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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues - Crisis Pregnancy Management: Ms Janice Donlon, HSE (15 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: I thank Ms Donlon for her presentation. We are discussing socioeconomic status and disadvantage in the context of women and the choices they make. Looking at the Positive Options website and the clinics that provide counselling services - which the HSE funds - I counted 32 or 33 locations but Ms Donlon says it is 40 and I accept that. I did not look at the geographical spread in respect of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues - Crisis Pregnancy Management: Ms Janice Donlon, HSE (15 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: It is also the point that one third of all the counselling services the programme funds are represented by these agencies which say they do not talk about abortion. Is that not an anomaly given the role of the crisis pregnancy programme? It funds counselling services that look at all three options, namely parenting, adoption and abortion, but one third of services, whether in rural or urban...

Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 Report: Motion (16 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: I did too. I was going to say, "It's not you Mick."

Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 Report: Motion (16 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: He got it wrong.

Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 Report: Motion (16 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: I thank Deputy Martin Kenny for sharing time. As we come up to Christmas, in areas like Ballyfermot, where I live, and other large working-class communities, moneylenders will be seen knocking on the doors of workers. In the past, they would have been trying the doors of the very poorest, those locked into long-term unemployment. This year, however, they will get a positive response from...

Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 Report: Motion (16 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: IBEC.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Mitigation Plan (21 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: 67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a discussion in Dáil Éireann on the national mitigation plan will be arranged; and the way in which this plan will help the State meet its commitments under the Paris treaty. [49011/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Mitigation Plan (21 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: 468. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will facilitate a Dáil Éireann discussion on the national mitigation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49098/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (21 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: 68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the scientific consensus on the need to leave 80% of proven reserves of fossil fuel in the ground; the way in which the continued issuing of licences by his Department can help achieve this climate change goal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49012/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (21 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: 469. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the arrangements agreed with the waste management companies on the introduction of the pay-by-weight schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49099/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Severe Weather Events (21 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: 115. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether the health and safety Acts need to be amended after Storm Ophelia in order that accidents commuting to and from work during severe weather conditions can be negated. [48909/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (21 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the criteria and number of years residency required for students to access the payment of fees when entering third level courses in view of the fact that many young persons are returning home having been abroad during the recession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48752/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (21 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: 530. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the insolvency of a semi-State company such as Bus Éireann might occur; if such declaration is a function of his, the management or another agency; and the precise circumstances that would trigger such a declaration. [49367/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport (22 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: 31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the tendering process conducted by the National Transport Authority, NTA, for bus routes will help improve public transport and encourage persons to switch from private car transport; his further views on whether the tendering process will ensure there is not a race to the bottom in terms of workers pay and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport (22 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: I have asked the Minister about this issue before, but I am asking again given the recent results from the tender process in Waterford and the problems that have arisen in delivering a proper service in Bus Éireann since the strike ended.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport (22 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: Once again, I would love to have the job of whoever has the job of writing the Minister's scripts because it is always a fairy tale. It is probably done for children but it is certainly not done to address the questions I have asked. The Minister did not answer my question, just like he did not answer other Deputies' questions. The key point is that the Minister has said it is the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport (22 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: Once again, the Minister has completely ignored my question. Does he believe that this process of tendering will deliver public transport in a way that will take cars off the road and that will not drive wages and conditions of workers to the very bottom of a pit? The Minister has refused to answer this. The reality is that the conditions and rosters under which workers have been forced to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport (22 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: The Minister has just answered it.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority (22 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: 40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he will take in view of the deficiencies within the Irish Aviation Authority highlighted by the Helios section 32 report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49282/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority (22 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: 75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet with representatives of an association (details supplied) to discuss the outcome of the examination under section 32 of the Irish Aviation Act 1993 of the Irish Aviation Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49281/17]