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Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision (8 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the reason promised funding to help subsidise IVF treatment has not been delivered to date in 2019; his plans to provide enhanced care and aid to persons seeking the treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40586/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (8 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 255. To ask the Minister for Health the laboratories from which the 221 cases of misdiagnosed smears under Cervical Check came, by laboratory and by year in tabular form. [40777/19]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: The Minister, Deputy Donohoe, is being praised in the mainstream media for his prudent budget. The reality, however, is that it is a blatant class-biased budget that is using the Brexit and climate crisis to hit workers and the poor, in the main. I will examine a few things he is up to in the budget as he looks after his own. The Central Bank has predicted that tens of thousands of jobs...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cross-Border Projects (9 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding for a project listed on the PCI list of the EU is discretionary; if not, if the State is obliged to provide funding having nominated the project for PCI status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41327/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Hydraulic Fracturing Exploration: Discussion (9 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: I wish to formally express my disappointment that the Department is not represented at the meeting. It is shocking. It is very unusual that no member of the Department responsible for this policy is here to answer questions. I acknowledge that the Department provided a written submission which all members received today, but it is highly unusual and regrettable that there is no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Hydraulic Fracturing Exploration: Discussion (9 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: Can we communicate to the Department that it is unacceptable that it is not represented?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Hydraulic Fracturing Exploration: Discussion (9 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: I thank all our guests, particularly Professor Howarth for joining us from New York. We are using up all his time, which is precious but very useful. I direct my first question to Dr. Deane from MaREI. He claims that we do not know how much fracked gas we import, particularly from the UK. However, on 1 October it was reported that fracking has now ended in the UK as the company that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Hydraulic Fracturing Exploration: Discussion (9 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: I have two more questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Hydraulic Fracturing Exploration: Discussion (9 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: Are they small compared to what is proposed in Shannon?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Hydraulic Fracturing Exploration: Discussion (9 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: I ask Professor McMullin and Professor Howarth to comment on what Dr. Deane said. I am not convinced when I hear it is not possible to implement these measures because of economic constraints. We hear in this debate all the time that market integration, competition and security of supply are prioritised ahead of the needs of the environment, biodiversity and what the children of the planet...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Hydraulic Fracturing Exploration: Discussion (9 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: Sorry, I have another question to put to Professor McMullin and Professor Howarth on this topic. Will they describe the climate mitigation impact of reducing methane emissions? They have increased, but what would be the effect of bringing them right back down? If all countries were to refuse to take fracked gas from the US, how much good would it do in terms of climate mitigation? How...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Hydraulic Fracturing Exploration: Discussion (9 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: Do we not get another five minutes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Hydraulic Fracturing Exploration: Discussion (9 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: Yes. We are going to close Moneypoint, which burns coal to produce energy and is just up the road from the location at which the proposed LNG facility is to float. I ask all the scientists here whether it makes sense to close a coal-burning depot and import LNG. While Ms Walsh has made a good submission, she has not gone into detail on some of the human impact on communities. I refer to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Hydraulic Fracturing Exploration: Discussion (9 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: By whom?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (10 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 168. To ask the Minister for Health if the result of the review of the slides of 221 women affected by the CervicalCheck issue will change his plans to continue with a policy of contracting out CervicalCheck screening programmes to private companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41388/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (10 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the inclusion of the Shannon LNG project on the projects of common interest list compiled in Brussels on 4 October 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41393/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (10 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 587 and 588 of 17 September 2019, if the exact reason will be itemised for the penalty applied that is for failure to operate due to driver unavailability, bus breakdown or curtailment of late running services; the amount by subcategory involved in each period 2014 to 2019. [41471/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: I apologise for being late. I am very aware that this conversation is going in one direction, namely, that the industry wants to define what is a service charge. The witnesses have made up their minds that the definition of a service charges is a contract between the business and the customer. The worker, the person who delivers the service which has to be delivered by somebody, has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: Can Mr Cummins tell me to which point of law he is referring?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: Mr. Cummins is delivering a discourse on behalf of his sector. He said this was a point of law. What point of law is it?