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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (31 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 673. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a dedicated chronic disease clinic in counties Cavan and Monaghan; if he will outline the details of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27468/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (26 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 60. To ask the Minister for Health the new or expanded services that are being provided in hospitals in counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2022. [26766/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 110. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to fill vacancies in primary care in counties Cavan and Monaghan for children who are waiting for occupational therapy, speech and language support and psychology services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26765/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Priorities (26 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the progress that he has made in establishing the food ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26916/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (26 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications from counties Cavan and Monaghan that have been received for the tillage incentive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26915/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 249. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will review a passport renewal application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27027/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 254. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be urgently reviewed; and the status of the application. [27107/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 253. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will review an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27104/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 261. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of three passport applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27186/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Postal Services (25 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will advise on an issue (details supplied) in relation to a change in a postal address; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26576/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 233. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for a medical operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26814/22]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland’s Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: I welcome our guests at what is a really good time to have them here. Their sector has been very much in the media over recent weeks and their organisations, and more importantly their publicans, are getting their feet on the ground again after two and a half very difficult years, so we are looking forward to hearing from them on that. We are joined by representatives from the Licensed...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland’s Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Mr. O'Keeffe for his insightful and comprehensive presentation. I have no doubt but that my colleagues will have many questions. Before we start the question-and-answer session, I invite Mr. Paul Clancy from the VFI to make his presentation.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland’s Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Mr. Clancy and appreciate his presentation. I am sure it will initiate many questions from my colleagues and members of the committee. The meeting is focusing on working conditions and the skills shortage, which have been addressed by the witnesses. I will now open the questioning from members, who have the speaking order in front of them, so they know where they are. I ask...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland’s Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: Thank you. It is my turn now. To extrapolate from what was said in the presentations today, Mr. O'Keeffe, you answered the question I wanted to ask in your statement. You referred to the elimination of current silos across Departments and State agencies with regard to hospitality. You are saying there are so many aspects to it that it has fallen between many stools, and you want to see...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland’s Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: That is coming to a point I was thinking of while you were speaking. For my generation, and I worked in a pub as a student when I was going to college, the pub was one of those part-time jobs. One did not think about it as a long-term career unless one grew up with the business or it was a family business, as Mr. Moynihan mentioned. It is great to see that shift and that now there is a...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland’s Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Niamh Smyth: -----although I realise it has to be much broader than that. Where do you get your operations, general management and customer care people with the required skills set unless it is something they have been in already and have come up the ranks? I am guessing that if they are not there, you have lost them already.