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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: Guím Nollaig shona don Cheann Comhairle agus do gach duine sa Teach seo, go háirithe do na hoifigigh a thugann tacaíocht dúinn gach lá agus uaireanta istoíche freisin. I also wish a very happy Christmas to all of the nurses, midwives and emergency staff across the State who provide us with a wonderful service. No doubt they are all reeling in horror today at...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: That is what the Taoiseach said a few weeks ago.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: I want to correct the record. When Fine Gael took office, it was on the promise of burning bondholders, but it capitulated when the European Central Bank, ECB, made a threat that a financial bomb would go off in Dublin. The Government then pulled back from its position. Not only did Fine Gael impose austerity but it also escalated it. In recent years many people have suffered from it but...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: The Taoiseach is offering nothing.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: I did not say it should be taken back next year.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: The Taoiseach should stop digging. He sounds ridiculous.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: The most interesting contribution so far has been made by Deputy Curran. Like Deputy Boyd Barrett, I heard the advertisements and thought it was great, as we were going to help to protect workers and provide reassurance. Deputy Curran implied it was part of an exercise to gauge the size and gravity of the problem, but the required response was not achieved. I am not surprised by the low...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (19 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: 48. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the cases of persons who have failed to qualify for a contributory pension under new criteria introduced in 2012 that raised the minimum contributions needed to 520 will be examined; if the impact on those applicants who subsequently failed to qualify for a non-contributory pension will be examined; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Proposed Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: 55. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of proposed legislation to deal with bogus self-employment; the progress in drafting such legislation; when such a Bill will be brought before Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53450/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (19 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: 56. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department is refusing access to the back to education allowance to applicants undertaking a professional masters degree in adult and community education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53451/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (19 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: 72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the contracts with JobPath providers will be extended; the date on which the current contracts expire; if a value for money study will be commissioned into the service provided by both companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53449/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (19 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: 84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the increase in sanctions and penalties taken against jobseekers is due to the interaction of the JobPath providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53448/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reports (19 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: 237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a new report (details supplied). which found on the basis of a meta-analysis of studies from 33 countries that criminalisation of sex workers or their clients is associated with a significantly greater risk of physical or sexual violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53514/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Examination of the Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: I thank our guest for his presentation and for his directness and honesty. I do not know of many people in this House who want to hear phrases such as "Tell it like it is", "Don't blame it on somebody else" and "If you can't do it yourself, don't ask others to do it". We had the farming organisations here recently saying that if we do not increase the herd and export the cattle, then the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Examination of the Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: I know he is from the House of Lords but I find it hard to use the title "Lord" in reference to him. Something I have noticed in England recently is the pressure from the fracking companies and the response of the people. I have been in awe of the protesters. They have gone out of their way to get their voices heard in a democratic way, although they have been blocked by local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Examination of the Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: That is useful. However, I take issue on the science. We have banned fracking in Ireland and we did so on the understanding that the science has settled on the fact that 80% of known fossil fuels should be left in the ground. That flies in the face of what Lord Deben is arguing. It is a bit like what he said earlier, that if we cannot do it, somebody else can. However, if the gas is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (15 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a site (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if the site is controlled by NAMA; if its potential use by public agencies or Dublin City Council for social or affordable housing has been examined; and if his officials or other Departments have had meetings with the receivers of the site to discuss the future of same. [54428/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Protocols (15 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance the training for custom officials that deals specifically with racial profiling; if training is provided as to the way in which to deal with and treat foreign nationals with respect; and the way in which persons who have negative experiences based on racial profiling or inappropriate comments can make a complaint or seek redress. [54369/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (15 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all sick leave is taken into consideration before sanctioning a due incremental pay rise for public sector employees; his plans to examine proposals that would treat work related illness or injury in a different way when calculating entitlements to future increments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54510/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Training (15 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 423. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the training for INIS and GNIB officials that deals specifically with racial profiling; if training is provided as to the way in which to deal with and treat foreign nationals with respect; and the way in which persons that have negative experiences based on racial profiling or inappropriate comments can make a complaint or...