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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development and Infrastructure: Belturbet, Connemara and Kells Municipal Districts (20 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: Is the fact that there is no local improvement scheme in the area having an impact on Cavan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development and Infrastructure: Belturbet, Connemara and Kells Municipal Districts (20 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: Chairman I have one final question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development and Infrastructure: Belturbet, Connemara and Kells Municipal Districts (20 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: If we go back to yesterday's presentation and with regard to IDA Ireland, it says there will be a push now for regional development and it is going to start looking outside the main cities. If one considers education we have been very fortunate in many development across Cavan and Monaghan. The ETB chief executive Mr. Martin O'Brien has now moved to Meath-Louth so the gentlemen who are here...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development and Infrastructure: Belturbet, Connemara and Kells Municipal Districts (20 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: I have a question for Ms Galligan on the spatial strategy and also on another issue which is hugely important, not just for Cavan but nationally, namely, the east-west link road. This could open up an enormous stretch of this island and could have hugely positive implications. Ms Galligan, as a senior planner, has been at the coalface of development and planning and is hugely cognisant of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development and Infrastructure: Belturbet, Connemara and Kells Municipal Districts (20 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: In terms of the implications of this development, which appear self-evident, would it be fair to conclude that the project could open up the entire region?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development and Infrastructure: Belturbet, Connemara and Kells Municipal Districts (20 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: Before we go into private session, I propose that the issue of a east-west link form part of Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív's proposal as it would open up access to all regions. It, too, is a national issue and it is important that it be addressed.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 18. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number, rank, title and job of members of An Garda Síochána who are assigned to the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division; the number of new members which have been assigned since January 2015; the number of members who have retired since January 2015; the number of new vehicles allocated to this Division since 2015; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and rank of gardaí who retired in the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division from 2011 to 2016 to date; the stations they retired from; the number of new recruits which have been assigned to each Garda station in the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division from 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular from; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of inmates based in Loughan House open prison in Blacklion, County Cavan; the offences they have committed; the capacity of the facility; the number of staff working there at present, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24825/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reserves in Counties Cavan and Monaghan in tabular form; the way they are being utilised given the shortage of gardaí in divisions across the country due to the number of retirements and lack of recruitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25050/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive a Garda vetting certificate; if there is a direct contact for teachers with Garda vetting who find themselves in these situations, that is, a teacher who has a job but cannot teach due to delays in Garda vetting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25691/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive a Garda vetting certificate; if there is a direct contact for teachers with Garda vetting who find themselves in these situations, that is, a teacher who has a job but cannot teach due to delays in Garda vetting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25694/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Operations (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has a policy on whether bank ATM machines should dispense €50 notes to customers instead of the €20 note; the practice of retail banks here in relation to dispensing notes; the breakdown of actual notes dispensed in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24648/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 235. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 21 July 2016, his plans to lower the VAT rate on specifically organic products (details supplied) that have no added sugar and are free of pesticides and fertilisers; and his further plans to differentiate between this product and others which contain sugar. [24920/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Reviews (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 358. To ask the Minister for Finance when his Department's review of income averaging for the artist's exemption will be completed; the actions arising from the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26405/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Data (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received under the post-primary school transport scheme from counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2014 and 2015 in tabular form; the number which were deemed to be ineligible; the number of ineligible applications which were refused due to applicants not attending their nearest school in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a concessionary bus ticket for attending the closest secondary school to them in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24411/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has been informed that the bus route for a school (details supplied) is to be withdrawn in September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24417/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the correct procedure for parents who seek the support of a special needs assistant for their son or daughter in primary school. [25391/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the distress the nearest school rule is causing to families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25392/16]