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Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the Minister. Do we have figures on how many preschools and primary schools use ABA? I take the Minister's point that perhaps many special education units use it. When it comes to any training such as ABA, early intervention is key. I am trying to see whether the Minister will look further at this with regard to preschools. From speaking to Claire Callan, I understand the younger...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposal to bring specialised therapists into schools and pre-schools will also provide services for applied behaviour analysis. [29225/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (4 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus for a school (details supplied) will be retained; if the situation will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29551/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Supporting and Facilitating the Arts: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: I apologise for being late. I missed the Galway Arts Festival presentation but Deputy Ó Cuív will have me well tuned in and, hopefully, I will get to hear more from the witnesses also. It is fantastic to have the witnesses here this morning. I would be singing off the same hymn sheet as my colleague, Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell. It is wonderful to have people from the arts...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Supporting and Facilitating the Arts: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: Before we move on, I remind all the witnesses that I asked a very specific question about the relationship between Creative Ireland and the Arts Council. I ask them to comment on that. I see duplication in some respects. I worry about that. Perhaps they will disagree with me and say they are on the right track. As people at the coalface of this, I would like to hear their opinion on it.

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: In A Programme for a Partnership Government there is a commitment to safe, timely care for patients in a location as close to home as possible. Did the Minister for Health instruct senior officials of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, RCSI, group to downgrade services at Cavan General Hospital? It is my understanding that consultants were informed that all complex medical procedures...

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: Is it the case that no instruction was given to consultants last week?

Other Questions: Brexit Supports (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 77. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for the Brexit loan scheme announced in budget 2018 from counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30089/18]

Other Questions: Brexit Supports (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: I wish to ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for the Brexit loan scheme announced in the 2018 budget, particularly for counties Cavan and Monaghan, and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Other Questions: Brexit Supports (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: I suppose the Minister will find it worrying that we only have six applications from both counties at this stage. I appreciate that she is trying to take action that will identify where concerns exist and where measures need to be taken, and that she is putting measures in place to galvanise the businesses and enterprises in Cavan-Monaghan and protect them against a hard Brexit, which it...

Other Questions: Brexit Supports (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: Those figures are extremely low. I am sure the Minister would have to agree with that. We have learned that just 122 of Enterprise Ireland's more than 5,000 client companies - that is, just 2% of the total - have availed of the agency's Be Prepared Brexit grant. The figures the Minister read into the record will not instil any confidence that people are actually engaging with the packages...

Other Questions: Brexit Supports (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: But they are not taking them up.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 107. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the most recent occasion on which the IDA visited counties Cavan and Monaghan; 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. [30264/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to change the terms and conditions for school secretaries (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30777/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 413. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30141/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 542. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 21 June 2018, if staff will be acquired to cover dental services in Virginia health centre; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that waiting lists are behind in County Cavan due to children from east County Cavan going to Cavan town for treatment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 543. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30325/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 550. To ask 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. [30338/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 655. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for investment in disability services at a site (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30792/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 665. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30816/18]