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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (19 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans and strategies being introduced to reduce waiting times in Cavan’s driving test centre, which are currently running into June 2023, which is a full five-month wait to apply for a test (details supplied). [2256/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (19 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans and strategies being introduced to reduce waiting times in the Cavan driving test centre, which are currently running into 9 April 2023, which is five months to apply for a test (details supplied). [62391/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (19 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Local Link service in County Cavan could be extended to Crosskeys, which is 8 km away, to accommodate 21 Ukrainian refugees (details supplied). [62390/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the counties that currently have the homelessness rate of HAP available to people in need in their respective counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2154/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 1174. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63243/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (18 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 1252. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a child (details supplied) was moved from Meath primary care unit to Louth primary care unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63548/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (18 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 1253. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a child (details supplied) has not received any appointments in the past three years for their autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63549/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 1490. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) is waiting on a procedure at Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1449/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 1630. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for surgery in St. James’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1901/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 1680. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent ophthalmology appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2167/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 1713. To ask the Minister for Health if the unfortunate experience and delay of a person (details supplied) in getting their hip operation will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2318/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (24 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the unfair treatment when it comes to the rent tax credit not being made available to parents of students where the tenancy is of a type that is exempt from RTB registration, such as a ‘rent-a-room’ or ‘digs’-type arrangement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2270/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Business of Joint Committee (24 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I nominate Senator Barry Ward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022: Discussion (24 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I am coming to this with two hats: the artistic one, having worked in the Garage Theatre in Monaghan for quite a number of years before landing here in Leinster House, and my tourism and hospitality sector hat. As somebody who lives in a very rural neck of the woods in County Cavan, I have seen the demise of our local pubs, which were of great importance, and am now seeing our hotels going...

Interim Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I wish to begin by acknowledging this catastrophic report, which has been released. I commend the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, on insisting that this happened, that the research was done and that we got a real drill-down to the detail of where the system is at. We have all known for years that there are difficulties and problems but there are some really stark and frightening outcomes...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (26 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 9. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of organisations that have adopted the safe to create programme’s code of conduct; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3554/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (26 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 67. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of artists in counties Cavan and Monaghan that are in receipt of the basic income for the arts scheme. [3553/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (26 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenants that were housed in counties Cavan and Monaghan under the housing assistance payment scheme. [3583/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (26 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the means of housing assistance payment can be increased to match increases in rent and cost-of-living in counties Cavan and Monaghan. [3584/23]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I welcome our colleagues and, more importantly, I welcome the guests who are here with us today. I have a little bit of housekeeping to do and hope they can bear with me. Can I take it that the draft minutes of our public and private committee meetings on 18 January 2023 are formally agreed and that there are no matters arising? Is that agreed? Agreed. This meeting has been convened to...