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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Niamh Smyth: Turning to Ms McCarthy, the head of news and current affairs, I commend the work of Laura Hogan. I am thinking about the Border area and North of Ireland too, where Vincent Kearney does great work reporting and broadcasting. We are particularly interested in the context of elections, etc., but on an ongoing basis too. In terms of the future strategy for RTÉ, and not just in news and...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Niamh Smyth: Good. Moving to the elements and genres within the organisation for culture, children-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Niamh Smyth: Okay. That is all from me. I wish everyone the best of luck. I appreciate that it is and continues to be a challenging time for RTÉ. It is difficult when strategies and plans are being introduced and I think we all have to give these plans a chance to bed in, as they will. Senator Byrne will now take the Chair if I can be excused. Two more of my colleagues have questions for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Seller’s Legal Pack for Property Buyers Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the witnesses for coming today. I also thank Deputy MacSharry for bringing forward this sensible Bill. I listened to both organisations with an open mind and they have completely convinced me that this is a practical Bill. While I do not dismiss what Ms McKiernan said about there being extra complications and concern about uploading the financial burden and all the rest, that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Seller’s Legal Pack for Property Buyers Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Niamh Smyth: I want to go back to Ms McKiernan's presentation, which talked about buyer beware being the premise one always starts out with at the sale of a house.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Seller’s Legal Pack for Property Buyers Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Niamh Smyth: Would that not give greater confidence to somebody who wants to buy a house? When someone comes to you to do the buying of the property and he or she can produce all this documentation that states it is a good house, it is sturdy, it has the construction, the planning, no retention is required and so on. Would that not give you greater confidence and cut out a lot of the over and back...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Seller’s Legal Pack for Property Buyers Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Niamh Smyth: We know all of that. We know broadly that it is planning and retention, it is all of those things-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Seller’s Legal Pack for Property Buyers Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Niamh Smyth: I am just trying to get an answer. If someone who wants to buy a home comes to you and can give you the seller's pack with all of this documentation, does that not make your job a lot easier?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Seller’s Legal Pack for Property Buyers Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Niamh Smyth: That speaks to what Mr. Garrett was saying, in that one can do that, but does it not make time and cost more efficient when there is a document in front of you that gives so much information without having to spends months on it? I acknowledge there will always be further teasing out that has to be done but is it not that a lot of the donkey work or spade work, if you like, has already been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Seller’s Legal Pack for Property Buyers Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Niamh Smyth: Does it not modernise it? To be honest, I believe Ms McKiernan is actually speaking in favour of this measure. Does she not think it answers those questions she is raising?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Seller’s Legal Pack for Property Buyers Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Niamh Smyth: Generally, they do not. Generally, they come to you empty handed-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Seller’s Legal Pack for Property Buyers Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Niamh Smyth: -----and say we are starting the process here and you will have to do copious amounts of intricate work that takes time, research and cost. Does the Law Society not agree that this document cuts out a lot of that and makes it time and cost efficient?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Seller’s Legal Pack for Property Buyers Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Niamh Smyth: I argue that this is a good starting point, as it is presented to us.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Niamh Smyth: 87. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence how it is proposed to strengthen the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28120/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Passport Services (2 Jul 2024)

Niamh Smyth: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27979/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Jul 2024)

Niamh Smyth: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional supports could be put in place at a facility (details supplied) for a student who has a diagnosis of autism and an intellectual disability and is non-verbal. [27899/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Road Network (2 Jul 2024)

Niamh Smyth: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to consider reviewing the impact of roads policies brought in by Transport Infrastructure Ireland on local authority policy planning in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27852/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (2 Jul 2024)

Niamh Smyth: 365. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the assessment of needs process of a child (details supplied); and the reason this is taking so long. [27925/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Jul 2024)

Niamh Smyth: 406. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27875/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (2 Jul 2024)

Niamh Smyth: 449. To ask the Minister for Health to review case (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28065/24]