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Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Niamh Smyth: The allocation of €5 million for Creative Ireland is separate from and not additional to the delivery of arts in education, which continues to be delivered by the Arts Council.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Niamh Smyth: I appreciate that and I compliment the Minister as this is probably the first time the Departments of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and Education and Skills have worked together. The Minister and I both know from our work on the ground that it is extremely important that they do so. Has a commitment been made regarding the implementation of the local arts and...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Niamh Smyth: Are the education and training boards involved?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Niamh Smyth: A sum of €5 million has been provided for the plan, with a further €5 million allocated for its implementation.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Niamh Smyth: I appreciate that.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Niamh Smyth: It is great that €5 million has been provided for the implementation of the plan because we need to know how it will be implemented. How much of the €5 million provided under Pillar 1 will be spent on arts in education?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Niamh Smyth: Has the €5 million been broken down into specific allocations for the five pillars?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Niamh Smyth: I congratulate the Government on getting the Ulster Canal project started. Will the new capital programme that is coming on stream be included in that?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (11 May 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 168. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received their assessment yet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22397/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (11 May 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 171. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22422/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (11 May 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 173. To ask the Minister for Health the status of discussions regarding a premises (details supplied) ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22432/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Administration (11 May 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a matter (details supplied). [22433/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance (11 May 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 185. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the reimbursement for treatment abroad. [22466/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the witnesses for their presentations this afternoon. I come from a Border county myself, the constituency of Cavan-Monaghan. I have a background in arts, and I appreciate that artists always struggle in terms of employment and income. Artists living in the Border region they have depended quite a bit on funding. The Arts Council is the main source of that funding. It is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)

Niamh Smyth: A special case is warranted for the artistic community. Many people are shouting for the agricultural communities and about infrastructure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)

Niamh Smyth: Are the creative industries highly dependent now on European funding streams? If one is an artist in Dublin or working in the arts industry, the first port of call is the Arts Council. We have been privy to other forms of funding that perhaps might not have been as accessible for artists living anywhere else in Ireland. Does the witness believe that because of that we have a high...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)

Niamh Smyth: The risk is that those creative industries on the Border might be lost.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)

Niamh Smyth: To be fair and honest about it, I am sure that the cross-Border funds, along with the beautiful countryside, have been attractions to allow the creative industries to flourish along the Border area.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)

Niamh Smyth: Were there to be a hard border, something very visible, we are running the risk of a mass exodus of that particular industry from the Border region.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Calming Measures (10 May 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy regarding funding traffic calming measures at schools; his plans to enhance funding in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21967/17]