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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (12 Dec 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 22 November 2017, if she will review correspondence received in response to same; if this area's classification has changed in view of the latest Pobal HP deprivation index statistics; if this company will be recategorised as eligible for funding under this scheme as a result of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility (6 Dec 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) is entitled to compensation after years of abuse in an industrial school. [52117/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (5 Dec 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extra investment being made in Garda resources in the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division in 2018. [51704/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (5 Dec 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if extra funding is being allocated to Garda resources in the Cavan-Monaghan Garda Division in 2018. [51705/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Assessments (5 Dec 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 140. To ask the Minister for Finance if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51611/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (5 Dec 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 308. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); if this appointment will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51460/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (5 Dec 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 330. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the home support package for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51551/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Services Provision (5 Dec 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 351. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the Northern Ireland ambulance service attended to a call in the Border counties; the days on which it attended these incidents; the counties in which the incidents were in, to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51630/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Costs (30 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 24. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to deal with the rising cost of motor insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50714/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (30 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 48. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the diminution of banking services in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50715/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (30 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 140. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51259/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 159. To ask the Minister for Health if a surgical appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51288/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (30 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 160. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in opening a care association (details supplied); the timeframe for its occupancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51289/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan (30 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the hen harrier scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51292/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the gentlemen for three very interesting and different perspectives on this Bill. I have just one or two questions. On section 40, on which we have touched, I would like both delegates' views on why the measure does not work. Is it purely because of the bureaucracy behind it? With an extension of the cutting period into the month of August, how confident is the IFA of addressing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: Like the Minister of State, Deputy Seán Kyne, I spent time as a member of a county council. During the open season we still did not get hedges cut. Is the IFA confident that with the extension of the cutting season we will see a massive improvement in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: Does the IFA have any measure in place to encourage hedgerow cutting within the existing timeframe? There are problems not just with weather conditions. Some landowners do not cut their hedges which creates road hazards.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: I do not deny that. I recall from county council meetings that we would be shouting about this and highlighting it in the media. Does the IFA have any measure in place to encourage farmers to engage in hedge-cutting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: Why does section 40 not work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: Does section 40 provide a mechanism to have it open all year round?