Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Cultural Policy

Niamh Smyth

186. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way in which culture will be defined and the way the arm's length principle will be maintained in regard to Creative Ireland funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7661/17]

Cultural Policy

Niamh Smyth

187. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the current status of Culture 2025 and the commitments contained within it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7662/17]

Arts Funding

Niamh Smyth

188. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the delivery mechanisms for the individual art forms under pillar 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7663/17]

Arts Funding

Niamh Smyth

189. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding each local authority under pillar 2 of the Creative Ireland scheme will receive; and whether it will be ring-fenced. [7665/17]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Niamh Smyth

244. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7466/17]

Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Youth Strategy

Niamh Smyth

299. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the LGBT youth strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7498/17]

Child Care Services Provision

Niamh Smyth

60. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the affordable child care scheme will be available to parents from September 2017 through an online information technology system; the supports being developed for parents with the application to ensure that the support is not requested from the already over-burdened early years practitioners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7022/17]

Youth Services Expenditure

Niamh Smyth

78. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a commitment will be made to the value for money scheme post-2017; if more resources and funding will be allocated to this initiative which is running successfully in County Cavan; her plans to extend the value for money scheme to other counties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6940/17]

Garda Stations

Niamh Smyth

128. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is any update or indication of an advancement or movement in legal negotiations regarding the acquisition of a new site for Bailieborough Garda station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7329/17]

Help-To-Buy Scheme Data

Niamh Smyth

159. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons that have applied under the first-time buyer scheme as announced in budget 2017; the counties they applied from, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7328/17]

School Admissions

Niamh Smyth

177. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the concerns of a school (details supplied); the timeframe for the consultation on school admissions; the reason this timeframe has been reduced; if he will directly address its concerns regarding the role of the school in this process and if he will agree that a longer timeframe for consultation is essential; if he will extend same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6727/17]

School Accommodation

Niamh Smyth

183. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reason a school (details supplied) has not received grant aid for the provision of an extra classroom; the status of this application; when moneys are likely to be granted; if he will review same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6830/17]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Niamh Smyth

216. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to an application (details supplied) under the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7326/17]

Local Authority Housing

Niamh Smyth

245. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6991/17]

Labour Activation Measures

Niamh Smyth

297. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are any other schemes to replace the Gateway scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7409/17]

Garda Stations

Niamh Smyth

324. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is any update or indication of an advancement or movement in legal negotiations regarding the acquisition of a new site for Bailieborough Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7330/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Niamh Smyth

342. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will schedule the relevant assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6736/17]

Occupational Therapy

Niamh Smyth

353. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no occupational therapist on a child development team (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6666/17]

Poultry Industry

Niamh Smyth

587. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the situation with regard to the impact of emergency regulations put in place to tackle avian influenza to free range status poultry farmers in counties Cavan and Monaghan; if he will ensure free range producers do not lose their status simply due to the fact they complied with a compulsory directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7269/17]

Illegal Dumping

Niamh Smyth

601. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has any extra funding coming onstream to assist Cavan and Monaghan county councils to deal with illegal dumping and fly tipping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7411/17]

Road Improvement Schemes

Niamh Smyth

639. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade routes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7111/17]

Sports Capital Programme

Niamh Smyth

644. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of application workshops which were held to help groups applying for sports capital grants; the counties in which these were held and when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7266/17]

Road Safety

Niamh Smyth

647. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to implement a crash barrier on a route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7408/17]

Action Plan for Jobs

Niamh Smyth

19. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the sections in the action plan for jobs specifically relating to counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6187/17]

Brexit Issues

Niamh Smyth

24. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the targeted strategies the IDA and Enterprise Ireland have ongoing in the border region at present and particularly in counties Cavan and Monaghan to entice businesses in view of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6186/17]

Road Projects Status

Niamh Smyth

241. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the east-west link road investment project in County Cavan can be considered for part of the €2.6 billion in additional capital funding announced by the Government recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6479/17]

