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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (27 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 738. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the RCSI hospital group has not approved the personnel to introduce the 20-week maternity scan at Cavan General Hospital. [27353/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (27 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 753. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the RCSI hospital group has not approved the necessary personnel to introduce the 20-week full detailed anatomy scan at Cavan General Hospital. [27473/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (27 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 754. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in introducing the 20-week full detailed anatomy scan into Cavan General Hospital; the work done on this to date; if there is a timeframe for its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27474/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy (27 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 868. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make the wearing of high visibility clothing mandatory for pedestrians and cyclists; the law in this regard at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26539/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (27 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 940. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider a location in Carrickmacross for a company (details supplied) which has announced it will have to relocate from Dundalk in 2017; if the IDA is showing this building to the company; if she has been in contact with the company on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26756/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (27 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 951. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of women's refuge centres here; the number of women these centres can cater for and in these centres at present; the name of the centre which supports women in Cavan and Monaghan; her plans to introduce more; the supports in place for women in counties of Cavan and Monaghan who have no centre; and if she will make a statement...

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 thank the witnesses for attending today. It is clear from the presentations that much thought and effort went into them and I appreciate the witnesses taking the time to do that. I will refer to Cavan County Council, but the other local authority representatives can contribute on the topics if they wish. I have just returned from my party's think-in, to which we invited representatives...

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 thank Mr. Doyle very much. I have one question. We talk about the very basic roads and I know the council has had significant losses in funding. Perhaps Mr. Doyle could talk the committee through this issue, the decrease suffered and the impact it has had on development .

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]