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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I want to raise the issue of bullying in schools. Sadly, it is a feature of school life that students, teachers and parents face despite the Trojan efforts of pastoral teams, management and teachers in schools to address the scourge of bullying. Social media giants have played a huge part in inciting hate speech and have provided a continuous and relentless vehicle to allow bullying to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Nov 2021)

Niamh Smyth: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health is next due to meet. [57355/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Further and Higher Education (9 Nov 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I appreciate that the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, is not the Minister with responsibility for this but I would appreciate it if she would bring my remarks back to the Minister, Deputy Harris. It is my understanding that there is now a call-out to education and training boards, ETBs, for strategy assessment reports on new college buildings that were approved seven or eight years ago....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Niamh Smyth: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance the way he plans to increase competition in the insurance sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54355/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I want to ask the Minister of State his plans to increase competition in the insurance sector and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I know the Minister of State has taken a real and personal interest in this issue because he knows it has created huge barriers for people in business, the voluntary sector and the community sector. Sadly, the Alliance for Insurance Reform has done significant and extensive surveys of more than 450 businesses and voluntary and community groups and it has reported increases rather than...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Further and Higher Education (9 Nov 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I am not disappointed by the Minister of State's presence but by the fact that the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science is not here. The Minister of State will have heard me mention the urgent need for a new building for Cavan Institute on many occasions in this Chamber. I am at a loss to understand why we have not seen movement from the Department...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Nov 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I ask the Minister to consider extending the enhanced EWSS supports for childcare providers.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Nov 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the Minister. He rightly pointed out that this measure was in response to Covid-19 and, importantly, it kept people working in the sector and provided jobs and income. At a higher level, we need to demonstrate how we value childcare in that whole sector before primary school. They do immense work in educating our young children and preparing them for national school. During Covid,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Nov 2021)

Niamh Smyth: That is welcome. I call for a whole-of-government approach when the Minister is around the Cabinet table and conversations are happening with the Ministers for Education and Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in order that we can start to look at the sector in a formal setting and see it as part of the Department of Education. They are teachers and educators and provide...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2021)

Niamh Smyth: We have to plan ahead.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2021)

Niamh Smyth: The National Transport Authority, NTA, recently launched its plan and strategy for public transport. As a Border Deputy, I am heartened to see the rail line to Navan has been included. My focus is on the Border area and I will continue to be relentless in calling for a feasibility study on continuing the disused line from Navan to Kingscourt. I am delighted that the Government has...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Niamh Smyth: 15. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment will meet next. [48299/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: 109. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress regarding the implementation of the White Paper to end direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48698/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic Violence (7 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: 13. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures taken to assist domestic violence victims to access rent supplement; the number of persons accessing the payment, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48639/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Policy (5 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: 10. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures that will be taken to place the arts at the centre of local communities for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47923/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Policy (5 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: 7. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans in place or proposed to encourage diversity within the arts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47924/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (30 Sep 2021)

Niamh Smyth: 66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the public offices of the Passport Office in Dublin and Cork will reopen in order that persons can make an appointment to submit a passport application in person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46780/21]

Afghanistan Crisis: Statements (29 Sep 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I compliment the Minister on the leadership he has shown during this awful situation and humanitarian crisis. He has shown great leadership in enabling the citizens of Afghanistan who live in fear and are traumatised to see a pathway out. It was lovely to hear the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, talking about the various programmes. He...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (21 Sep 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I know the Minister of State is very passionate about this. Both the Taoiseach and the Minister have stood up and said this is not on. They have called on the hospital directors and masters of the maternity units to get on with lifting those restrictions and allowing partners in. It would be remiss of me not to say that my own hospital, Cavan General Hospital - and not everyone is lucky...