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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Niamh Smyth: Obviously this is a combination and an all-of-Government approach. The Minister, Deputy O'Gorman's Department ultimately has the responsibility of finding beds and rooms for the humanitarian crisis that is happening. What has been the collaboration so far between the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability,...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Niamh Smyth: Without disseminating or - what is the word I am looking for - destroying our tourism business.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Niamh Smyth: Undermining a business that has taken years to build.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Niamh Smyth: There is a plan. The first thing is that there is collaboration between the Departments. That is key and most important. In terms of information we are receiving here for our three organisations today, Mr. Ó Lionáin can take on board everything that has been said. Has there been good collaboration between the Department and organisations so far? Has there been the opportunity...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Niamh Smyth: If beds are not available, people will go elsewhere.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Niamh Smyth: The gentlemen have given reassurances today that they will transfer that information and make sure that the higher echelons of Government actually know exactly the implications this will have for tourism.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Niamh Smyth: When Ms Fitzgerald Kane says that, is she referring to the wider tourism product rather than just hotel beds?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Niamh Smyth: We have heard a stark presentation for everybody here today. It is great to have the Department here, which is working with might and main to try to address this. I can say definitively, without the agreement of my colleagues, that we will look to have the witnesses in early in the new year to see where we are and what the plan may be. I am very concerned, from what I am hearing today,...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Niamh Smyth: It is still phenomenal. I am sorry, I did not mean to interrupt but it is phenomenal.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (6 Dec 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will urgently review an application by a person (details supplied) waiting on a driving test for work purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60957/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 Dec 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 590. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for an appeal of a special pandemic recognition award; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60419/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (1 Dec 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when income eligibility limits for social housing will be increased in counties Cavan and Monaghan given that existing limits are low at present and are unrealistic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59575/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 Dec 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status on the croí cónaithe scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59576/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the development of Cavan Institute as a hub for further education and training. [59580/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 Dec 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his proposals relating to financial assistance packages for first-time buyers or renovators that have been brought to his Department for costing and consideration; if he is giving consideration to any such packages; if so, when they will be available for drawdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48068/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Nov 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) cannot receive a payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59583/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Apprenticeship Programmes (30 Nov 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to applicants for apprenticeships with learning difficulties; the types of supports available; if these are provided by SOLAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59702/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (30 Nov 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 168. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Covid-19 bonus payment for a person (details supplied); the reason the payment has not been received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59581/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Nov 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a project (details supplied); the reason for the delay regarding the commencement of work on this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59523/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Nov 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of working family payment applications that are in queue to be processed by her Department; if efforts are being made to clear the backlog for families that have applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58881/22]