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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Industrial Relations (15 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the budget allocation for her Department will be sufficient to allow for the recent deal with the GRA and the AGSI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34739/16]

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: I notice the Government is taking a very tough line on pay demands from workers. I also notice, very interestingly, that it is being joined by great moral upbraiders in this country such as Mr. John Moran, or "Mr. Austerity", in taking this tough line. The view is also shared by the Minister sitting next to the Taoiseach, Deputy Leo Varadkar, who claims that if workers keep demanding these...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: I absolutely see it. We welcome every job, but what good is a job to a worker who cannot afford to put a roof over his or her head or pay his or her car insurance? I refer to people who are struggling every day and getting into more and more debt. The Taoiseach has not addressed the fundamental issue of inequality that runs through my argument that Government decisions are allowing others...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: With 10 cent on the minimum wage.

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: I welcome and support the aims of this motion to save and fully appreciate the rural post office and the vital role it plays in rural life. In recent months, I have raised this and associated issues in the House and have always received the same response from the Minister. I quote the Minister, Deputy Naughten:It is Government policy that An Post remains a strong, viable company in a...

Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: The introductory part of the Minister's speech was well written and moving in its aspirations. I could not agree more with the Minister's view that we should use our economic success to build a fair and compassionate society. I could not agree more on the need to remove soft barriers in the way children with special needs are accommodated. I could not agree more that we need schools to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Industrial Disputes (16 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the current discussions between the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland, ASTI, and the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, will result in pay equality in the education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35155/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the reduction in staff numbers at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35156/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (16 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 262. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a State sponsored voluntary DNA website for all those who have been in care in order to trace family and relatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35413/16]

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: I do not think I will take much more than the seven minutes. We have spoken a lot about this issue in this House.

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: I sure have and I will continue to do so. First, I very much welcome the discussion because I do not think we can talk about this enough because every day that goes by another 12 women leave this country to procure an abortion, and another three at least procure the abortion pill. The reality behind women’s lives, fatal foetal abnormality tragedies and other related issues continues...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (17 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the measures he plans to take to deal with the escalating rise in rents in the private rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35431/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the latest pillar of the Rebuilding Ireland action plan, that is housing supply; the way it will address the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35430/16]

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: How does this work? Do I speak to the amendment even though it is ruled out of order?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: I will speak on the overall issue, if that is fair.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: I understand, but I also have another amendment that says it will be the subject of a report three months after the Bill has passed. Is that-----

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: Okay. The substantive issue here is to do with a major glitch in the system of pay and pensions that particularly affects women. In the perceived attempt to normalise the contributions in the State pension for women, a measure was introduced in 2012 that would take the average contributions over a woman's working life. I should not just say woman, I should say a person's working life...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: Then this should be included the Bill, even by way of an amendment.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: What is proposed in the amendment may pose an extra charge on the Exchequer and therefore it is impermissible, but it is impermissible to discriminate against people on the basis of their age-----

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: That is discrimination.