Road Improvement Schemes

Niamh Smyth

242. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if realignment works between Castleblayney and Carrickmacross can be considered for part of the €2.6 billion in additional capital funding announced by the Government recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6482/17]

Local Improvement Scheme

Niamh Smyth

56. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will make the reintroduction of the local improvement scheme a priority for the Government. [5759/17]

Brexit Issues

Niamh Smyth

180. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will clarify reports in the media on comments made by the former head of the European Commission’s customs procedures unit (details supplied) with regard to a hard border in counties Cavan and Monaghan, that the Government will be obliged to enforce strict border controls to avoid steep penalties from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6137/17]

Post Office Network

Niamh Smyth

189. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the status of a report (details supplied) regarding the rural post office network; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6146/17]

Postal Codes

Niamh Smyth

250. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the introduction of Eircode to rural Ireland; the action being taken to encourage it to be used by households; the number of households that have been provided with an Eircode in counties Cavan and Monaghan, in tabular form; if there are strategies in place to implement the usage of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6150/17]

Action Plan for Jobs

Niamh Smyth

285. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the sections in the action plan for jobs specifically relating to counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6152/17]

Job Creation

Niamh Smyth

286. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the work that is ongoing to find a company for a factory (details supplied) in Carrickmacross; the action that has been taken by her Department to date on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6153/17]

North-South Interconnector

Niamh Smyth

68. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the implications on the North-South interconnector project if the UK is no longer part of the EU (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5419/17]

Ground Rents Abolition

Niamh Smyth

102. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will propose a constitutional amendment to resolve the historical injustices whereby ground rents or other rent collecting mechanisms are enforced on tenants arising from antiquated systems associated with the obscure ownership structures related to buildings, such as those affected in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan (details supplied). [5503/17]

Ground Rents Abolition

Niamh Smyth

105. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will enact legislation to remove ground rents being forced on businesses by absentee estate landlords that made ownership claims at the foundation of the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5597/17]

Garda Equipment

Niamh Smyth

145. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in counties Cavan and Monaghan that do not have the PULSE system in place; if she will provide a list of these stations and their locations; if there are plans to install the PULSE systems; the timeframe for installation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6122/17]

Tourism Data

Niamh Smyth

243. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions that were allocated to the Cavan-Monaghan constituency in 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5781/17]

Tourism Data

Niamh Smyth

244. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding was allocated to the Cavan-Monaghan constituency for tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and 2016 by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5782/17]

Tourism Data

Niamh Smyth

245. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Skills the agency or Government body which has oversight and responsibility for hospitality and tourism skills development policy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5784/17]

Tourism Data

Niamh Smyth

246. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to bring back CERT, the State body for hospitality and tourism skills development policy and training delivery here, which was disbanded in 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5786/17]

Public Sector Staff Retirements

Niamh Smyth

389. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5509/17]

Hospital Services

Niamh Smyth

459. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the status of a unit (details supplied) at St James's Hospital; if funding is still in place for this unit; the timeframe for its delivery; the status of the hiring of the multidisciplinary team and specialists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5967/17]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Niamh Smyth

465. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an update or an appointment for their child. [6006/17]

GLAS Payments

Niamh Smyth

510. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects all persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan to be paid in full under the green low-carbon agricultural scheme, GLAS 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5470/17]

GLAS Payments

Niamh Smyth

536. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commission extra staff to deal with backlog of GLAS 2 payments for persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5734/17]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme

Niamh Smyth

538. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a review of the case of a person (details supplied); the timeframe for its completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5845/17]

North-South Interconnector

Niamh Smyth

557. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will place a hold on any Government funding for the capital phase of the North-South interconnector until such a time that the impact of Brexit on this project is realised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5392/17]

North-South Interconnector

Niamh Smyth

559. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which Brexit will affect a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5395/17]

Tourism Policy

Niamh Smyth

643. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that was allocated to the Cavan-Monaghan constituency for tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and 2016 by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5783/17]