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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (17 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: 588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the failure to operate scheduled services that resulted in fines imposed on Dublin Bus. [37514/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Data (17 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: 618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding provided for the free travel scheme from 2008 to date. [36996/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Data (17 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: 619. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the free travel scheme fund has been distributed to specific transport companies from 2008 to date by company. [36998/19]

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (18 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: Deputy Durkan is welcome to any time I have left because I do not believe I will use up the 20 minutes.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (18 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: It is probably just me, but I find there is something extraordinarily ironic and surreal about this debate in this House tonight on the impact of Brexit on this country. We are talking about having to cut this and that, about how jobs would be lost and services curtailed and about the need to save funds. It is a bit like a throwback to the dire warnings of the austerity years. If only we...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (18 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: We do not know about them. The Minister of State has not said whether those plans are afoot. It is increasingly obvious that the Government is trying to use a no-deal Brexit as an excuse for punitive measures against ordinary people. It may not be able to increase social welfare, pay the Christmas bonus or honour the promises it has made to public sector workers, yet ironically it may be...

Climate Change: Statements (19 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: The House will have to hear from me for the longest.

Climate Change: Statements (19 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: I will not repeat the horrific descriptions we have just heard from around the Chamber about what is happening. I want to raise a number of things, however. I emphasise the importance of tomorrow. I am delighted that the Dublin Council of Trade Unions is supporting the march and calling on its members to join it and also that many communities will be mobilising alongside the students....

Climate Change: Statements (19 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: It seldom happens.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Medals (19 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: 43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the medals that are being sought by the veterans and families of the siege of Jadotville will be awarded. [37993/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Industrial Relations (24 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: 17. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if an amendment to the Industrial Relations Act 1990 will be supported in order to allow Defence Forces personnel the right to be represented by a representative organisation of their choice and have full access to the industrial relations machinery of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38532/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Industrial Relations (24 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: 20. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will meet with representatives of the Defence Forces, specifically an organisation (details supplied), to discuss its campaign for representative rights in view of ongoing concerns on issues of pay, conditions and retention in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38533/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Industrial Relations (24 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: 30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to deal with the recruitment and retention crisis in the Defence Forces; his views on whether granting the right to representation including the right of bodies (details supplied) to join an organisation and have access to the industrial relations machinery of the State could help in dealing with the current crisis in the forces in...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Industrial Relations (24 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: 36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether the conciliation and arbitration scheme to address issues regarding the pay and conditions of Defence Forces personnel does not address or adequately deal with concerns of members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38531/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Medals (24 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: 37. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the medals being sought by the veterans and families of the siege of Jadotville will be awarded. [38359/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (24 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: 322. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1190, 1191 and 1197 of 6 September 2019, if a direct response will issue on the specific question regarding a patient having to fund an independent review of her smears if she has been diagnosed with cervical cancer. [38526/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (24 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: 323. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1190, 1191 and 1197 of 6 September 2019, if a response will issue on whether the financial burden on patients with cervical cancer will be removed; and if the HSE will fund an independent review of smears if requested. [38527/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Data (24 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: 526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on the roll-out and development of the public services card before and since October 2017 to date when the report by the Data Protection Commission into the card was initiated. [38607/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Data (24 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: 527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of public services cards issued before and since October 2017 to date when the report by the Data Protection Commission into the card was initiated [38608/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Data (24 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: 528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on the roll-out and development of the public services card in the period before and since July 2018 to date. [38609/19]