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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Jun 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 166. To ask the Minister for Health if a procedure for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24807/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration Authority (13 Jun 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the case of a person (details supplied); if the matter will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24652/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jun 2019)

Niamh Smyth: This morning, Lorraine Walsh appeared on "Morning Ireland" and spoke about the Scally report and her very valid concerns regarding the recommendations on quality assurance, which formed part of his inquiry and which she stated are instrumental in terms of her confidence in any of the possible CervicalCheck outcomes. She referred to the 16 laboratories uncovered by Dr. Scally as compared with...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jun 2019)

Niamh Smyth: The HSE has not given such a reassurance.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jun 2019)

Niamh Smyth: It has not done so. Will the Taoiseach insist that it confirm that the results obtained when slides are tested abroad are safe?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (12 Jun 2019)

Niamh Smyth: I reiterate that there is a desire on the part of practising artists, curators and art educators in the North of Ireland, particularly the MAC and, I am sure, many institutions such as Queen Street Studios and other independent art studio spaces in Belfast and the North of Ireland, to engage with the Minister and the Arts Council to formalise the relationships that exist with the Arts Council...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (12 Jun 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 21. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to improve cross-Border co-operation in the arts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24341/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (12 Jun 2019)

Niamh Smyth: Can the Minister outline her plans to improve, strengthen or grow cross-Border co-operation in the arts and cultural sectors?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (12 Jun 2019)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the Minister for her reply. Brexit, alongside the absence of a working Assembly, has put a whole new level of strain on North-South cultural connections. Regardless of the outcome of the Brexit negotiations, cultural links between Ireland and the North of Ireland must be strengthened and supported . In recent weeks I had the pleasure of meeting some of the staff from the MAC...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (12 Jun 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will commission a report on the issues faced by artists who are parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24331/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Historic Structures Fund (12 Jun 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if provision will be made to Monaghan County Council for the restoration of a building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24332/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (12 Jun 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the establishment of a forum independent of other forums to address ongoing industrial difficulties in the film industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24328/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (12 Jun 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 56. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of plans for the regional uplift element of section 481 relief; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24330/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (12 Jun 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of negotiations regarding the two-tier pay system with representatives of school secretaries in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24460/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Services (12 Jun 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get the LocalLink route to and from a location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24413/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (12 Jun 2019)

Niamh Smyth: 239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24563/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Council: Chairman Designate (12 Jun 2019)

Niamh Smyth: It is lovely to see Professor Rafter and Ms McBride, and I thank them for attending to discuss the Arts Council. I will ask Professor Rafter two questions. He may not be able to expand on them but we will give them a shot anyway. Being frank and honest, does he see any duplication in or conflict between the roles and work of Creative Ireland and the Arts Council? If so, does that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Council: Chairman Designate (12 Jun 2019)

Niamh Smyth: They are the same in areas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Council: Chairman Designate (12 Jun 2019)

Niamh Smyth: As an objective outsider looking in, as Professor Rafter has been up to this point, does he see a problem?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Council: Chairman Designate (12 Jun 2019)

Niamh Smyth: Is Professor Rafter confident and satisfied that their roles and remits are completely different and that Creative Ireland is not duplicating what the Arts Council was established to do?