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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]

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

Niamh Smyth: 185. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to review the age parameters for BreastCheck to increase the provision of free examinations to people under the age of 50 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7604/23]

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

Niamh Smyth: 186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the number of mammograms carried out by BreastCheck in 2022; how this number compares to numbers of mammograms carried out over the previous three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7605/23]

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

Niamh Smyth: 187. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the number of BreastCheck screening locations; if there are plans afoot to increase this number; if there are plans to have a screening unit in every county in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7606/23]

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

Niamh Smyth: 193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the BreastCheck annual screening report; the reason a report has not been published since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7613/23]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: This meeting has been convened today with representatives from Conradh na Gaeilge, the Joint Creative Audiovisual Sectoral Group, the National Campaign for the Arts, Irish Music Rights Organisation, IMRO, and Sport Ireland, to discuss future business model plans and long-term vision for the media sector with a focus on the Irish language, culture, creative economy and sport. This is the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: Yes, it is.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: Tá brón orm, a Uasail de Spáinn ach gabh mo leithscéal, but it is three minutes speaking time for each speaker and his contribution has gone way over the limit. I ask him to pause there. We will move on and I am sure he will get the opportunity to continue in some other format, when the questions arise later, to finish out his statement and, to in some other way, have...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Mr. Finn very much. I was going to ask him to conclude if he tried squeezing in another bit. We will move on to Dr. Una May from Sport Ireland.