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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: IDA Ireland (31 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 174. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the IDA seeking to establish links with businesses in Israel; if he will take steps to ensure that there is no cooperation between Ireland and the Israeli state, given its treatment and repression of the Palestinian people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16445/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (31 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the difficulties that essential workers currently experience in trying to secure a full driver licence, as they are exempt from the Covid-19 related ban on taking a driving test but are unable to do so due to the fact the current restrictions make it difficult to complete the mandatory 12 driver lessons in advance; if he...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (31 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 443. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will clarify the position on providing a universal basic income to the arts community; the progress on the work of the arts and culture recovery task force; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17296/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (31 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 520. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that passports are often required as proof of identity and are often the primary source of identification for non-drivers; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the use of passports is important for reasons other than travel and the pausing of the issuing of passports is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (31 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the students in the five special schools for children at risk in Ireland will be afforded the opportunity to sit their junior certificate examinations in June 2021 given there are no leaving certificate examinations held in these schools and no public health concerns thereby arising; if she will engage directly with the schools in relation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (31 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the students in the five special schools for children at risk in Ireland will be afforded the opportunity to sit their junior certificate examinations in June 2021; the reason special schools are not represented (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16782/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: National Childcare Scheme (31 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 727. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to ensure all childcare providers will sign up to the national childcare scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the hardship that refusal of some providers to join the scheme is having on parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17122/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 977. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urge NIAC to reconsider the decision to omit cardiac patients from the very high-risk group in the Covid-19 vaccination schedule in view of the medical evidence that supports the potential for very poor outcomes for persons with cardiac conditions who contract the virus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16710/21]

Employment Permits (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: First Stage (1 Apr 2021)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisers, OPLA, for its help in guiding us through these measures. Employment permit legislation is very complex, difficult and labyrinthine, deliberately so, because it speaks of the State's attitude to migrant workers, which in many cases is one of barely concealed contempt. Getting a permit, renewing a permit and surviving here is not made easy...

Employment Permits (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: First Stage (1 Apr 2021)

Bríd Smith: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Apr 2021)

Bríd Smith: I and the other Deputies raising this issue are making a plea to the Government. The issue was raised by Deputy Joan Collins during Questions on Promised Legislation earlier. We are seeking a change to the regulations in respect of groups such as the Ballyfermot Sports Complex, which is located on Gurteen Avenue. It is a wonderful sports complex that has been open since 1985. It has had...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Apr 2021)

Bríd Smith: We appreciate the positive response from the Minister of State and look forward to the Government going back and looking again at the schemes and the benefits that may be available. We are representatives of Dublin South-Central and it is important that the Ballyfermot club remains in situ. It is an interesting club because it is lean in its staff and flexible with the community but it...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 Apr 2021)

Bríd Smith: 41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if each new BusConnects route will be tendered in a competitive tendering process when each existing Dublin Bus route is replaced by a new revamped route; if not, if each route will be directly awarded by the National Transport Authority, NTA; if the company operating the existing most approximate route to the new route will be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 Apr 2021)

Bríd Smith: 42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the high cost of monthly and yearly travel passes for bus travel in Dublin (details supplied); if he plans to reduce the costs of public transport and bus fares in Dublin specifically; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17658/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Apr 2021)

Bríd Smith: 135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a prospective tenant who qualifies for the homeless HAP support can rent a home from a landlord that is related to them; if so, the circumstances and rules regulating same; if each local authority is operating the system under the same guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17659/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Apr 2021)

Bríd Smith: 137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the 29,720 households that have had their social housing needs met since 2016; the percentage that were housed through private rental accommodation and housing assistance payments; the percentage that were allocated permanent housing through local authority housing; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Apr 2021)

Bríd Smith: 138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the 6,813 households that have had their social housing needs met since 2019; the percentage that were housed through private rental accommodation and housing assistance payments; the percentage that were allocated permanent housing through local authority housing; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Apr 2021)

Bríd Smith: 139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the 61,880 households assessed as being qualified for social housing supports as of 2 November 2020 by household size; if any of these households are currently in receipt of the housing assistance payment; the percentage that are in homeless accommodation; the percentage that are on transfer...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Apr 2021)

Bríd Smith: 140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are other households assessed as being qualified for social housing supports that are not included in the 61,880 households assessed as being qualified for social housing supports as of 2 November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17722/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (1 Apr 2021)

Bríd Smith: 244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if and the reason changes were made in 2019 to the operational rules of community employment supervisor pay scales; the reason community employment supervisors on a higher pay point who have their employment interrupted or contract ended are subsequently being rehired as supervisors on a lower pay point; and if she will...