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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]

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]