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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Coillte Teoranta Activities (9 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: It was ahead of its time.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Coillte Teoranta Activities (9 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: Bring it to Cavan.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Coillte Teoranta Activities (9 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 8. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposed future plans of Coillte for a forest park at a location (details supplied); if there have been any offers made in the past five years to buy the park; if so, the details of those proposals; if Coillte is planning any major investment at this site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12191/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Coillte Teoranta Activities (9 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: I wish to ask the Minister if he has any proposed future plans for Coillte for the Killykeen Forest Park holiday village and if any offers have been made over the past five years to buy the facility. Perhaps the Minister could outline these proposals and if Coillte is planning any major investment at the site.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Coillte Teoranta Activities (9 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: The Minister outlined some of the wonderful Coilite owned amenities across Cavan and Monaghan. When I say this, I am thinking of the Castle Lake and Forest in Bailieborough where local community groups, such as the Bailieborough Development Association and the Bailieborough Castle Lake Committee, today planted 2,000 hardwood trees to commemorate victims of the Troubles. Other amenities...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Coillte Teoranta Activities (9 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: The Minister of State would have no problem getting in to stay there now.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Coillte Teoranta Activities (9 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: The Minister of State should come to visit us again.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Coillte Teoranta Activities (9 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: It was 2016.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Coillte Teoranta Activities (9 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the Minister of State. We must maximise the potential of the natural amenities and attraction that are on our doorstep. The Minister of State alluded to it and we can see what is happening in Ballymahon. The multi-million euro investment by Center Parcs there will create local employment and it has huge potential for counties such as Cavan and Monaghan. That template could be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service Restructuring: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: I do not have a question but I have been listening to the debate in my office and I feel very strongly about this issue. In my constituency of Cavan-Monaghan, we have a fabulous citizen advice centre. The model used includes the provision of a mobile office to local libraries and so on, which is very important. As public representatives, we rely on that very much and I was delighted to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Enterprises (9 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the numbers abandoning farming as a profession; his views on whether, if farming is not made attractive to young farmers, half of the countryside will be planted in forestry in ten years time with hundreds of jobs lost in the farming sector as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12193/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 337. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet with a county council (details supplied) in view of the proposed withdrawal of the Derry/Dublin express bus. [12456/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (9 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 338. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the completion date of a consultation review (details supplied). [12458/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services Provision (8 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 58. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the 20 week anomaly scan on site at Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11898/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (8 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 81. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to refurbish the emergency department at Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11839/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (8 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a project (details supplied); the timeframe for provision of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12225/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Cross-Border Co-operation (8 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set out the status of PEACE IV funding; if it is expected that Brexit will have any implications on PEACE funding and the way it is administered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12322/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland (8 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 184. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Ulster Canal project; the funding which has been spent to date on this; the stage it is at; her further plans for this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12320/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Leader Programmes Funding (8 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 185. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of Leader funding; if it is expected that Brexit will have any implications on Leader funding and the way it is administered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12322/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (8 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan who have not received 85% of their total 2016 payment under GLAS 1, GLAS 2 and AEOS; the reasons for this delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12433/17]