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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (3 Oct 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 501. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review correspondence (details supplied); his views on the concerns outlined by the group; the status of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41752/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (3 Oct 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 513. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); if the person has been replaced in the interim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41321/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test Data (3 Oct 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 514. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting times to sit a driving test for the first nine months of 2017 (details supplied) for counties Cavan and Monaghan in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41322/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (3 Oct 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 522. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for a safety review of a road (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41419/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (3 Oct 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 555. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the local improvement scheme has officially been reinstated basis; if it will be on a yearly basis; the funding that can be expected for this scheme in 2018 in counties Cavan, Meath and Monaghan; if the funding will be ring-fenced to the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41287/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (3 Oct 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the fees payable by persons (details supplied); the rules in place regarding development charges on farm buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41690/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (28 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 45. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the waiting times for children waiting for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40766/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy Implementation (28 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 57. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding introducing the 20-week maternity scan into Cavan general hospital; the work which has been carried out to date; the timeframe for its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40765/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (28 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 162. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical scientists and those in similar posts within the Saolta healthcare group are able to apply for inter hospital transfers within the group but not to other HSE hospital posts outside of the group in view of the fact that recruitment for the entire HSE is handled centrally. [41048/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (28 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review of the community employment scheme is taking place; the purpose of this review; if the further curtailment of the time that persons over 55 years of age can spend on the scheme is anticipated; her plans to address the anomalies outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...

Priority Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of each of her actions for the first year of the implementation programme of Creative Ireland. [40938/17]

Priority Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: I welcome the Minister and the Minister of State back to the new term. I ask the Minister to outline to the House the status and the implementation of each pillar in the first year of Creative Ireland.

Priority Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: I am sure the Minister will appreciate it is my job on the Opposition benches to interrogate and investigate how progress is being made. My biggest concern, as it would be for anyone in the artistic community, is implementation. It would be fair to say the Creative Ireland programme was launched in the glitziest way possible. The Department held a roadshow that possibly hit every county in...

Priority Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: One thing I feel very strongly about, and which I have seen in the arts, is duplication. I would not want to see any duplication through what the Minister proposes to do in Creative Ireland of anything already in existence. For example, there are cultural teams and a cultural director of each local authority. I question whether there is a difference between them and what the arts officer...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Built Heritage Investment Scheme (27 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 51. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress on the built heritage investment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40727/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts and Culture Capital Scheme (27 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 56. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the lack of artist run studio space and the fact that Ireland lags far behind other European countries in this regard. [40726/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions she will take in the coming year to increase children's access to music, art and drama; and the funding she will dedicate to same. [40728/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council Funding (27 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 71. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will support the Arts Council to move to a longer term funding model for smaller arts organisations as recently discussed in the media. [40729/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 73. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the process to instate a new director of Creative Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40725/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (27 Sep 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a Garda vetting application by a person (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40998/17]