Results 921-940 of 10,432 for speaker:Niamh Smyth
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Niamh Smyth: Will the €1.6 million for public events come out of the overall €5 million for Creative Ireland?
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Niamh Smyth: Just to follow on, will the Minister go to each local authority to do the workshops?
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Niamh Smyth: I have a number of questions for the Minister. On education-----
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Niamh Smyth: -----we have €5 million and five pillars, and €1.6 million has been spent on public events. Education is hugely important. How much of the money will be spent on the education stream of the five pillars?
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Niamh Smyth: Have they been designated the job of implementing pillar 1 of Creative Ireland?
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Niamh Smyth: How much have they been given to do this?
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Niamh Smyth: I appreciate all of that, but I am asking how much will be spent on the education sector.
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Niamh Smyth: It is not coming out of the €5 million for Creative Ireland.
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Niamh Smyth: I am only trying to get the figures straight in my head, I am not trying to trip up the Minister. There is €5 million, and €1.6 million has been spent on actual public events. What the Minister is really saying is of the €5 million there is nothing specific for the arts in education and the Minister is depending on the Arts Council and its funding stream to fund it.
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Niamh Smyth: I appreciate that, but I am focusing on arts in education. None of the €5 million is specifically for arts in education, and the Minister is depending on the Arts Council and its funding streams to implement it. Am I right?
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Niamh Smyth: I appreciate that. I am just interested in what the focus is in terms of money for the delivery of arts in education and the arts in education charter.
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Niamh Smyth: The allocation of €5 million for Creative Ireland is separate from and not additional to the delivery of arts in education, which continues to be delivered by the Arts Council.
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Niamh Smyth: I appreciate that and I compliment the Minister as this is probably the first time the Departments of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and Education and Skills have worked together. The Minister and I both know from our work on the ground that it is extremely important that they do so. Has a commitment been made regarding the implementation of the local arts and...
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Niamh Smyth: Are the education and training boards involved?
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Niamh Smyth: A sum of €5 million has been provided for the plan, with a further €5 million allocated for its implementation.
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Niamh Smyth: I appreciate that.
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Niamh Smyth: It is great that €5 million has been provided for the implementation of the plan because we need to know how it will be implemented. How much of the €5 million provided under Pillar 1 will be spent on arts in education?
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Niamh Smyth: Has the €5 million been broken down into specific allocations for the five pillars?
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Niamh Smyth: I congratulate the Government on getting the Ulster Canal project started. Will the new capital programme that is coming on stream be included in that?
- Equal Participation in Schools Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 May 2017)
Niamh Smyth: No parent should have to baptise his or her child simply to get him or her into a school. All children, regardless of religious denomination or outlook, should have access to a school in their local community. Therefore, I will not support the Bill. It is unconstitutional and would discriminate against the right of schools to defend their ethos. About 20% of schools in the country are...