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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland: Discussion with Chairperson-Designate (23 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: I have one final brief housekeeping question. I raised with the Tánaiste in the Dáil Chamber yesterday the publication of the report on the Future of the Media Commission. It is difficult for all of us, not least the witnesses, when we are working in a vacuum without having that information. As my colleague, Senator Cassells very eloquently and robustly put it, it is a pity we...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland: Discussion with Chairperson-Designate (23 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: Are there people with those skills in Ireland or will we have to further afield to recruit the 180 staff who will be equipped to do this important work?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland: Discussion with Chairperson-Designate (23 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: Given that Ms Craig's organisation has only 40 staff and the commission will be scaling up to have 180 staff, what areas would the people with the required skills set come from to scale up the staff to that level?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland: Discussion with Chairperson-Designate (23 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: Ms Frances Haugen was before this committee a few months ago and she told us there were only around 200 people in the world who were qualified to do some of the work she was talking about. We may have to throw the net far and wide but, that being said, it is wonderful to see it actually happening. There is a bright future ahead and, it is hoped, an air of excitement within the Broadcasting...

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: I wish to discuss the Future of Media Commission and the publication of its report. As the Tánaiste knows, the report was completed approximately six months ago. Speaking as Chair of the Oireachtas committee with responsibility for this area, our committee is hamstrung without the report's publication. Tomorrow, we will welcome the chair designate of the Broadcasting Authority of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 66. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current procedure to avail of enhanced illness benefit for Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14822/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (22 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 68. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of all Budget 2022 social protection rate and threshold increases including whether any have yet to be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14823/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (22 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 106. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the opening of a factory (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14335/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (22 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 260. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14453/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (22 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 300. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the appeals process for the sports capital grant applications that were unsuccessful; if clubs will be directly corresponded with on this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14981/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 364. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will review a passport application in the case of a person (details supplied); the status of the application; if he will urgently expedite the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13819/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 366. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13835/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 367. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the status of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13838/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 439. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15021/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 368. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if applications by persons (details supplied) will be reviewed; the status of the applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13839/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 369. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13841/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 428. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14941/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 435. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application by a person (details supplied) will be prioritised; the status of this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14976/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 370. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passport applications by persons (details supplied) will be reviewed; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13843/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 376. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13924/22]