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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 517. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to upgrade Monaghan hospital and reintroduce its accident and emergency department; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the public due to the lack of the service and the delays in ambulance response times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32367/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (12 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 518. To ask the Minister for Health if ambulances, emergency medical technicians, EMTs, and paramedics will be increased each year to improve response times with regard to the commitment in A Programme for a Partnership Government; the increase in each to date in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and the way in which response times have improved in the counties. [32368/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (12 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to problems with issued knowledge transfer payments, particularly for partnership farms; the steps he will take to rectify the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31060/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (11 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures that have been taken to meet and engage with insurance companies here regarding excessive premiums being charged to consumers particularly in counties Cavan and Monaghan. [30683/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Operations (11 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the diminution of banking services in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30682/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (11 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 286. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to remove the role of healthcare assistant from the ineligible categories of employment listing on a controlled basis. [31093/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blind Welfare Allowance Eligibility (11 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 360. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review payments to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31332/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 415. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a pre-assessment appointment for a person (details supplied); the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31530/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (11 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 416. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment sooner than 1 August 2018 will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31531/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (11 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31455/18]

Other Questions: Brexit Supports (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: But they are not taking them up.

Other Questions: Brexit Supports (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 77. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for the Brexit loan scheme announced in budget 2018 from counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30089/18]

Other Questions: Brexit Supports (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: I wish to ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for the Brexit loan scheme announced in the 2018 budget, particularly for counties Cavan and Monaghan, and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Other Questions: Brexit Supports (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: I suppose the Minister will find it worrying that we only have six applications from both counties at this stage. I appreciate that she is trying to take action that will identify where concerns exist and where measures need to be taken, and that she is putting measures in place to galvanise the businesses and enterprises in Cavan-Monaghan and protect them against a hard Brexit, which it...

Other Questions: Brexit Supports (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: Those figures are extremely low. I am sure the Minister would have to agree with that. We have learned that just 122 of Enterprise Ireland's more than 5,000 client companies - that is, just 2% of the total - have availed of the agency's Be Prepared Brexit grant. The figures the Minister read into the record will not instil any confidence that people are actually engaging with the packages...

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: In A Programme for a Partnership Government there is a commitment to safe, timely care for patients in a location as close to home as possible. Did the Minister for Health instruct senior officials of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, RCSI, group to downgrade services at Cavan General Hospital? It is my understanding that consultants were informed that all complex medical procedures...

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: Is it the case that no instruction was given to consultants last week?

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 107. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the most recent occasion on which the IDA visited counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number of new jobs that have been created by the IDA in the past 12 months; the steps it is taking to attract companies to the counties; the success it has had with the strategy for the counties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30264/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to change the terms and conditions for school secretaries (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30777/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (10 Jul 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 413. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30141/18]