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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 185. To ask the Minister for Health if delays in x-ray readings at a hospital (details supplied) will be addressed; if extra staff to clear the backlog will be allocated; the number of persons waiting to date; the number of weeks it is taking to turn results around; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27258/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (21 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no provision for dental care at a centre (details supplied); the reason the service has been removed; if it will be replaced; if so, when it will be replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27272/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (21 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 229. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will request Tusla to urgently engage in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27205/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: The Arts for All: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: We have copies of the presentations.

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

Niamh Smyth: I thank the witnesses for their most informative presentations. I have questions for the NTA and Bus Éireann. We are all very concerned about our environment, and my colleagues alluded to that this morning. I come from the constituency of Cavan-Monaghan. Are there any realistic or serious plans for a rail line from Dublin to Navan, continuing on to Cavan, where there was a line...

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]