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Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Bríd Smith: Will the Minister give us the answers to the questions before it is published or will its publication be our answer?

Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Bríd Smith: On the repatriation of the service to Ireland, is it the Minister's intention to reopen on a significant scale training courses in universities and institutes of technology to train clinical laboratory technicians to meet what we hope will be a native-based service with full standards going forward?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Jun 2019)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Minister for attending. As I usually do when we deal with this issue, I refer to the IPCC report. It is worth couching everything we do at the committee in the words of the report which stated that we need far-reaching, unprecedented and radical change. When the fanfare dies down, one has to look past the layers of green clothing that mask a business opportunity for industry,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Jun 2019)

Bríd Smith: So does the Minister. That is his problem.

Climate Action Plan to Tackle Climate Breakdown: Statements (20 Jun 2019)

Bríd Smith: I will share time with Deputy Paul Murphy.

Climate Action Plan to Tackle Climate Breakdown: Statements (20 Jun 2019)

Bríd Smith: The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton, is not a climate denier but Donald Trump is. With regard to renewable energy, President Trump frequently asks what we should do when the wind does not blow and the sun does not shine. Addressing the Energy Ireland 2019 conference this morning, the Minister referred to the inefficiency of renewable energies right...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Exploration Licences (20 Jun 2019)

Bríd Smith: 179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 13 June 2019, the details of the companies in two lease undertakings identified in his reply; the standard exploration licence the applications are related to; when an application for a lease undertaking was first made; and when his Department was first notified of a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Exploration Licences (20 Jun 2019)

Bríd Smith: 180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the two lease undertakings identified in correspondence are for sites (details supplied); when these lease undertakings were first issued; and the licensing terms under which they were issued, that is, 1992 or 2007. [25981/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Exploration Licences (20 Jun 2019)

Bríd Smith: 181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is considering an application for a lease undertaking at Hook Head under a site (details supplied); when the application was first made; and when a decision will be made. [25982/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2019)

Bríd Smith: Are the witnesses going to have an opportunity to answer members' questions? Are they going to respond when all questions have been asked? I wish to ask a question and get an answer to it and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2019)

Bríd Smith: I am happy with that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2019)

Bríd Smith: I will let the Senator go ahead of me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2019)

Bríd Smith: I thank the witnesses for their very enlightening contributions. Deputy O'Dea said the State seems to be a willing participant in all of this. Having listened to the contributions, and knowing in advance that I would concur with them, I believe that at this stage we should start naming who the State is participating with. We are skirting around the names here. I want to ask Captain Cullen...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2019)

Bríd Smith: If the Chairman will let me proceed with the line of questioning-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2019)

Bríd Smith: That is fair enough. That is the Chairman's job, which I appreciate. However, I am aware that Ryanair will be before this committee in our next scrutiny session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2019)

Bríd Smith: I would like to ask Captain Cullen and others if they have any specific questions they would like us to put to a company that had a German prosecutor go to the British authorities to ask them to do something about this. An interesting point is that the German and British authorities are much keener to track down bogus self-employment and will do things like co-operate with each other, take...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2019)

Bríd Smith: I do. I want Captain Cullen to come back on that because it will lead to the next question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2019)

Bríd Smith: A lot of what Captain Cullen spoke about would be very pertinent to the transport committee. Has he ever given evidence to it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2019)

Bríd Smith: Is that particularly from IALPA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2019)

Bríd Smith: Has it been blocked from giving evidence to the transport committee?