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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Support Services (9 Jul 2019)

Bríd Smith: 760. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the workplace adaptation grant to those that are blind and vision impaired for a second year on community employment schemes. [29278/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Bereavement Grant (9 Jul 2019)

Bríd Smith: 781. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of restoring the bereavement grant. [29432/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Transitional Payment (9 Jul 2019)

Bríd Smith: 803. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost to extend jobseeker's transition from when the youngest child is 14 to 18 years of age. [29756/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment (9 Jul 2019)

Bríd Smith: 804. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost to reduce working family payment qualification criteria of 19 hours to 15 hours a week. [29757/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision System (9 Jul 2019)

Bríd Smith: 805. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost to introduce a weekly allowance for children living in direct provision in line with the rate for a qualified child including the higher rate for children over 12 years of age. [29758/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Transitional Payment (9 Jul 2019)

Bríd Smith: 806. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost to allow those on jobseeker's transition to receive both the jobseeker's transition payment and the working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29759/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (9 Jul 2019)

Bríd Smith: 807. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost to reinstate child benefit for children living in direct provision. [29760/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (9 Jul 2019)

Bríd Smith: 808. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost to restore the full adult rate to persons under 26 years of age on jobseeker's allowance. [29761/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (9 Jul 2019)

Bríd Smith: 809. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost to link income and the income and earning disregard means test to the income of national minimum wage for social protection payments that have an income and earnings disregard. [29762/19]

State Ex Gratia Scheme: Statements (10 Jul 2019)

Bríd Smith: I praise Mr. Justice Iarfhlaith O'Neill for the work he has done and welcome the outcome of it. In the few minutes we have available to discuss this matter we should try to draw some lessons from the case. Even though I have only been a Deputy for a short time, it feels familiar to be talking about a scandal that involves State abuse of vulnerable citizens. There is a familiarity about the...

State Ex Gratia Scheme: Statements (10 Jul 2019)

Bríd Smith: She is entitled to be angry about it.

CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Bríd Smith: My amendment No. 4 deals with the same matter and was ruled out of order. What I proposed-----

CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Bríd Smith: May I not speak to these ones in line-----

CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Bríd Smith: I understand that.

CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Bríd Smith: I just mentioned it.

CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Bríd Smith: I am not speaking to amendment No. 4; I am speaking to amendments Nos. 2 and 3.

CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Bríd Smith: I mentioned amendment No. 4 as being ruled out of order because it is kind of related to these amendments.

CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Bríd Smith: I understand that.

CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Bríd Smith: Four, four, four.

CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Bríd Smith: I am speaking to amendments Nos. 2 and 3. I hope the Minister finds a way-----