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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Council (6 Nov 2019)

Niamh Smyth: Will the Minister provide details of the additional responsibilities given to the Arts Council following budget 2020 and provide a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Council (6 Nov 2019)

Niamh Smyth: In the Minister's press release following budget 2020, we were advised the Arts Council's role was to be broadened. We were told it would take over the Department's role regarding both Culture Night and creative schools. However, it is not clear whether this is the total extent of the broadening of its role or whether it is envisaged other initiatives will be transferred to its remit. Will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Council (6 Nov 2019)

Niamh Smyth: The Minister has made the point that the €1.2 million funding to enhance the work of the Arts Council to support performing artists and the €3.7 million funding are reallocations of funds. It is a bit disingenuous to say that the council's funding has been increased by €5 million when all the Minister has done is given it the remit to do what it should have been doing in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Council (6 Nov 2019)

Niamh Smyth: The Minister's party has been in government for eight years.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Wildlife Conservation (6 Nov 2019)

Niamh Smyth: Our Lady's secondary school for girls in Castleblayney had a good conference two weeks ago on Brexit. The conference covered the environmental section of that as well. The Minister mentioned north Monaghan, an area in which the conservation of the curlew is being developed, and that programme is welcome. Based on the figures the Minister outlined, am I correct that the number of pairs has...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Wildlife Conservation (6 Nov 2019)

Niamh Smyth: I apologise.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Wildlife Conservation (6 Nov 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 19. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she has taken on foot of the recommendations from the curlew task force; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45670/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Wildlife Conservation (6 Nov 2019)

Niamh Smyth: I ask the Minister to outline the steps she has taken on foot of the recommendations from the curlew task force, given its report was published in September 2019.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Wildlife Conservation (6 Nov 2019)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the Minister. As the Minister rightly laid out, the evidence is that the breeding productivity of the curlew in the conservation areas has improved as a result of the action on the ground of the local curlew action teams, which are to be highly commended for their work on this issue. The report concludes that the work needs to be sustained on an ongoing basis and that, ultimately,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Orchestras (6 Nov 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason she favoured moving the National Symphony Orchestra to the National Concert Hall over establishing it as a national cultural institution in its own right; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45506/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Budget 2020 (6 Nov 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which budget 2020 will improve income streams for those working in the arts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45505/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Conservation (6 Nov 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she has taken on foot of the recommendations from the Curlew task force; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45507/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (6 Nov 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 65. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which she will prioritise redevelopment and renovation projects in each of the national cultural institutions under Project Ireland 2040; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45508/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (6 Nov 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 67. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the additional responsibilities given to the Arts Council following budget 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45504/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Certificates (6 Nov 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps a person (details supplied) can take regarding the provision of a passport for the person's child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45706/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (6 Nov 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 135. To ask the Minister for Health if the home care hours approved for a person (details supplied) will be implemented in order that the person can return home in a safe environment and free up a nursing home bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45651/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (6 Nov 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 142. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was left with medical costs of over €800 when the person's medical card was being reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45683/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (6 Nov 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 148. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot receive respite care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45696/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (6 Nov 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises served by a company (details supplied) in the intervention area of the national broadband plan; the number that will be served by the end of 2019; if the preferred bidder will be provided with compensation for these premises if the national broadband plan contract is signed through an...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (6 Nov 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a subsidy in the context of a conditional and contingency subsidy for the national broadband plan will be paid to a company (details supplied) in the event that a commercial operator encroaches into the intervention area; the method by which encroachment will be deemed to have taken place; the amount within the...