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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Niamh Smyth: We have run out of time, so we will move on.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I will give Mr. Rainey the last word on this. Then we have to move on.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Mr. Rainey. Senator Cassells is next.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I thank all of the witnesses for their presentations. I have some questions. We could drill down into so much detail on the fabulous projects. If my staycation did anything for me, it got me personally down to Waterford to see the Waterford Walls and I have been to Kilkenny city and all of those lovely places to see the great work that is happening on the ground. We know how transformative...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the witnesses. We have had a really fruitful, useful and insightful engagement. I know we are not done here, but it has given us an insight into the witnesses' perspective and more importantly their experience. I thank each of them for coming in here today. I also thank Ms Doherty who joined us online.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Niamh Smyth: We move to the second part of our discussion on the development of local and community arts. This meeting has been convened here in committee room 1. I welcome our guests, who somehow patiently sat through the first session and are here for the second session as well. They are all very welcome. First, I welcome Mr. Joe Caslin, street artist, teacher and activist, and Ms Una Mullally,...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Mr. Caslin and ask Ms Mullally to make her opening statement.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Ms Mullally. I now invite Mr. Kelly to make his opening statement.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Niamh Smyth: Mr. Yeates is offering.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Mr. Kelly. I am sure his statement will spark many questions among my colleagues. Finally, I invite Mr. John O'Connell to make his opening statement.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Niamh Smyth: It sounds like it is a busy couple of days in Waterford, on top of everything else.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Niamh Smyth: That is very good. Without further ado, I will hand over to my colleagues. We will start with Senator Warfield if he has some questions in mind.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I am exhausted already.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Niamh Smyth: On Senator Warfield's question, the bottom line is that bureaucracy does not get in the way when you are in the North, as opposed to here, where it does.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Niamh Smyth: We are therefore back at the point that it depends on the council you are speaking with.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Niamh Smyth: On that happy note, I must draw the meeting to a close. I thank all the witnesses for being with us. It has brought another perspective in. It has brought in the artist's voice very loudly and clearly to this part of our deliberations. I thank our witnesses most sincerely for being with us. I shall now suspend the meeting briefly to allow the witnesses to withdraw. We will then resume in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 44. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps his Department is taking to improve the monitoring and oversight of disability services; if there are plans to introduce a statutory authority to audit disability standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25801/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 76. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the services for speech and language therapy; the current waiting list figures for this service; if he will provide an update on the recruitment of personnel to help with these long waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25800/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 May 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 713. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get their appointment in Merlin Park Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25989/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (30 May 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 759. To ask the Minister for Health if TAVI heart surgery will be upgraded to the highest priority for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26179/23]