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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: This legislation has been promised for years. Now we have it and it is not being implemented.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: You said we cannot comment on individual cases. Comment on the law. Comment on the law that women are being deprived of - their constitutional rights. Comment on that.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (17 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers working in autism spectrum disorder units have specialised training over and above that given to primary and secondary school teachers in view of the fact that the needs of children that attend such schools are different to children in mainstream schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2164/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (17 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a specific category under the Teaching Council for special education teachers as there is for primary, secondary and further education; his plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2165/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (17 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are additional resources available for schools with autism spectrum disorder units; the way in which such funding and resources are allocated; if such funding is based on the number of students catered for or other criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2166/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Victim Support Services (17 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if State prosecution witnesses receive ongoing support in serious criminal prosecution cases in which the witness may fear for their safety due to the release of the perpetrator; and the details of the supports a witness may have access to. [2122/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Victim Support Services (17 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if State witnesses in serious criminal cases are informed prior to a decision on the early release of the person they testified against; and if such information is passed on as a matter of routine. [2123/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (17 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to retain the rent pressure zones beyond December 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2127/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (17 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if proposed legislation will deal with security of tenure for tenants in rent pressure zones that may face eviction on grounds of refurbishment, sale or the relocation of family members into a dwelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2128/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: JobPath Programme: Discussion (17 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: I have a couple of additional questions. I thank the witnesses. They are doing great work. I thank them on behalf of everybody who is a victim of this vicious system. I do not know whether any of them watched "I, Daniel Blake". It was on television again over Christmas and it was my second or third time to see it. What keeps coming back into one's head are the outcomes of the vicious...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: JobPath Programme: Discussion (17 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: If the companies are getting desperate, why they are outsourcing to other companies?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: I look forward to being allowed as much rope on the issue I want to discuss. Yesterday we celebrated the foundation of the State. We were all present. The Constitution allows for freedom of association and the right to join a trade union of choice. It is enshrined in the Constitution as a fundamental right. We have statements on laws about unions, but I wonder what the attitude of the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: The workers are being denied their constitutional rights.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: The Taoiseach did not answer my question.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the possibility of the State acquiring and using a location (details supplied) in Dublin 8 as a site for public, affordable and cost-rental housing units supported by central funding and the involvement of Dublin City Council and approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2524/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department had meetings or discussions with NAMA officials about a location (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if so, the details of the meetings; if his attention has been drawn to the NAMA-appointed receiver's appeal to have the location removed from the vacant site register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2525/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions with NAMA officials in relation to a location (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if the use of this site for the provision of social, public and affordable homes by the local authority and approved housing bodies will be supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2526/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance if NAMA has considered offering a location (details supplied) in Dublin 8 to the local authority or an approved housing body for the provision of public and affordable housing; and if NAMA will be instructed to prepare a report on the feasibility of such action. [2527/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Data (22 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are decisions outstanding from the first round of applications for the refugee protection programme and humanitarian admission programme; and the reason for the perceived extremely high refusal rate (details supplied) in view of the fact that there are a total of 530 places available on the programme and a second...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (23 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 17 January 2019, his plans to renew the areas designated as rent pressure zones in view of the fact that the Act designates December 2019 as the time when these zones will cease (details supplied). [3312/19]