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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: That is the point. We do not need houses for profit.

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I do not agree with the previous speaker that extending the time limit is the only thing that we can do. We could scrap the current tribunal structure and listen to the 221+ patient support group, which pulled out of talks with the Minister because the group was not being listened to. The fact that this Bill exists at all is an admission by the Government and Minister that the original Act...

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: Are we taking the whole section together?

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I believe amendment No. 2, which I tabled, has been ruled out order. Is that correct?

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: Okay. I wish to back up the arguments made by Deputy Cullinane. At the end of the day, there is a significant exclusion of all sorts of categories of women from the tribunal. For example, if one's case involves a spouse, one cannot go before the tribunal. That would mean that Vicky Phelan and Jim Phelan and Ruth Morrissey and Paul Morrissey would be excluded from the tribunal were they to...

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 4: In page 4, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: "Amendment of section 17 of the CervicalCheck Tribunal Act 2019 2.Section 17 of the CervicalCheck Tribunal Act 2019 is amended by the insertion of the following after subsection (6): “(7) The Tribunal shall be entitled to award aggravated damages in circumstances where— (a) the Tribunal...

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I do not understand that response. We have all gone through the debate here today, as short as it was. It was a short debate on a most important topic. The Minister is telling me that the safeguarding of women against adversarial proceedings is built into the process, but the provision for it is not in the Act. If the Minister accepts that, and I am tabling the amendment that he...

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I want to reply to the Minister because he said at the outset the Bill was necessary because time is of the essence and people are very sick and need access and things to move along. Why, therefore, did he not listen to the women and their representative organisation, the 221+ group, when they made the point to him that eligibility criteria to gain access to the tribunal must be extended for...

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 5: In page 4, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: "Reports 2.Within 3 months of the passing of this Act the Minister shall prepare a report for the Oireachtas which shall detail--- (a) the costs of the Tribunal to date, (b) the spend on the Tribunal's own costs, (c) and the amount spent on compensation to victims of screening failures, and (d) the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 133. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to act on the recommendations of the Special Oireachtas Committee on Covid-19 Response and commission an inquiry into the deaths that occurred in long-term residential nursing homes from Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30442/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 191. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place to vaccinate those who could not avail of their vaccination slot through no fault of their own (details supplied); the steps they can take in order to obtain the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30602/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will commission a review into the workings of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC and its limitations compared to a full commission of investigations in view of recent cases (details supplied) involving GSOC investigations and questions regarding the speed and outcome of these; and if she will make a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I ask the Minister about a review into the workings of GSOC and the limitations in that regard compared to a full investigation in view of recent cases, especially involving the killing of Mr. George Nkencho, but also concerning previous investigations completed that body. I refer to the cases of Mr. Shane O'Farrell and Mr. Terrance Wheelock. Senior officers in GSOC have complained about a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I understand the Minister cannot comment on the George Nkencho case because it is ongoing. It is worth noting, however, that the inquest into the death of this 27-year-old man with mental health problems recently opened and evidence was given by the coroner that he was shot five times in the back by armed gardaí. Key witnesses were not questioned by GSOC for up to eight days after that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: Repeating that GSOC is independent and robust just does not cut the mustard. Even the chairperson of GSOC has said it is understaffed and needs reform. According to a report, 42% of all cases initiated by GSOC have been referred back to Garda inspectors. The work it is refusing to do increased hugely during 2020. There has also been a substantial increase in the very serious cases being...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: The Minister may be aware that Balfour Beatty is closing down its operations in Ireland. It has had a contract for years with Gas Networks Ireland that is paid for by public money. That contract is being taken over by GMC, which is seeking 70 redundancies from the Balfour Beatty workforce. The Minister may not be aware that GMC is bullying and intimidating workers into taking redundancy on...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: -----on our gas infrastructure. It is a breach of the principles of just transition.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (8 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be ensured that students who qualified for the pandemic unemployment payment can have €4,500 disregarded in line with the normal treatment of payments for holiday work or the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36660/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (8 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the position of students who qualified for the pandemic unemployment payment and who now face cuts to their SUSI grant as a result of the additional reckonable income will be reviewed in view of the extraordinary difficulties faced by this cohort over the previous year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36661/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (8 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the work of the Jury Reform Group has been stopped; the costs to date of the work of the group; if there are plans for reform in this area; if the group will deliver a report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36702/21]