Results 121-140 of 4,064 for speaker:Niamh Smyth in 'Written Answers'

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]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will explain the role of a community warden; the way county councils can avail of this position; if he will provide a breakdown of the counties which have a community warden in place, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24782/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Grants (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a householder can request an inspection in a case where a septic tank is evidentially not working in order to receive grant aid to upgrade the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25909/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 665. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools in counties Cavan and Monaghan involved in the meals programme in the past school year; the way this compares to the previous year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24513/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions Reform (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 714. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to abolish the compulsory retirement age of 65; the options of financial support available to people who retire at 65 years of age but do not receive the State pension until they are 66 years of age; the reason people are being forced onto jobseeker's payments for one year in these situations; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 921. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the OPW is not taking responsibility for the River Erne in the constituency of Cavan/Monaghan; the funding measures that can be accessed to clean this river and alleviate flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25841/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 952. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of any plans to restore St. Felim's Workhouse in Cullies in Cavan Town, the former St. Felim's Hospital, which is a listed building; if not, if plans will be made to put it to use in the community as an important heritage building in County Cavan before it falls further into disrepair; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Concert Hall (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 985. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she supports the National Concert Hall in its key strategic objective between now and 2020 to ensure the complete refurbishment of the venue (details supplied). [26250/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Concert Hall (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 986. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the fact that Earlsfort Terrace was earmarked for the future development of the National Concert Hall and for the arts in 2006, the reason an exploration station, a children's interactive science museum, is now being located within the north wing of the Earlsfort Terrace building; if such a development in this location...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 1014. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24415/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 1038. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding which has been allocated to mental health in the Cavan Monaghan Hospital Group for 2016; the new services planned for introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24471/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (16 Sep 2016)

Niamh Smyth: 1143. To ask the Minister for Health the detail on cuts that have been imposed at a day care centre (details supplied); the reason these cuts have taken place; if staff were notified of the downgrading of services; the services on offer to service users at present; his plans to increase day care at this unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24975/16]