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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (26 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) and have a bus ticket issued in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40670/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Promotion (26 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 230. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to purchase the Yeats family collection; and if not, the reason therefor. [40174/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (26 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 251. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the process to instate a new director of Creative Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40756/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (26 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 252. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the lack of artist-run studio spaces and the fact that Ireland lags far behind other European countries in this regard. [40757/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Built Heritage Investment Scheme (26 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 253. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress on the built heritage investment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40758/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (26 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 254. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions she will take in the coming year to increase children's access to music, art and drama; and the funding she will dedicate to same. [40759/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (26 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 255. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the year two programme of work for Creative Ireland; and the steps she will take to advance the plan in 2018. [40760/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council Funding (26 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 256. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will support the Arts Council to move to a longer-term funding model for smaller arts organisations as recently discussed in the media. [40761/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 273. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited with an organisation (details supplied) for a person that has been on the waiting list for two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40188/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (26 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 320. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment with a charity can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40390/17]

Priority Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of each of her actions for the first year of the implementation programme of Creative Ireland. [40938/17]

Priority Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: I welcome the Minister and the Minister of State back to the new term. I ask the Minister to outline to the House the status and the implementation of each pillar in the first year of Creative Ireland.

Priority Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: I am sure the Minister will appreciate it is my job on the Opposition benches to interrogate and investigate how progress is being made. My biggest concern, as it would be for anyone in the artistic community, is implementation. It would be fair to say the Creative Ireland programme was launched in the glitziest way possible. The Department held a roadshow that possibly hit every county in...

Priority Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: One thing I feel very strongly about, and which I have seen in the arts, is duplication. I would not want to see any duplication through what the Minister proposes to do in Creative Ireland of anything already in existence. For example, there are cultural teams and a cultural director of each local authority. I question whether there is a difference between them and what the arts officer...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Built Heritage Investment Scheme (27 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 51. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress on the built heritage investment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40727/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts and Culture Capital Scheme (27 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 56. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the lack of artist run studio space and the fact that Ireland lags far behind other European countries in this regard. [40726/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions she will take in the coming year to increase children's access to music, art and drama; and the funding she will dedicate to same. [40728/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council Funding (27 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 71. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will support the Arts Council to move to a longer term funding model for smaller arts organisations as recently discussed in the media. [40729/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 73. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the process to instate a new director of Creative Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40725/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (27 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a Garda vetting application by a person (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40998/17]