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Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2018)

Bríd Smith: Under the programme for Government, the Government has committed to continued support for victim groups representing victims of the violence in Northern Ireland and to promote reconciliation. Can the Tánaiste please comment on the appointment of Mr. Drew Harris as the Garda Commissioner given the Truth and Reconciliation Platform has described it as a massive step backwards and a hammer...

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2018)

Bríd Smith: Nobody is trying to bring Mr. Harris into this. He is already involved in it. I am just asking for an opportunity to question him.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2018)

Bríd Smith: It is absolutely appropriate.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2018)

Bríd Smith: When would it be appropriate?

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2018)

Bríd Smith: I raised a Topical Issue matter on this but the Ceann Comhairle refused to take it today.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (28 Jun 2018)

Bríd Smith: 28. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the two site visits conducted on the laboratories that conducted the cervical screening programme over the ten years of the programme to be a sufficient way to ensure standards and quality of the screening process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28379/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff (28 Jun 2018)

Bríd Smith: 42. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the resignations of three consultant child and adolescent psychiatrists in the south east are least partly a result of the lack of resources at primary care level and the resulting over-burdening of an already grossly under-resourced secondary care CAMHS operating at less than a quarter of recommended resources for a safe service; his...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (28 Jun 2018)

Bríd Smith: 68. To ask the Minister for Health if he will release or instruct the HSE to release the details requested by numerous members of Dáil Éireann in relation to each of the laboratories that conducted the cervical screening programme, specifically a clear comparison on detection rates and false negative statistics for each laboratory in view of delays with the Scally report; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (28 Jun 2018)

Bríd Smith: 87. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to carry out an audit of the number of children that are being prescribed psychostimulant drugs in view of the interim report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care that highlights the over reliance on medication in the absence of sufficient primary care resources across mental health services; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 Jun 2018)

Bríd Smith: 89. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he will take to insure there is sufficient capacity and resources to conduct the new HPV cervical screening testing here without outsourcing the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28377/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Crosscare Emigrant Support Service: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Bríd Smith: I thank our guests for the presentation and the report. I also thank them for highlighting the very important issues in this area. I am afraid I have to leave to attend a meeting on climate change, a matter on which I will be tabling a Bill next week. I apologise that I will have to leave but I will ask a couple of questions before I do so. That 109,000 people have returned to Ireland...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Crosscare Emigrant Support Service: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Bríd Smith: One cannot access Irish fees in that instance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Crosscare Emigrant Support Service: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Bríd Smith: That is the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Crosscare Emigrant Support Service: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Bríd Smith: Is it the case that such a person would be entitled to Irish-based education fees after three years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Crosscare Emigrant Support Service: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Bríd Smith: If a person comes back immediately, he or she is not entitled to avail of those fees.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Crosscare Emigrant Support Service: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Bríd Smith: The cohort I met consisted of people who emigrated in 2010. That is eight years ago. They want to come home. Perhaps they are mechanics and the trade is not great at the moment and they want to better themselves. They are being told that, even though they grew up here and their parents grew up here and they paid into the system, they are not even entitled to undergraduate fees. Having to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Crosscare Emigrant Support Service: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Bríd Smith: It is shocking that there seems to be no problem with a policy of dumping young people out of the country when the economy collapses. When it rises again, they are treated very badly. That is extremely contradictory.

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: Then I indicate. I understood that the Ceann Comhairle took us in the order of the amendments.

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: One gets great pleasure from walking the hills and laneways or cycling pathways and using all the attractions that this country has to offer, despite the loss of habitats and species, the 40% reduction in the bee population, which is quite scary when we realise the role the bee plays in the food chain and the reproductive life of this island, and the red listing of six or seven native species...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: They did burn not hedgerows. They listened to the farmers.