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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (15 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: This question is about the number of children who have access to tuition in music, drama, coding and art. Can the Minister give us some guidance as to where we are at with the Creative Ireland plan? It had certain targets relating to ensuring access for children in the various art forms.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (15 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: The Creative Ireland programme was launched under much fanfare and we have already had the debate on the amounts spent on advertising in the first year. The Creative Youth plan was launched in December 2017 under the Creative Ireland banner. Its ambition is to provide access to programmes for children and this is a measurable deliverable. Can the Minister give specific detail of the number...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (15 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: The delivery of the Creative Youth plan is dependent on creative principals, deputy principals and teachers in our schools. Our schools are overloaded with initiatives in the arts and physical education. While they are all very well intentioned, these initiatives are very much dependent on an enthusiastic teacher or deputy principal within a school to take it on board. They have to apply...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Orchestras (15 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 1. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made in respect of the transfer of the National Symphony Orchestra from RTÉ to the National Concert Hall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47504/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Orchestras (15 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: Will the Minister provide an overview of the progress made on the transfer of the National Symphony Orchestra from RTÉ to the National Concert Hall?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Orchestras (15 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: That statement sounds positive. I am delighted that the oversight group has met on two occasions to see that transfer happens as seamlessly as possible. As the Minister correctly stated, the Boaden review carried out an in-depth analysis. The options facing the RTÉ orchestras ranged from outright closure to a merger to retention with full funding restored. The review concluded...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Orchestras (15 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 25. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made in relation to the transfer of the National Symphony Orchestra from RTÉ to the National Concert Hall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47401/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (15 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for the delay in the publication of the final Culture 2025 policy document; when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47404/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Appointments to State Boards (15 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a new director will be appointed to the Irish Museum of Modern Art; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47402/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Youth Plan (15 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of children that have access to tuition in music, drama, coding and art; if she is satisfied that the target of ensuring that, by 2022, each child will have such access will be met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47400/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (15 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made in relation to the implementation of the arts in education charter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47403/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (15 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47494/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (14 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress being made on reducing the social housing waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47175/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Grant Payments (14 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase funding for housing grants provided by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47154/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (14 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 180. To ask the Minister for Health if a respite payment for a person (details supplied) can be recouped; if a future respite payment will be granted or fulfilled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47253/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Planning (14 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 226. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions being put in place for hospitals (details supplied) as part of the winter 2018 acute hospital plans; if extra beds are being provided; if so, the locations in which they are being provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47349/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Waiting Times (13 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the issues with the new system for illness benefit will be rectified; if additional staff will be allocated in order to address the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46755/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (13 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to re-examine the situation in which women who were in the workforce and left in earlier years for family duties are not in a position to receive the full State pension (contributory) when they reach retirement age; and her further plans to address this situation. [46754/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 353. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for an appointment in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; the reason many of the person#s appointments have been cancelled in the past; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46682/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 362. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited with an organisation for a person (details supplied) who has been on the waiting list for two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46741/18]