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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]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Eligibility (8 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan enrolled in the areas of natural constraint scheme; the status of the process of reviewing qualifying areas for the areas of natural constraint scheme; if his Department has completed the mapping exercise in counties Cavan and Monaghan; when the maps will be published; the...

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

Niamh Smyth: 276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money allocated to the National Reserve Programme; the number of persons expected to benefit; if it will apply to those persons who lost out in 2016 due to no scheme being in place; the value to young farmers who have completed the relevant agricultural courses; the way they can apply for this scheme and from when;...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (8 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 279. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the implementation of the National Broadband Plan in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12241/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (8 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the N2 Clontibret to the border road scheme; the amount which has been spent on this route to date; the status of the A5 section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12318/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (8 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of phase 3 works of the N2 Monaghan to Emyvale route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12319/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (8 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene and prevent Bus Éireann ceasing the Dublin to Derry route bus service which services the people of Castleblayney, County Monaghan; if he has spoken to the NTA regarding this specific route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12323/17]

Other Questions: National Heritage Plan (7 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: A national heritage plan is badly needed by the heritage sector, particularly given the cuts it has suffered since 2011. The Heritage Council funding was cut by almost 90% between 2011 and 2015 and funding cuts to the National Monuments Service have badly hurt that organisation and its ability to conduct its work. While Fianna Fáil welcomes the recent funding that has been announced,...

Other Questions: National Heritage Plan (7 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: As the Minister knows, the heritage sector makes a huge contribution to Irish life. The Heritage Council has published reports suggesting that for every €1 spent on local heritage projects, tourism is boosted by €4.40. The Golden Mile projects and the heritage offices in many local authority areas are very good at stretching very small funds that make a massive impact in small...

Other Questions: National Heritage Plan (7 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 30. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans on publishing a national heritage plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11606/17]

Other Questions: National Heritage Plan (7 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: The Government promised a national heritage plan in A Programme for a Partnership Government. The Minister has promised to publish a national heritage plan on numerous occasions in this House. When does the Minister plan to publish a plan and will she make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (7 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: I am curious about the Minister's cultural teams. Will they involve the education and training boards, ETBs? Where are we going with our local arts and education partnerships? The Minister talked about initiatives with schools, but I hope that this model, of which she herself was very supportive, has not been dropped and that the ETBs will be involved in these cultural teams in some way or...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (7 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 22. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding that will be delivered under pillar two of the Creative Ireland plan; and her views on whether this is sufficient. [12037/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (7 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: Creative Ireland is the Government's recent policy document for enhancing Ireland's creative sector. Creative Ireland is made up of five pillars, with pillar 2 referring to the links with the local authorities. Under pillar 2 each local authority will be encouraged to create and establish a cultural team comprising the arts officers, the librarians, the heritage officers and so on and to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (7 Mar 2017)

Niamh Smyth: I wholeheartedly welcome the initiative. Cultural events do not only happen in Ireland's main cities but, as we know, culture is embedded in rural Ireland as much as anywhere else. This policy echoes one brought forward by my party some years ago proposing that all local authorities formulate an action plan for arts and heritage. The current level of funding is likely to be insufficient to...