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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: -----on a huge sum of money. That is what people in this country think is disgusting.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: We are looking for a slot on it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pensions Reform (13 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: 113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for legislation that will offer CIÉ workers and other semi-State workers protection on their pension schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46892/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pensions Reform (13 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: 115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will introduce measures to offer workers in defined benefit pension schemes adequate protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46891/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Homemakers Scheme (13 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: 76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the women affected by the gaps in the homemaker's scheme can expect to see the changes that will bring them in line with post-1994 women; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46890/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (13 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: 90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the legislative measures she plans to prioritise to deal with bogus self-employment and related denials of workers' rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46847/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (13 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: 110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she will take to ensure equality in the State pension (contributory) scheme; when pensioners affected by current rules can expect to see those measures enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46846/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (13 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: 181. To ask the Minister for Finance if a figure (details supplied) in revenue from corporation taxes comes from the four commercial gas fields in Irish waters or from the entire category of mining and utilities sector. [46837/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (13 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance the companies and geographic sites involved in the category of mining and utilities sector that are liable to pay corporation tax; and if he will itemise the contribution to the overall figure from each of these companies. [46838/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: On a point of order, before we proceed to questions, I am sure all the members are dismayed that this document only arrived at 12.20 p.m. today. We cannot sufficiently prepare with respect to our contribution, questions, interests and knowledge in terms of what Mr. Donnellan has to say to us in that short given time. It shows huge disregard for what this special committee was set up to do,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: Even receipt of the document last night is not great timing for us to be able to absorb what the company want to say to us.

Dublin (North Inner City) Development Authority Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: I went on an interesting walk on Sunday. I would not say it was an historical walk but rather quite current. I walked around the Dublin docklands area, looking at the development and destruction, as I define it, of what was a vibrant populated area that gave employment to a local community and where local inner-city people grew up and lived. One of the most shocking things I saw was "the...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: We are debating the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill of 2018. I had hoped and thought that this might be somewhat similar to the 2017 legislation, which is still before the relevant committee. That version contains some of the measures the Taoiseach used to scapegoat the unemployed - naming and shaming them. The latter is a theme he seems to have left behind since he...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: I hope Deputy Barry does not talk for that long.

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: Obviously the contents of the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registrations Bill 2018 reflect the Minister's budget announcements. The Opposition cannot table amendments that would be a cost to the State. It is a case of put up and shut up; this is the Bill and that is it. Social welfare payments are increasing across the board by the small amount of €5, but not until March...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (14 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: 134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of recent changes in the calculation of homeless numbers; the rationale behind all such changes; and his additional plans and schemes to deal with vulnerable homeless persons during the winter months. [47157/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (14 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: 121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of successful applications for home loans under the Rebuilding Ireland scheme for first-time buyers; and the number that have applied for mortgages under this scheme to date. [47156/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (14 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: 181. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a reply has not issued from the HSE regarding the number of reviews per laboratory (details supplied) in view of evidence provided to the Committee of Public Accounts on 10 November 2018 [47254/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (14 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: 229. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the requests from women for their slides from the cervical screening process by laboratory (details supplied). [47361/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: There are no fish left.