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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: I have a question for Mr. Hernan. How many buses are wheelchair accessible on the M3 corridor where changes have been made?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: The responses to our representations are actually getting slower.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: Was there a phasing-in period? I refer to circumstances where three children in one family are going to a school and a fourth is told he or she cannot get a seat on the bus to the same school and must go to a different school. Was there a phasing-in or phasing-out period?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: When drawing up the NTA's 20 year strategy, it was considered there was no demand for a rail line to Cavan and Navan. When is the six-year review of this due? How is the research conducted in deciding there is no need for a rail line to Cavan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: Will it include Cavan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: A rail link would be sensible for the environment as well as for changes in the economy. There will not be an east-west link, according to the Government, and there will not be a motorway to Cavan town. Accordingly, a rail line becomes critical and crucial if we are going to provide any sort of transport for young people who will have to work ultimately in Dublin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: When the six-year review comes up, will Cavan and Monaghan be included?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: Does the responsibility lie with the Department solely to make that decision?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (20 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses acquired or purchased by Cavan and Monaghan county councils in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26872/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (20 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses built by Cavan and Monaghan local authorities in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26871/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (19 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 318. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 23 May 2018, the timeframe for the introduction of the drug; if the latest correspondence will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26314/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 351. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a residential place for a person (details supplied); if the case will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26442/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (19 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 353. To ask the Minister for Health if the delivery of a home care package for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; the reason for the delay in an organisation processing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26448/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (19 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 464. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason he is delaying the publishing the studies in relation to the North-South interconnector; the timeframe for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26414/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Funding (19 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 497. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allocate significant additional funding to roads in counties Cavan and Monaghan in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26492/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Funding (19 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 498. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be granted to address bad road conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26493/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (19 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) had to complete the same JobPath programme twice and was not allowed a 12 month break after their most recent employment in March 2018; if the matter will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26491/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (19 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 607. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next meeting of the all-party consultation group on commemorations will meet in view of the fact that the group has not met for over a year. [26188/18]

Other Questions: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (14 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 14. 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. [24822/18]

Other Questions: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (14 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: I will forfeit my 30 second preamble.