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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the roadmap to meet the commitment to double expenditure on the arts and culture in the next six years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39968/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Niamh Smyth: Will the Minister give us her roadmap to meet the commitment to double expenditure on the arts and culture in the next six years and make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Niamh Smyth: I am sure the Minister is familiar and has met the National Campaign for the Arts. I had the pleasure of hosting the group in Leinster House to make a presentation on its pre-budget submission. As an umbrella organisation which represents the arts across the country, it is concerned about how the roadmap has been set out by the Government and the stated objective of doubling the investment....

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Niamh Smyth: That is comforting. The doubling of current expenditure is where it is at for artists and the National Campaign for the Arts. The Minister alluded to the Arts Council which we know plays a pivotal role in delivering funding to artists. There is a good working relationship between artists and the Arts Council. That autonomy and the arm's length principle the Arts Council has established...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Appointments to State Boards (2 Oct 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 71. 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. [39814/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (2 Oct 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 78. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made in meeting the target in the Creative Ireland programme that, by 2022, every child would have access to tuition in music, drama, coding and art; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39810/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 88. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied that budget 2019 will make sufficient provision to meet the target articulated by An Taoiseach in December 2017 to double funding for the arts by 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39811/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 94. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a roadmap has been prepared for the way in which the €200 million committed to investment in media production and the audiovisual industry by 2027 will be allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39813/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39885/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding available in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39884/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (2 Oct 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 397. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the initial three hours of home help allocated to a person (detailed supplied) in May 2018 have not been provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39755/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (2 Oct 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 435. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the status of the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39953/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (2 Oct 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 517. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the three reports that have been commissioned on the North-South interconnector will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39957/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (2 Oct 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 518. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to present the three reports that are being prepared on the North-South interconnector project in a manner that is appropriate and accessible for persons deemed functionally illiterate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39958/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Mining Industry (2 Oct 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 519. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports offered to a case (details supplied); the status of the matter; the agencies involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40035/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Administration (27 Sep 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the inadequacies with the new housing assistance payment scheme will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38908/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (27 Sep 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 39. 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. [38907/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (26 Sep 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to re-examine the situation for women who lost out on a full State pension (contributory) due to leaving the workforce to rear their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38660/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (25 Sep 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 93. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding CLÁR funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38625/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (25 Sep 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 102. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the areas in which he is expanding CLÁR funding in 2019, by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38626/18]