Results 6,821-6,840 of 10,453 for speaker:Niamh Smyth

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schemes that are covered under the €40 million funding for school summer programmes; the incentives to encourage additional schools to apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23549/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that her Department is taking to ease the delays in assessment of need waiting times for children; her plans regarding the delivery of ASD units in counties Cavan and Monaghan and nationwide; and if SNA provision forms part of this plan. [23550/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (12 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 199. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will review a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will provide an update on same. [23890/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (12 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the availability of modern foreign languages in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23657/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (12 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of new specifications for the relationships and sexuality education and social, personal and health education curricular across primary and post-primary schools; if upskilling programmes are available for teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23658/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cyberbullying Issues (12 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline her Department’s strategy to tackle cyberbullying and harassment, particularly of children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22104/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (12 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 326. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a child (details supplied); the status of a speech and language therapy appointment for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23927/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (17 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 25. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and policing reform division of his Department. [24476/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (17 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: I raise the matter of the death of Shane O'Farrell in a hit-and-run accident which stole a beautiful 23-year-old son from Lucia and Jim and took a deeply loved brother from his sisters in 2011. The Taoiseach has met the O'Farrell family on a number of occasions and is acutely aware of how the criminal justice system failed Shane and continues to fail his grieving family. The man who...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Artists' Remuneration (17 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the protections that are in place to ensure that artists selected as part of the basic income for the arts pilot scheme will not lose their eligibility for additional social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24672/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (17 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the planned launch of the automatic enrolment retirement saving systems; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24671/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (17 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the case of a person (details supplied) will be urgently reviewed; if the test will be rescheduled as soon as possible given the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24901/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (17 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 691. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for respite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24431/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 741. To ask the Minister for Health if support will be provided to a nurse (details supplied) who was injured at work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24821/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (18 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for her latitude. I want to talk to the Minister of State about the hydrotherapy pool in Enable Ireland in Cavan, which I was very privileged to bring her to see. I want to thank her publicly for the time she spent in Cavan-Monaghan to visit many of our disability services. I am sure she was as shocked as I was to see a wonderful facility lying closed...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (18 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the Minister of State for her positive response. There are questions to be answered as to why a pool has lain idle for the past four years. I know there is no point in going back and we need to be positive and look forward, but it is not good enough to say that Covid is the reason why a hydrotherapy pool has lain idle for the past four years. Covid has been going on for two years,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 19. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [24819/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Travel Documents (18 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if an emergency appointment will be arranged in order to get documents authenticated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24980/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (18 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be issued to a person (details supplied) on time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25002/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (18 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the passport of a child (details supplied) will issue in time for travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25046/22]