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Priority Questions: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (20 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: The concern is not about the large amount of tax breaks that are given to the film industry but about the way the scheme is being used. Recently, many companies have been using specific clauses in the legislation that are meant to encourage the training of workers in the industry but are not training them. There is evidence of false training schemes, with no curriculum, no start, middle or...

Priority Questions: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (20 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: I do not wish to be accused in any way of not supporting the development and enhancement of the arts and the film industry. The Revenue Commissioners guidelines state:The Minister, in considering whether to give Revenue an authorisation in relation to a film, will:- examine the professional capability (creative and technical) of the producers and creative collaborators; - examine the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Wild Fires (20 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: 63. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the loss of nests and food stores of birds and other wildlife caused by the recent gorse and heather fires that were started illegally in some mountain areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27567/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Wild Fires (20 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: Before I ask the question which relates to forest fires, I express the sympathy of my party and I am sure of everybody in the Dáil to the people of Portugal who have suffered a severe loss in forest fires in the last couple of days. My question relates to the loss of wildlife and the nests and food stores of birds and other wildlife in the recent gorse and heather fires started...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Wild Fires (20 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: What I really want to get at is that the burning of vegetation is forbidden in certain months but takes place regardless of the restraints. What we need to know is the extent of the damage and the scale of the impact of recent fires on wildlife because only then can we gauge the damage the Minister, Deputy Heather Humphreys' Heritage Bill might do. In case people do not know, the Bill...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Wild Fires (20 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: These fires, whether started illegally or naturally, cause considerable damage to wildlife, in particular, at the time of year to which the Minister, Deputy Heather Humphreys's Bill proposes to extend the provision, when birds and other forms of wildlife are beginning to make their homes, nest and mate, and then to breed their young throughout that season. With the cutting of the hedging, it...

Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (20 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: I agree very much with the previous speaker on the idea that we can, without a full evidence-based debate in the House, state the ordinary courts are not working and are not adequate and that we must continue and endorse the Offences Against the State Act. As a new Deputy speaking to a new Minister, I have to say in earnest it is a high and tall ask of us and of many other people in the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Legislative Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: 74. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider delaying the passage of the current Heritage Bill and commission a study of the impact of recent wild fires on wildlife in affected areas to ascertain the damage such burning will do to wildlife. [27568/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (20 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: 77. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the impact she expects the funding for the action plan for rural development will have in the 300 towns and villages earmarked for this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27566/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Sector Pensions Data (20 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: 131. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector workers in each body under the aegis of his Department, excluding those in the civil service, including the pension levy, in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [26979/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pensions Data (20 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: 164. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No.378 of 23 May 2017, if she will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector workers in each body under the aegis of her Department, excluding those in the Civil Service, including the pension levy, in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [26975/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (20 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: 183. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 680 of 4 April 2017, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) does not recognise the trade union that represents the workers affected and instead claims that a works council based in Britain is the representative body; and if she will consider initiating a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Data (20 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: 235. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector workers in each body under the aegis of his Department, excluding those in the Civil Service, including the pension levy, in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [26972/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Staff Data (20 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: 352. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the costs of all the Civil Service pension schemes which cover personnel in established and established Civil Service and State industrial posts that are not members of the single public service pension scheme. [26527/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (20 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: 362. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector workers in each body under the aegis of his Department, excluding those in the Civil Service, including the pension levy, in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [26977/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pensions Data (20 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: 465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector workers in each body under the aegis of his Department, excluding those in the civil service, including the pension levy, in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [26970/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Public Sector Pensions Data (20 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: 676. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector workers in each body under the aegis of his Department, excluding those in the civil service, including the pension levy, in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [26973/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Pensions Data (20 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: 732. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector workers in each body under the aegis of his Department, excluding those in the Civil Service, including the pension levy, in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [26976/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Public Sector Pensions (20 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: 926. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if she will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector workers in each body under the aegis of her Department, excluding those in the civil service, including the pension levy, in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [26966/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (20 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: 1098. To ask the Minister for Health the reason motor neuron disease is not covered under the long term illness scheme; and if he will review this matter with the intention of adding motor neuron disease to the scheme [26862/17]