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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Feb 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 210. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); if this appointment will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6568/18]

Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Niamh Smyth: On page 41 of the programme for Government, there is a commitment "to deliver sustainable full employment." Mention is also made of jobs outside Dublin. In 2015, the Bose factory in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, closed with the loss of 140 jobs. This morning, Carrickmacross has suffered another devastating blow with 31 forced redundancies at Kerry Foods. Will the Taoiseach ask the...

Other Questions: Fodder Crisis (13 Feb 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 34. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for and his plans to review his Department's decision to leave out farmers in counties Cavan, Monaghan, Longford and Roscommon from the right to avail of the fodder transport subsidy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7114/18]

Other Questions: Fodder Crisis (13 Feb 2018)

Niamh Smyth: Will the Minister clarify if farmers in counties Cavan and Monaghan are eligible for the fodder transport scheme? Given that there is some confusion about it, will he throw some light on the application process.

Other Questions: Fodder Crisis (13 Feb 2018)

Niamh Smyth: I take it from the Minister's comments that farmers in counties Cavan and Monaghan can apply for the scheme. As he knows, we have suffered a significant amount of rainfall and the problem is getting worse. There has been huge flooding across agricultural lands in counties Cavan and Monaghan where farmers are coming under increasing pressure. They do not have enough fodder to keep their...

Other Questions: Fodder Crisis (13 Feb 2018)

Niamh Smyth: No, just within the agriculture sector.

Other Questions: Fodder Crisis (13 Feb 2018)

Niamh Smyth: I am not a farmer but I would say even the farming community is extremely confused. It sounds cumbersome. There are a number of steps to take to access what should be a simple scheme. More paperwork and more bureaucracy is not going to help farmers considering the pressure they are under on a daily basis in doing their job. I urge the Minister to take up the straightforward proposal made...

Third Interim Report from the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (13 Feb 2018)

Niamh Smyth: We in Fianna Fáil welcomed the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes when it was established. We recognised the importance of the commission in delivering justice and accountability for all those affected by mother and baby homes. The commission's third interim report makes a request to extend the deadline for its reports on its findings on the institutions being...

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

Niamh Smyth: I compliment Deputy Troy on bringing forward this important motion. It is very important in my own constituency for one main reason, which is that we have no motorways in counties Cavan or Monaghan. The motorway stops on the Meath border. We are the forgotten counties when it comes to motorways. The N2, which is a death trap and has had numerous fatalities, needs to be upgraded to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (13 Feb 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to problems with issued knowledge transfer payments particularly for partnership farms; the steps he will take to rectify the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7138/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Negative Equity Mortgages (13 Feb 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures being taken to assist families such as a person (details supplied) who are stuck in properties in negative equity; the schemes available for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7395/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (13 Feb 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí assigned to each county in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7204/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Feb 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 449. To ask the Minister for Health if a case (details supplied) will be reviewed; if this is accurate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7389/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 Feb 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 447. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment can be scheduled for a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7366/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Data (13 Feb 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 554. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of households and businesses waiting on the roll-out of the national broadband plan in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath and nationally, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7486/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (13 Feb 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 595. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of women's refuge centres; the number of women these centres can cater for; the number of women in these centres at present; the centre which supports women in counties Cavan and Monaghan; her plans to introduce more; the supports in place for women in counties Cavan and Monaghan who have no centre; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (13 Feb 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 596. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce a women's refuge to counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7392/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (13 Feb 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 597. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the services available to women from counties Cavan and Monaghan seeking refuge from abusive relationships; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7393/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Negative Equity Mortgages (13 Feb 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to assist families, such as a person (details supplied), that are stuck in properties in negative equity; the schemes available for them to avail of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7394/18]

Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (14 Feb 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of communities in counties Cavan and Monaghan in regard to the North-South interconnector, in particular as regards health, land and property devaluation, tourism and heritage; his plans to underground the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7465/18]