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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (28 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 647. To ask the Minister for Health the reason twin boys (details supplied) have received no follow-up assessment in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10067/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 681. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a facility (details supplied) is not operating; the expected timeframe for a commencement date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10222/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (23 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 9. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the Streetscape Enhancement Initiative for Ballyconnell, County Cavan. [9231/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (23 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 12. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of community groups in counties Cavan and Monaghan that are in receipt of funding under the Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme. [9232/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (23 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for their driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9423/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 264. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women eligible for BreastCheck screening in each county; and the number of women currently on the waiting list for same; the number waiting 0-3, 3-6, waiting 6-12, and the number waiting 12 months, in tabular form. [9352/23]

Seanad: Report on Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland's Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for having us here today to discuss this important report. I will begin by thanking my colleagues on the committee for their diligence around this issue. We had many hearings, with lots of contributions, ideas and suggestions. I want to thank them, and especially the secretariat of the committee who are sitting here quietly in the corner. Ms Laura Pathe and...

Seanad: Report on Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland's Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Senators for their contributions. I want to especially thank Senator Casey, who had not intended to be here. I would have fully expected him to be here because I know how passionate he is about this sector, and as he said, he has given decades of service to it as a front-line member of staff and employer.We have to be very careful about making sweeping statements and about the...

Seanad: Report on Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland's Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: My apologies. I have chaired that committee for the past two and a half years. They have been in time and again and I never got the impression that they undervalued their staff in any way. They said exactly what Senator Casey said here today; they do not just recognise, but know, that their staff are their greatest asset.

Seanad: Report on Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland's Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: It is important that we speak properly and representatively of those organisations. I think any of my colleagues, including those in the Senator's party, will agree that those who have come before us do not discount, devalue or disregard their staff. They have all come in and said that they do not have a business without their staff. That has to be said and recognised. The Senator cannot...

Seanad: Report on Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland's Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I will continue. I greatly appreciate the debate, which has been very useful, and it is great to have the Minister here. I am especially grateful to the stakeholders who have engaged with the committee in examining the topic. It is of huge benefit to our proceedings to have such frank discussions around the industry. I also thank the union groups and those in academia who have campaigned...

Seanad: Report on Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland's Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I am grateful to the Senators for listening and for their contributions. It is essential for us, as legislators, and especially for the Government to act to safeguard this vital industry that is key to our economy. The recommendations in this report are reasonable and call for greater engagement from other key Departments. I note from the reply to a parliamentary question posed by Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (22 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 216. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has to wait so long for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8989/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (22 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason road planting, thinning and felling licences are not active since the start of 2023; the measures that are to be taken by those who are in limbo since December 2022 when their licences expired (details supplied); when they can expect all licences to be renewed and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8992/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Data (21 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 115. 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. [8622/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (15 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review will be carried out on a pension payment to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7476/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (15 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 153. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting on an operation in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7455/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (15 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 168. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long on an appointment in Monaghan Hospital. [7495/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 182. To ask the Minister for Health the funding his Department has allocated to BreastCheck, the national breast cancer screening programme; the percentage of the total budget allocation for his Department this amounts to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7598/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 183. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the waiting lists for the BreastCheck national breast cancer screening programme; the steps his Department is taking to deal with this backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7599/23]