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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (26 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenants that were housed in counties Cavan and Monaghan under the housing assistance payment scheme. [3583/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (26 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the means of housing assistance payment can be increased to match increases in rent and cost-of-living in counties Cavan and Monaghan. [3584/23]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I welcome our colleagues and, more importantly, I welcome the guests who are here with us today. I have a little bit of housekeeping to do and hope they can bear with me. Can I take it that the draft minutes of our public and private committee meetings on 18 January 2023 are formally agreed and that there are no matters arising? Is that agreed? Agreed. This meeting has been convened to...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I thank colleagues for their forbearance and thank Senator Malcolm Byrne for taking the Chair. I call Deputy Griffin.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the Deputy. We appreciate his questions.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I thank our guests for being here today and I thank my colleagues. We will be coming back to this. As everyone has heard, there have been many concerns raised and I am sure they will be picked up on and addressed where possible. I propose we now suspend our meeting to allow the secretariat to make arrangements for the next briefing, which is to happen at 3.30 p.m.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Print Media and Journalism: Free Media Ireland (25 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: This meeting has been convened with representatives from Free Media Ireland to discuss the future business model plans and long-term vision for the media sector in print media and journalism. On behalf of the committee I warmly welcome our guests Mr. Jarlath Feeney from the Cork Independent, Mr. Peter Timmins from the Galway Advertiserand Mr. Will Ryan from the Limerick Post.The format of...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Print Media and Journalism: Free Media Ireland (25 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: If I can be excused, I am going to ask the Vice Chair to take the Chair because I have another meeting to go to. I thank the witnesses for coming in today and I thank Deputy Dillon for taking the Chair.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (24 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the unfair treatment when it comes to the rent tax credit not being made available to parents of students where the tenancy is of a type that is exempt from RTB registration, such as a ‘rent-a-room’ or ‘digs’-type arrangement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2270/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Business of Joint Committee (24 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I nominate Senator Barry Ward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022: Discussion (24 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I am coming to this with two hats: the artistic one, having worked in the Garage Theatre in Monaghan for quite a number of years before landing here in Leinster House, and my tourism and hospitality sector hat. As somebody who lives in a very rural neck of the woods in County Cavan, I have seen the demise of our local pubs, which were of great importance, and am now seeing our hotels going...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022: Discussion (24 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I have to agree. I never thought the day would come when parents would come to my clinic to complain that there was nowhere for their youngsters to go at Christmas but, this Christmas, that actually happened. I will use Bailieborough as an example again. We have three pubs and a hotel but, since the Covid pandemic, the nightclub or disco at night has been cut. This St. Stephen's Day, for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022: Discussion (24 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: On the point that Mr. Moynihan is making and with regard to the venue I am talking about, which I am just using by way of anecdote, if another venue does not open, the young people will have nowhere to go. Transport is a very substantial part of this conversation. While it does not fall under this committee's remit, we cannot ignore it. It affects urban and rural areas. I have heard a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (19 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Local Link in Cavan could be extended to Crosskeys, which is 8 km away, to accommodate 21 Ukrainian refugees, comprised of adults, teenagers, infants and babies (details supplied). [2255/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (19 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans and strategies being introduced to reduce waiting times in Cavan’s driving test centre, which are currently running into June 2023, which is a full five-month wait to apply for a test (details supplied). [2256/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (19 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans and strategies being introduced to reduce waiting times in the Cavan driving test centre, which are currently running into 9 April 2023, which is five months to apply for a test (details supplied). [62391/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (19 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Local Link service in County Cavan could be extended to Crosskeys, which is 8 km away, to accommodate 21 Ukrainian refugees (details supplied). [62390/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the counties that currently have the homelessness rate of HAP available to people in need in their respective counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2154/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 1174. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63243/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (18 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 1252. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a child (details supplied) was moved from Meath primary care unit to Louth primary care unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63548/22]