereby one sibling qualifies for the scheme while another younger sibling may not. Difficulties have also arisen with the measurement of […]
Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan-Monaghan Brendan Smith has slammed the Communications Minister after it emerged that the roll out of the National Broadband Plan to isolated and rural communities will not now take place until 2019 at the earliest. Deputy Brendan Smith says the delays are indicative of this Government’s dismissive attitude to rural Ireland. […]
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