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Wed, 8 May 2019
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Occupational Therapy Provision
Niamh Smyth
769. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if an occupational therapy appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18987/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Niamh Smyth
814. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for an MRI scan to diagnose the level of pituitary edema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19156/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
Niamh Smyth
818. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for occupational therapy and physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19184/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Home Care Packages Eligibility
Niamh Smyth
835. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a home care package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19259/19]
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Hospital Appointments Status
Niamh Smyth
926. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19563/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Services for People with Disabilities
Niamh Smyth
964. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if a one-to-one occupational therapy appointment will be scheduled at the school of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19788/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Niamh Smyth
967. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) must wait for another 18 months for an operation in view of the fact that their condition was diagnosed over three years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19815/19]
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Hospital Appointments Status
Niamh Smyth
1049. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19937/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Hospital Appointments Status
Niamh Smyth
1060. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19967/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Agriculture Scheme Appeals
Niamh Smyth
1162. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a payment to a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19018/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Electric Vehicles
Niamh Smyth
1211. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the locations of the high power charging hubs for electric cars (details supplied) in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18509/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Brexit Issues
Niamh Smyth
1283. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the implications of Brexit for the case of persons (details supplied); the options available to them regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18780/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Sports Funding
Niamh Smyth
1286. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be granted to a local authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18880/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Sports Capital Programme
Niamh Smyth
1290. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next round of sports capital grant funding is opening to new applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18953/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Niamh Smyth
1348. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if funding is in place for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18776/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Working Family Payment Applications
Niamh Smyth
1418. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a working family payment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18903/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Social Welfare Appeals
Niamh Smyth
1426. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19021/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Carer's Benefit Applications
Niamh Smyth
1429. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19085/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Working Family Payment Applications
Niamh Smyth
1431. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a working family payment application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19088/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Invalidity Pension Reviews
Niamh Smyth
1450. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an invalidity pension review will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19519/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Niamh Smyth
1496. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter (details supplied) will be reviewed; her views on the issues raised; if policy changes are planned regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19780/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Working Family Payment Applications
Niamh Smyth
1499. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a working family payment application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19855/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Commissioner of Valuation
Niamh Smyth
1509. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a matter (details supplied) will be reviewed; his plans to address the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19137/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Local Authority Rates
Niamh Smyth
1510. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the rates bar set in Kingscourt, County Cavan, will be reviewed; if he will address concerns raised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19177/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Departmental Funding
Niamh Smyth
1607. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Cork event centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18975/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Departmental Funding
Niamh Smyth
1608. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding planning permission and funding for the Cork event centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18976/19]
Wed, 8 May 2019
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Departmental Funding
Niamh Smyth
1609. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a new timeline is not in place in view of comments made that a new timeline would be in place by Easter 2019 for the Cork event centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18977/19]
Thu, 18 Apr 2019
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Visual Artist's Workspace Scheme
Niamh Smyth
323. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the average cost of funding art workspaces as part of the visual artists' workplace scheme; the number of locations funded by the scheme; the cost of the scheme; the list of locations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18188/19]
Thu, 18 Apr 2019
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Arts Funding
Niamh Smyth
324. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost of removing the €2,550,000 cap for the per cent for art scheme and of adjusting the other caps accordingly; the number of art projects that have been funded each year since the scheme was established; the amount spent each year on the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18189/19]
Thu, 18 Apr 2019
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Arts Promotion
Niamh Smyth
325. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is an art camp programme established with State funding; if so, the cost of running the programme; the number of camps run under the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18190/19]
Wed, 17 Apr 2019
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Insurance Costs
Niamh Smyth
73. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Finance the status of the measures taken to meet and engage with insurance companies here regarding excessive premiums being charged to consumers, particularly in counties Cavan and Monaghan. [17740/19]
Wed, 17 Apr 2019
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Garda Station Closures
Niamh Smyth
104. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of the buildings in which Garda stations were formally located in counties Cavan and Monaghan which have been sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17945/19]
Wed, 17 Apr 2019
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Garda Data
Niamh Smyth
125. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí located in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17922/19]
Wed, 17 Apr 2019
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Garda Deployment
Niamh Smyth
126. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Garda division since recruitment resumed in Templemore in 2014, by year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17923/19]
Wed, 17 Apr 2019
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Legal Aid Applications Data
Niamh Smyth
129. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons waiting on mediation through the free legal aid system by county; the length of time they are waiting; the waiting times for same in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17941/19]
Wed, 17 Apr 2019
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Garda Resources
Niamh Smyth
130. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if extra funding is being provided for Garda resources in the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division in 2019 in view of the recent ATM robberies. [17942/19]
Wed, 17 Apr 2019
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Garda Station Closures
Niamh Smyth
131. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations that have been closed in the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division in the past decade in tabular form; if An Garda Síochána has plans for the remaining stations in State ownership; his plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17945/19]
Wed, 17 Apr 2019
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IDA Ireland Site Visits
Niamh Smyth
133. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the most recent occasion on which IDA Ireland visited counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath; the number of new jobs that have been created by the IDA in the past 12 months; the steps it is taking to attract companies to the counties; the success it has had with the strategy for the counties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17935/19]
Wed, 17 Apr 2019
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Ambulance Service Provision
Niamh Smyth
165. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if ambulance shortages will be addressed for staff rostering in County Monaghan which has emerged due to the removal of a vehicle (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17912/19]
Wed, 17 Apr 2019
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Ambulance Service Provision
Niamh Smyth
166. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if a new ambulance allocated recently to County Monaghan to help manage new rostering has been moved to cover Castleblaney which has no ambulance; if so, the reason the ambulance was not taken from another county in which there are surplus ambulances to requirements to fill the gap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17913/19]
Wed, 17 Apr 2019
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Ambulance Service Staff
Niamh Smyth
167. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the number of new ambulance personnel recruited in counties Cavan and Monaghan in the past year (details supplied); if these staff were already classified as unrostered staff prior to this announcement; the reason no new additional staff were rostered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17915/19]
Wed, 17 Apr 2019
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Ambulance Service Staff
Niamh Smyth
168. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the number of new intern paramedics counties Cavan and Monaghan received following their graduation from college; the reason intern paramedics from the north east are not being trained up in positions in the counties upon graduation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17916/19]
Wed, 17 Apr 2019
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Cancer Screening Programmes
Niamh Smyth
169. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the timescale for the results of repeat cervical smears; the number of women waiting for same; the length of time they are waiting; and the reason for delays by county in tabular form. [17921/19]
Wed, 17 Apr 2019
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Hospital Services
Niamh Smyth
171. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the status of a unit (details supplied); the details of the review of same; when the review will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17936/19]
Wed, 17 Apr 2019
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Hospitals Data
Niamh Smyth
172. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the number of attendances at a unit (details supplied) in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17937/19]
Wed, 17 Apr 2019
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Emergency Departments
Niamh Smyth
173. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the status of work planned for a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17938/19]
Wed, 17 Apr 2019
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Emergency Departments
Niamh Smyth
174. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the need for investment in regional hospitals and in particular a unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17939/19]
Wed, 17 Apr 2019
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Emergency Departments Data
Niamh Smyth
175. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at Cavan General Hospital in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17940/19]
Wed, 17 Apr 2019
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GLAS Payments
Niamh Smyth
197. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan and nationwide by county waiting for GLAS payments; the number of part payments issued in tabular form; and his plans to process the outstanding payments. [17927/19]
Wed, 17 Apr 2019
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Brexit Preparations
Niamh Smyth
198. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingency steps being taken to limit the impact of a no-deal Brexit on the agriculture sector. [17928/19]