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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes (2 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Solas has increased the price of the safe pass system that is required by all building workers; if he or his Department were informed by Solas that the fee for this pass would be increased by between 100% and 200%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40571/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (3 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 217. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the response to police brutality in Nigeria and the recent shooting of peaceful protesters there and the operations of the so called SARS section of the police; his plans to speak to embassy officials here to convey the opposition of the Government to recent events; if he will raise the abuse of human rights in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: There is a commitment in the programme for Government to overhaul existing building standards in the construction industry. Related to that is the fact that SOLAS, under the Department of Education, has farmed out the Safe Pass course to independent commercial entities. Since March 2020 and the start of the Covid-19 crisis, the cost of that course has more than doubled from €80 to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (8 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he plans to publish a review of the progress made in implementing the programme for Government. [41635/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (8 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: The Taoiseach said earlier that if the nurses are working, they should be paid. This morning, he said that he does not believe they should be working, or perhaps, it is the other way around. He has, however, said they should be paid if they are working and he does not believe they should be working. He must verify it. I am shocked that he has not verified it because the HSE is telling him...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (8 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: It is happening.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (8 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: The issue is staff shortages.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (8 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: The issue is staff shortages.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (8 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: And back pay for people who have been working.

Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: I am sharing time with Deputy Paul Murphy. I thank Sinn Féin for putting this Bill down and it is very good news that the Government will not oppose it. That is welcome. We have talked about this subject frequently in the recent past, notably in relation to Covid and the huge spike in domestic violence incidents, and people and families seeking refuge in difficult circumstances. We...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Uniforms (8 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clarification will be provided in relation to the issues raised recently in a school (details supplied) regarding the uniforms of pupils and advice given to female students; if she has commissioned an inquiry into same; if so, the person who will conduct same; when the report on the incident will be finished; if she will make same available...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if payments from the HSE in the form of compensation court awards from claims of abuse or negligence can affect a person's right to disability allowance or if it can be calculated as income for a means test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42018/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with the economy last met. [42008/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport last met. [42009/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: I ask the Taoiseach whether the Cabinet has had a discussion on the newly revamped Irish Aviation Authority and the appointment of its new CEO. He is due to take up that appointment on 1 January 2021 but yet he comes from a company that has an appalling record on both issues that his new job will enjoin him to deal with. Ryanair has an appalling record on the treatment of workers and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: I did not say he did not. I asked the Taoiseach to comment on his appointment.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: The Ceann Comhairle has better ears than the Taoiseach.

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: I want to make a couple of comments on what I have heard in the debate so far. I welcome the contribution by Deputy O’Dea. In the short period during which I was a member of a committee with him in the term of the previous Dáil, I learned a lot from him and found him to be very progressive on these issues, but his remarks stand in stark contrast to those of Deputy Carroll...

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 6: In page 9, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: "Reports 18. (1) Within three months of the passing of this Act, the Minister shall produce a report to the Oireachtas on the levels of fuel poverty in the population, the impact of increased energy and heating costs and the advisability of increasing the income thresholds for access to fuel allowance...

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: On each of the answers, bar the one on the wage subsidy scheme, all the Minister has done is to pass the parcel for matters that are her responsibility. The proposed report on fuel poverty is not looking to establish the impact of increased carbon taxes or the qualifying conditions but is to assess the fuel poverty that exists in the population. Nobody seems to want to touch this matter....