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Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Departments Services (10 May 2018)

Niamh Smyth: I appreciate that this is a scripted answer but I must point out that there is very little relating to the issues I raised today. The one small token concerns what I am talking about, which is the ED and in respect of which we are given figures for 2009, which is nearly ten years ago. I know the Minister for Health visited the hospital recently to open the fantastic new cystic fibrosis...

Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Departments Services (10 May 2018)

Niamh Smyth: Would it be possible to get responses from the Minister for Health on the three specific questions? I appreciate that the Minister of State is not-----

Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Departments Services (10 May 2018)

Niamh Smyth: I raise the need for investment and expansion in the emergency department of Cavan General Hospital and the minor injury unit in Monaghan General Hospital. Cavan's emergency department is attended by approximately 32,000 patients each year. It is a busy and highly utilised service that is under huge pressure with its current layout and facilities. It has ten examination cubicles, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (10 May 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of works for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20685/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration (10 May 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding a folio issue (details supplied) within his Department; the timeframe for a resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20606/18]

Priority Questions: National Orchestras (9 May 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 19. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the findings of the independent review of orchestral services in RTÉ; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20289/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (9 May 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 56. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagement her Department has had with the Department of Finance in relation to the extension of section 481 film relief; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20000/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (9 May 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a location (details supplied) will commence hosting exhibitions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20002/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry Development (9 May 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she was consulted in relation to the sale of a studio (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20004/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Orchestras (9 May 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the findings of the independent review of orchestral services in RTÉ; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20001/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts and Culture Capital Scheme (9 May 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 65. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of her Department’s review of the cap in the percentage for the arts scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20003/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (9 May 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 163. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20238/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (9 May 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 169. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a residential place for person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20268/18]

Health Service Reform: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2018)

Niamh Smyth: I would like to take this opportunity to put on the Dáil record my absolute admiration for Ms Vicky Phelan for her courage and conviction in not signing the gagging order that would undoubtedly have left the women of Ireland in darkness for perhaps another decade, with women unnecessarily going without treatment and, worse, dying. The cervical screening scandal is a national disgrace in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (8 May 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress being made to reduce the social housing waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19608/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (8 May 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the inadequacies regarding the new housing assistance payment scheme will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19607/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (8 May 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 475. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses acquired and purchased by Cavan County Council and Monaghan County Council in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19832/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (8 May 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 476. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses that have been built by local authorities in counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19833/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (3 May 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 33. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reform the pension system in view of the perception that it discriminates against persons, mainly women, that took time out of the workforce prior to 1994 to care for children or elderly relatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18669/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (3 May 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 48. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person has a right to refuse a place on JobPath in favour of a place on a community employment scheme; if there is a legal or statutory impediment that prevents a person from deciding to opt for a community employment scheme over a place on JobPath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18668/18]