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National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: So the Government cannot step outside of EU policy in any circumstances.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: I thank everyone for their answers. I came in with one question and now have about three or four but I will not be long. The first one concerns the issue raised by Dr. McKenna, namely, the decision to export the screening process in, I think, 2008. It was not a popular decision. I have read over the record from the Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine and the Medical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: But is it a policy statement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: Dr. McKenna said it would be very helpful if there was a policy statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: Is that the same as a policy statement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: Dr. McKenna has his policy statement. We will be keeping an eye on it because it goes to the heart of everything that went wrong with this service. I probably have to say this because I get a lot of criticism for it. When I take the angle I am about to take, I am accused of being negative about CervicalCheck. I am not. I am a recipient of that service and a complete advocate for it. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: Mr. McCallion's description of the EU procurement process is understood but what is the problem with it because he said earlier that there are problems with it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: I understand that it will not happen overnight but I very much welcome the fact that it has been stated here today that the Government has a policy of repatriating the service in the longer term. That is clear from what has been said by the Department here today. I want to return to the issue of the laboratories in the US and outsourcing. I have been asking questions since this time last...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: Regarding the information about that slide, the first bit of information one sees on the record is where that slide went. It will state the name and address of the laboratory. Why has it taken so long to get this information? What is this analysis? Is it the same work which I was told last year and this year is being carried out by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: With respect, I asked Mr. McCallion a simple question. In which laboratories were the 221 tests conducted? I do not want a breakdown of the clinical analysis, just where the tests were carried out. Having seen the paperwork, I know that when one picks up a piece of paper to see where one's test went, the name and address of the laboratory is on the front page. That is the information I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: It will be at least a year after I asked for it. The reason I asked, in case anyone is in any doubt, is that I am convinced at this stage that it will show that the outsourcing of this service brought us to this point. We outsourced this work to laboratories with lower standards for profit, research, medicine and clinical activity, as opposed to public health. This has brought us to where...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Implementation (14 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on plans to increase the carbon tax; if his attention has been drawn to studies from Canada (details supplied) that suggest such policies do not reduce CO2 emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3310/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: I have tabled a question, namely, Question No. 85, which relates to the issue. I echo Deputy Mattie McGrath's contribution that it is shocking that the Minister would ignore the democratic wishes of the majority of the House, not least given that she must make a decision on whether she will renew the contract. Will she indicate whether she intends to renew the JobPath contract for the two...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: That is not the issue.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: The Department has a contract with Turas Nua, however.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: It is called new politics.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: When the Minister says that it does not fall on the Government because it does not have a contract with Working Links, the fact is that Working Links is 50% owned by Turas Nua and Turas Nua has, so far, received €75.7 million of taxpayers' money to deal with unemployment, to do what was said by the academics from Waterford, to actively and capriciously patronise, cajole, threaten,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (19 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: 55. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the impact of the six-day waiting period for employees to access social payments in view of the fact that many do not receive sick pay entitlements from their employers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8005/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (19 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: 78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when pension increases and back payments in relation to recent changes to the contributory pension scheme will be issued; when difficulties being experienced on the website MyWelfare.ie will be resolved; and when a paper application form inviting pensioners to fill in gaps in their records will be issued. [8007/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: 85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to continue contracts with JobPath providers in view of the recent Dáil Éireann motion in relation to the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8008/19]