Results 7,561-7,580 of 10,432 for speaker:Niamh Smyth

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

Niamh Smyth: 560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans to reinstate the State pension (transition) to prevent persons forced to retire at 65 years of age having to apply for jobseeker's for one year until they reach the State pensionable age of 66 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46778/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: CLÁR Programme (8 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 22. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the locations he is expanding the CLÁR funding for 2019 by categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45962/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: CLÁR Programme (8 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: Does the Minister intend to expand the CLÁR funding for 2019 by categories and will he make a statement on that matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: CLÁR Programme (8 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: I would be the first to say to the Minister that the CLÁR funding makes significant differences to communities across the country and obviously in Cavan-Monaghan. In any recategorising of the programme in terms of population that the Minister is considering, a positive bias should be shown to the Border counties, which are now facing Brexit. Many of our towns and villages are just...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: CLÁR Programme (8 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: I would like to raise an issue concerning Killinkere national school. Road safety calming measures have been needed in that area for many years. Certain projects qualify for CLÁR funding and others do not. In the last round of funding playground projects may have qualified. I ask the Minister to be mindful of funding for schools such as Killinkere national school. They fall out of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (8 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 15. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the work of the Action Plan for Rural Development specifically relating to the revitalisation of towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45963/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (8 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 143. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies unfilled or filled on a temporary basis respectively in hospitals (details supplied) in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and the details of each by category. [46207/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation (7 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the affordable childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45833/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Support Payments (7 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 42. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to support stay-at-home parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45832/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Arts in Education Charter (7 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a stock take of existing facilities for arts in education was undertaken as recommended by the Arts in Education Charter; the findings of the stocktake; the steps taken in relation to those findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46082/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (7 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment is required to consult with the Arts Council and or be represented on its committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46089/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Arts in Education Charter (7 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of meetings he and his predecessor had with the Arts in Education Charter implementation group since the report was published; the dates of those meetings; the persons that attended those meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46112/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Arts in Education Charter (7 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of reports received from the Arts in Education Charter implementation group since the report was published; if these reports are publicly available; if not, the reason therefore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46113/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (7 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of the national broadband plan; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that businesses in counties Cavan and Monaghan are suffering due to a lack of same (details supplied). [46035/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (7 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the safety measures that will be put in place at a junction (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45978/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts in Education Charter (7 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 193. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of meetings she and her predecessor have had with the implementation group of arts in education charter since the report was published; the dates of those meetings; the person or body that attended those meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46080/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts in Education Charter (7 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 194. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of reports received from the implementation group of arts in education since the report was published; if these reports are publicly available; if not, the reason therefore; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46081/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (6 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the campaigns he is undertaking to inform persons about Brexit; the format these will take; if he has sought external advice on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45872/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ASD unit in a school (details supplied) will open in September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44842/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Nov 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ASD unit in a school (details supplied) will open in September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44840/18]