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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Dance as a Performance Art: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Niamh Smyth: There is a higher implementation group, and its role and remit is where the Department of Cultural, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Department of Education and Skills come together to see how we can best implement arts policy, which would include the visual, performing and literary arts. Are any of the organisations involved with that higher implementation group?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Dance as a Performance Art: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Niamh Smyth: The higher implementation group.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Dance as a Performance Art: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Niamh Smyth: To my knowledge, Kildare County Council is a good example of where the local authority rolls out regular education. It does the Laban Guild Dance, which is the dance format, style or genre it works with. There is a greater opportunity through our schools to roll out dance. Dance should be like music or art. One has a music class. There should be a dance teacher in every school,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Dance as a Performance Art: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Niamh Smyth: I understand it is part of physical education, PE, which is madness.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Dance as a Performance Art: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Niamh Smyth: When I went to UL, the vast majority were PE teachers. I came from a ballet background but there were very few dancers participating because of the PE teachers. It was a box-ticking exercise because those teachers had to deliver modules in dance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Dance as a Performance Art: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Niamh Smyth: What way does funding work now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Dance as a Performance Art: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Niamh Smyth: I appreciate the council tries to cover all art forms but I would like to know the number for dance artists?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (15 Oct 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the beef crisis; his plans to assist farmers on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41983/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Appeals (15 Oct 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by Bus Éireann (details supplied); if the response from the transport provider will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41762/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (15 Oct 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 1,000 special needs assistant positions announced in budget 2020 are additional to the 900 announced in 2019; the number of the 900 positions that have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42050/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (15 Oct 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 346. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of day services for (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41690/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (15 Oct 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 371. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an urgent appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41807/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (15 Oct 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 386. To ask the Minister for Health if the maintenance at a centre (details supplied) will be referred to the HSE; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41867/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (15 Oct 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 438. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 438 of 8 October 2019 (details supplied) to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, if same will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42115/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (15 Oct 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 453. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; the length of time this person is waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42177/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (15 Oct 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 459. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [42267/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Alternative Energy Projects (15 Oct 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 509. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the policy on PV solar panels covering agricultural land; the details of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41695/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Proposed Legislation (15 Oct 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 531. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the introduction of amending legislation in 2019 to provide for a 2050 mitigation objective, carbon budgeting and improved accountability arrangements, including net zero target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42268/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Negotiations (15 Oct 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 532. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position taken by the State at the recent EU Environment Council on 4 October 2019 on the proposal to increase the European Union’s nationally determined contribution in 2020 to at least 55% by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42269/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (15 Oct 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 543. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a feasibility study will be requested into the opening of a rail line from Dublin to Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41703/19]