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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Natural Gas Imports (28 Nov 2019)

Bríd Smith: I do not know if the Minister realises how helpless and useless he sounds when he says that the Government has no role in any of this because it is a private sector project. This is fracked gas from an area of North America that is suffering severely in terms of health and the environment. We have banned it in this country for those reasons, yet we are willing to facilitate its importation...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bord na Móna (28 Nov 2019)

Bríd Smith: I must say I learn something new every day when I come into this place. I have learned today that under the same question, a Deputy can skip from the national broadband plan to community radio advertising in a couple of seconds. I am just amazed.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bord na Móna (28 Nov 2019)

Bríd Smith: I must remember that trick as a way of getting a neat little video of myself out ASAP. Question No. 11 happens to be about Bord na Móna and the just transition. I ask the Minister to meet the trade unions representing Bord na Móna workers to hear their views. The unions are demanding that Bord na Móna management attend the Workplace Relations Commission on the question of a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bord na Móna (28 Nov 2019)

Bríd Smith: Like everybody else in the country, I could not help but note the Minister's visit to the midlands and the flurry of fast cars involved in that regard as it was well flagged by RTÉ, etc. I am not accusing the Minister of not understanding the issue, because I would not do that. Various committees have spent hours quizzing the CEO and the unions on the nature of a just transition and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bord na Móna (28 Nov 2019)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Minister for his answer because it clarifies for me the dispute I have with him on what a just transition for workers means. It is all of the above as mentioned by the Minister but it is also about how they are treated while their jobs are being done away, what access they have to voluntary redundancy, what that amounts to and who is covered by this agreement. There is a cohort...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2019)

Bríd Smith: And politicians.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (28 Nov 2019)

Bríd Smith: 38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the meetings or discussions he has had with both Bord na Móna management and a person (details supplied) on the planned job losses at the company and the ending of peat harvesting; if the issue of negotiations with workers' representatives was discussed; if the issue of retraining workers affected was discussed or...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (28 Nov 2019)

Bríd Smith: 55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the SEAI allocation to local authorities for energy efficiency measures and retrofitting in social housing stock since 2010; and the planned spending by the SEAI on future energy efficiency measures in social housing units. [49388/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Expenditure (28 Nov 2019)

Bríd Smith: 44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expenditure to date on the broadband tendering process; the costs associated with the competitive tendering process and subsequent legal and consultancy advice; and the breakdown of fees paid to external agencies. [49387/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Carbon Credits (28 Nov 2019)

Bríd Smith: 51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated amount of carbon credits Ireland will need to purchase in 2020 in order to comply with its international obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49386/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Corrib Gas Field (28 Nov 2019)

Bríd Smith: 197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address matters (details supplied) relating to the Corrib gas project and related infrastructure. [49471/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: Not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: It is an entirely different point.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: It is not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: We know that the report from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists was published at 3 p.m. Information about it is appearing on Twitter. We need a full discussion on the report. We heard alarming statistics today that 300 out of 1,000 women had discordant results.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: I ask that the House to arrange to discuss the report this week out of respect to the women and their families.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: The Business Committee could not have made recommendations last week as the report had not been published.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: The Minister should agree to have a discussion on this issue on Thursday. It will not be respectful to the women and the families if we leave it until next week.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Services Data (3 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: 83. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of cases heard at the Workplace Relations Commission in 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of adjudicators employed by the commission; the number of appeals to decisions of adjudicators; the time taken for cases to be heard; and her plans for the commission for the coming year. [43635/19]