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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (2 Apr 2019)

Bríd Smith: 55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties caused to persons with disabilities by the failure of lifts at DART and rail stations across the city and that these failures are ongoing and constant and make accessing public transport impossible for many persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15152/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (2 Apr 2019)

Bríd Smith: 210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the practice of direct provision centres encouraging residents to volunteer to undertake duties which could be paid employment jobs; if such practices are widespread; if his Department is consulted by providers before such volunteering is organised; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Plant Certification: Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (2 Apr 2019)

Bríd Smith: I do not mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Plant Certification: Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (2 Apr 2019)

Bríd Smith: I thank the commission for its presentation. Having heard everything, I accept the commission’s point about the importance of the rigour of the process in the public interest and that requirement is legislated for. In the seven years between 2012 and 2019, much has changed with this particular case, as well as the wider case of how we deal with climate change and the urgency with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Plant Certification: Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (2 Apr 2019)

Bríd Smith: Could it go ahead as a biomass power station with fewer supports from the State?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Plant Certification: Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (2 Apr 2019)

Bríd Smith: That is low. If the company in question were to reinvent itself as a biomass energy station, would the commission also assess it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Plant Certification: Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (2 Apr 2019)

Bríd Smith: However, it would be looking for State support.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Plant Certification: Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (2 Apr 2019)

Bríd Smith: What about the parallel processes marrying each other to ensure we can deal with this issue in a holistic way in the future?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Plant Certification: Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (2 Apr 2019)

Bríd Smith: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Bríd Smith: I thank our guests witnesses for their interesting presentations, which contained useful analysis. Two points jumped out at me, the first of which relates to Indecon's recommendation that we should move to an open, competitive public procurement model. I immediately thought of the national children's hospital, broadband and CervicalCheck. What a great model. Look at the results it has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Bríd Smith: The Chairman had left the room when I asked whether it would be possible to get Indecon to come before the committee to be queried about the report. I would like to know how it added one and one and got six.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Bríd Smith: If the Minister is going to appear before us on Thursday, would it be possible to get Indecon to appear before us as well?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Bríd Smith: Okay. I thank the Chairman.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (3 Apr 2019)

Bríd Smith: 225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to tenancy contracts by approved housing bodies such as a body (details supplied) which informs tenants that their tenancy can be ended if the body plans to sell the premises within three months, refurbish the premises, change the use of the premises or if it is deemed no longer suitable for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Bríd Smith: I have a good few questions so I will ask them quite quickly and in a row. I thank the witnesses for their submission. I also thank Dr. Gráinne Flannelly for her very informative letter on how the whole system works. It was very well thought-out and delivered. The page where Dr. Flannelly talked about 28 April 2018 is a very important piece concerning her advice to the Department not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Bríd Smith: That is not the completion of the review.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Bríd Smith: Does Mr. McCallion have a date for when he expect the reveiw to be completed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Bríd Smith: With all due respect to Mr. McCallion and the RCOG, we were told last June that it would be completed in six months.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Bríd Smith: Did Mr. McCallion check to see if there were laboratories available in Northern Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Bríd Smith: There are a couple of questions that I want to have answered. I asked Mr. McCallion if Dr. Flannelly was a loss to the HSE. Is it unusual for the Department to reject advice from somebody as expert as her.