Results 10,401-10,420 of 10,445 for speaker:Niamh Smyth

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Records (5 Jul 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 675. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff employed in her Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; her plans to expand this number; if there are protocol changes arising from changes to the National Archive Acts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19619/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Data (5 Jul 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 676. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Industrial Development Agency last visited Cavan and Monaghan; the number of new jobs which have been created by the IDA in the past 12 months; the plans of the IDA to attract companies to Cavan and Monaghan; the success of the IDA with this strategy for Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Records (5 Jul 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 692. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff employed in her Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016, to date, in tabular form; her plans to expand this number; if there are protocol changes arising from changes to the National Archive Acts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19611/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: UK Referendum on EU Membership (5 Jul 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 696. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his contingency plans in place for counties Cavan and Monaghan following the Brexit referendum result; if Army personnel will be relocated in Cavan or Monaghan; if Border controls will be reintroduced; the estimated amount this will cost as there is no Army barracks following their disposal due to cutbacks; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Records (5 Jul 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 701. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff employed in his Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016, to date, in tabular form; his plans to expand this number; if there are protocol changes arising from changes to the National Archive Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19613/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Theft (29 Jun 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is putting in place to support farmers who have had livestock stolen, particularly in counties Cavan and Monaghan, where in some instances farmers have endured multiple thefts of livestock; the action he is taking on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18580/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Contracts (28 Jun 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 435. To ask the Minister for Health why the only specialised sarcoma consultant (details supplied) is being let go; the qualifications of the person who and is going to look after this consultant's 300-odd patients; the person who will be responsible for the National Centre of Excellence for Sarcoma based in Saint Vincent's Hospital in Dublin 4; how he proposes to deal with future cases of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (28 Jun 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 382. To ask the Minister for Health if the design challenges for the new primary care centre in Monaghan have been overcome; if the €9 million ring fenced for this project in 2013 will be spent in Monaghan if it cannot be built in front of Monaghan Hospital, as originally planned; if this money can be invested in Monaghan Hospital if plans for primary centre cannot go ahead at this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Jun 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 402. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an appointment for a person (details supplied); his views on what can be done to make sure persons get seen in primary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18126/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Jun 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 403. To ask the Minister for Health to schedule an appointment for a person (details supplied); his views on what can be done to make sure persons get seen in primary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18131/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Jun 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 410. To ask the Minister for Health to schedule an appointment for a person (details supplied); his views on what can be done to make sure persons get seen in primary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18175/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Ireland (28 Jun 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 493. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources why the process of gill netting, a practice carried out by Inland Fisheries to improve water quality, is carried out here; the amount it has cost the taxpayer to date; the other countries use this process; if any other process has been explored to improve water quality here and his plans to cease this practice; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (28 Jun 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 533. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will meet staff at a company (details supplied); if she can ensure that staff will receive the best possible package available to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18169/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (28 Jun 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 547. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the 70 job losses at a company (details supplied); if there is anything that can be done to protect jobs in this sector; and her plans for job creation in County Cavan. [18168/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (23 Jun 2016)

Niamh Smyth: Have the orders been issued yet for the changing of ministerial titles and Government Departments? If so, can the Tánaiste clarify if this includes arts and heritage and when any such orders were made?

The Arts: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2016)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the Minister for her news about cultural units within our local authorities. That comes as very welcome news. Culture, as we know, covers such a multitude of things and is probably the proper term when we are thinking about the arts. I would like the Minister to consider extending that. As she said herself, she saw the work on the ground of the local arts and education...

The Arts: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2016)

Niamh Smyth: Yet artists feel as if the show had served its purpose because it is the only show. There is no deeper feeling, no underlying purpose, no sense that art - unlike elocution lessons or jewellery - is not an accessory of status and is emphatically not an accessory of power. Art is a republic. The Republic proclaimed in 1916 is an authentic expression of people. It is a voice that cannot be...

The Arts: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2016)

Niamh Smyth: The mark of respect - the actual doing, not just the saying - that I propose on behalf of Fianna Fáil which I pledge to implement is that the cultural policy of the State will not be handed down from above. It will not arrive from a Government Department as a fait accompli. It will be an outcome of a democratic conversation here in the Dáil, the people's assembly. I say to the...

The Arts: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2016)

Niamh Smyth: I move:"That Dáil Éireann: accepts that:- the arts are essential to the wellbeing and advancement of the Irish people; - a thriving arts and culture sector makes a positive contribution to the Irish nation; and - while the arts have an intrinsic value of their own in national life, they also represent an important economic sector, in terms of employment and tourism;...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities Provision (22 Jun 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 138. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will provide money previously promised for the community centre facility as part of phase 2 of works at a project (details supplied). [17415/16]