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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (1 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the announcement from Galway Mayo Institute of Technology that a significant number of courses are to be axed at the campus; and the way measures will impact on his departments Action Plan for Education and it's aims. [10633/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (1 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the reduction of State funding from 2008 to 2014 is affecting the range and quality of courses offered by institutes of technology; and if he has been informed by the governing bodies of any IT plans to reduce the level of services as a result of budget shortcomings. [10634/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Minister. I want to comment on what I have heard so far. I am listening to this with my hat from outside of the Dáil on me. The public is listening to us as we prepare for the buses to be pulled from the road next week. It is possible that this will have a contagion effect on other bus, DART and rail services. I cannot imagine how angry people must feel as they listen to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: The NTA has said there is a high volume of services on the route.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: I have a final question for the Minister. What will happen to the Dublin-Derry route if Translink services are cut as a consequence of Brexit? There are cuts coming down the track in Northern Ireland. Translink provides some of these services in Northern Ireland. I ask the Minister to comment on those two routes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: I have read the review. That is not my point. That was not my question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: How does the Minister justify increasing capacity on the Dublin-Limerick route by 111% and then closing down the Bus Éireann service?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: My argument is that the NTA killed the Limerick-Dublin route for Bus Éireann.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: I asked about the Dublin-Derry route.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: Will the Minister intervene to make sure it does not happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: And everybody else, indeed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: The Minister is getting highly paid for a view that is allowing a national disaster to take place.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (2 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013. This is a very simple Bill that seeks to amend the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013. The one sentence contained in our Bill states that:Section 22 of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 is amended by the substitution of the following for...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (2 Mar 2017)

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

Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (2 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: 12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, as well as committing to retain the link between the public sector pay and pensions, he will reverse the public sector pension reductions and levies inflicted during the recession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10502/17]

Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (2 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: I expect I will receive some of the same predictive text from the Minister that Deputy Wallace was subjected to in terms of what I am about to say or what I would or would not say. My question relates to the injustice done to public sector pensioners when their payments were slashed in the years of austerity. Will the Minister confirm there is no threat to break the link between public...

Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (2 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: I was not talking about texting but to the verbal text coming out of my mouth. I expect the Minister will say something predictable about what I said, as he did in regard to Deputy Wallace's contribution.

Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (2 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: May I take it from the Minister's reply, without putting words in his mouth, that public sector pensioners should be assured there will be no attempt to destroy the link between public sector pay and pensions and that restoration of pension remuneration will be completed in full by January 2018? The Taoiseach and leader of the Minister's party may well be one of those pensioners in the near...

Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (2 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: To clarify, is the Minister still leaving open the possibility of breaking the link between public sector pay and pensions? Is he engaging here in another kite-flying exercise or is he attempting to leave the door open to the possibility of breaking the link as some type of bargaining chip in pay negotiations with the unions in the next phase of the Lansdowne Road agreement talks?

Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (2 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: 15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to certify in 2017 that the financial emergency still exists in order to retain the FEMPI legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10501/17]