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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with parents and campaigners from a school (details supplied) to discuss concerns about places and capacity in non-denominational schools in the area. [29414/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to achieve full pay equality for all teaching grades; the timeframe for achieving same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29417/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: 294. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a colonoscopy requested by a doctor has taken four years to conduct; the waiting times for the procedure nationally and specifically in St. James's Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29559/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: 295. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting times in St. James's Hospital, Dublin, for a colonoscopy appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29560/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: 296. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been changes in operating procedures in St. James's Hospital relating to conducting colonoscopies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29561/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: 297. To ask the Minister for Health the laboratories and-or hospitals in which screening tests for colon cancer are carried out; the number carried out since 2010 in each of these locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29562/18]

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Ceann Comhairle.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Commissioner Appointment (5 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: 57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss its concerns over the appointment of the new Garda Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29554/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Commissioner Appointment (5 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: 65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the incoming Garda Commissioner will be facilitated and encouraged to appear before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality to answer concerns from Deputies regarding several high profile loyalist killings and attacks here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29555/18]

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: As the Taoiseach and Minister have just heard, the Scally inquiry has been seriously frustrated and delayed, possibly well into the next term. There is one simple question I have repeatedly asked and which I will ask for the fifth time. Can we have a list of the laboratories from which the 209 - now 221 - misdiagnosed tests came? I have repeatedly asked this of the HSE, the Taoiseach, the...

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: I asked the Minister, the HSE and the Minister for Finance that question long before we heard of Scally.

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: Can I have the answer? I am asking only about 221 tests.

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: The Minister has not.

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: I have asked for these results and I have written to the Minister about them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: I start by doing something I should have done at the end of the meeting last week. I thank everybody for giving witness to the Bill and engaging with the committee on it. I thank the delegates who attended last week - Dr. Amanda Slevin, Professor John Sweeney, the representatives of IBEC and the Irish Offshore Operators Association - and all those who are present today. I am doing so at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: I ask the Chairman to allow Mr. Muttitt, who has to leave at 1.30 p.m., to put his question now and that it be addressed first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: Mr. Collins stated that we had to keep all available options on the table. I question that. One of the available options - the extraction of fossil fuels - will not help us meet our Paris targets. Unless Mr. Collins refutes the science involved, then it is widely recognised scientifically that 80% of known fossil fuels must stay in the ground. As such, why would we fly in the face of that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: Mr. O'Sullivan is not arguing that we are putting our energy security at risk because of our current connection with Moffat, which he has been saying for years is secure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: When Mr. O'Sullivan speaks about liquified natural gas security he refers to having all of the mixes on the table, including liquified natural gas, locally supplied fossil fuel sources and piped gas from Moffat. He wants all of these mixes on the table and available to Gas Networks Ireland. At the same time, he recognises the science that states 80% of known fossil fuels must remain in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: I remind Mr. O'Sullivan that we heard evidence from Mr. Paul Allen earlier that continued reliance on gas competes with the renewable industry and pushes it back. How do we rely on gas and, at the same time, promote renewables in a realistic way that allows us to meet the requirements of the Paris Agreement?