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Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 8:In page 15, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:“(3) Within six months of the passing of this Act, the Minister will prepare a report for the House on the situation of lone parents who foster children but who are not the legal guardians of the children and therefore do not presently qualify for lone parent payments. This report shall examine any...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: It is not that she applied for lone parent payment for the foster children but that she came looking for assistance about what to do. She said she was removed from lone parent payment because her own children no longer qualify but she is still a parent because she fosters two children, and social protection services are now telling her that she has to sign on for jobseeker's allowance.

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: Does she become non-existent? Who pays her?

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: It is not for the parent. It is for the children and comes from the HSE.

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: Not for fostering. She was in receipt of lone parent payment for her own children.

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: I am sure she is not the only one.

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: Will the Minister commit to a report? If she finds that it is impossible, then she can say it is impossible. She is being asked to examine cases and provide costings.

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: If I move and withdraw it, does that let me come back to it in the Seanad?

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: And have a good scrap.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: The amendment was introduced by its proposers as having stemmed from meeting somebody who survived an horrendous attempt at abortion. However, the wording of the amendment has nothing to do with that, but rather is, as the Minister said, an attempt to undermine the entire sentiment of the legislation and the referendum we had to repeal the eighth amendment of the Constitution. I am not a...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: He has asked everybody.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: This amendment is about the period of up to 12 weeks. The debate in this regard began with references to race, sex and disability and ended up focused on disability because it is possible to tug at the heart strings of the population by consistently referring to people with Down's syndrome despite the fact that the Down Syndrome Ireland has asked people advocating what is proposed not to do...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (29 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: 13. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider new legislation or new regulations to prevent members of An Garda Síochána from retiring when they are subject to an ongoing investigation into their conduct in view of recent cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49789/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Inquiry (29 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: 15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will commission a public inquiry into a case (details supplied) in view of the fact that the GSOC report on the tragic case has failed to provide answers to the family or the public that are needed to restore confidence in the state criminal justice system and the rule of law. [49788/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Offshore Exploration Licences (29 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: 192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the recent findings of the ObSERVE Programme into marine life will inform his policy on issuing licences for the exploration of oil and gas in view of the fact that such activity is known to destroy plankton, damage breeding grounds for many species and cause disorientation to many whale species listed in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Data (29 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: 242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning applications for the development of social housing by local authorities and approved housing bodies in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [49915/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (29 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: 243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number on social housing waiting lists nationally; the number of applicants (details supplied); and the number of cases in which the applicant is applying for a family; and the size of families on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49916/18]

Report on Procurement Process Audit of National Broadband Plan: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: I propose three minutes each.

Report on Procurement Process Audit of National Broadband Plan: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: I will follow the style of the previous speaker. I thought that was effective.

Report on Procurement Process Audit of National Broadband Plan: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: Using schools as an example of the tendering process was a bad choice on the Minister's part given the recent debacle of what happened in the previous such tendering. I would like the Minister to comment on the competitive tendering process itself. The Minister states it provides the best value for the public. It is cheaper and more efficient, we are told, than to get a public utility...