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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: CLÁR Programme (23 Jan 2019)

Niamh Smyth: When will the next round of CLÁR funding be announced and will the Minister make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: CLÁR Programme (23 Jan 2019)

Niamh Smyth: I agree that CLÁR funding makes a significant difference, in particular in rural communities. I have seen the brilliant and positive influence it has had in the provision of playgrounds, first responders and many community events. I have received a great deal of feedback on the impact on local primary schools of traffic calming measures, in particular. I have raised with the Minister...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: CLÁR Programme (23 Jan 2019)

Niamh Smyth: That is welcome. I agree with the Minister that LIS funding should come from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. If it did, there would be more money for the Minister to give to rural communities which is what he is all about. Killinkere national school is very curtailed in what it can do and there are many schools in the same position across the country. For instance, the car...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Administration (23 Jan 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 42. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the local improvement scheme to local authorities nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3001/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (23 Jan 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 158. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) had their medical card taken away; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3279/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Why the Arts Matter: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)

Niamh Smyth: I thank our guests for their presentations. Like the Minister of State, I felt like standing up to clap after each, they were understandably so powerful, heartfelt and emotional. The witnesses have spent lifetimes contributing to the arts. Senator Warfield, others and I have spoken to Theatre Forum and listened to young artists who were at the beginning and middle of their careers. They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Why the Arts Matter: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)

Niamh Smyth: I am sorry to interrupt but when Mr. King and Mr. Dorgan were on the Arts Council, they asked important questions. When an emerging artist makes the decision to be an artist and to make that commitment, we must recognise that it is a life-long commitment. What conclusion did they come to in terms of the provisions that we should be making to ensure that when artists make that decision they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Why the Arts Matter: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)

Niamh Smyth: Can I tease that out a little? Some of the analysis from Theatre Forum suggests that the arts world has become more competitive and that there are a lot more artists in the country now. Courses at third level institutions such as the NCAD and colleges in Dún Laoghaire, Limerick and Cork mean that significant numbers of students qualify every year, some of whom go on to study at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Why the Arts Matter: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)

Niamh Smyth: I ask that the Chair would-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Why the Arts Matter: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)

Niamh Smyth: Have we not covered everything, Chairman?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (24 Jan 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the North-South Interconnector project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3405/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (24 Jan 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the steps he is taking to help county councils deal with incidents of illegal dumping and fly tipping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3407/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (24 Jan 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 165. To ask the Minister for Health if a homecare package will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); the reason one carer has been dropped from house calls to the person who needs two carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3486/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (24 Jan 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there have been policy changes or changes to the way in which the national car test, NCT, is conducted in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3465/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test Data (24 Jan 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the first time pass rate in each national car test, NCT, centre nationally in each of the years 2015 to 2018, in tabular form. [3466/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (29 Jan 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of negotiations particularly those relating to the Border region of counties Cavan and Monaghan in view of Brexit and the possible reintroduction of a hard border. [3771/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (29 Jan 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the ongoing outstanding requests with the UK Government regarding inquiries into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3977/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3732/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a special needs assistant, SNA, in school; and if an application has been made to request a SNA. [3998/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme (29 Jan 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 6 December 2018, the reason an application by a school (details supplied) was not approved; the further detailed analysis required in the case; if the matter will be expedited prior to the estimated timeframe of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4357/19]