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Situation in Syria: Motion [Private Members] (5 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: It has been hinted at by many Ministers and it has been argued for. We have to stop it immediately and stamp it on the head.

Situation in Syria: Motion [Private Members] (5 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: The Minister will get his chance to come back in.

Situation in Syria: Motion [Private Members] (5 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: I do not wish and I do not think most people would want to see the assets of the EU being used to fuel this conflict. However, indirectly, that is what sanctions are doing and, quite directly, that is what EU funding of the Libya deal is doing. It is using human beings as shields against its own hypocrisy and the refusal to allow desperately needy people arrive on our shores. Then it uses...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Rehabilitation Clinics (5 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: 363. To ask the Minister for Health the number of various drugs rehabilitation organisations, clinics and other organisations funded by the HSE in the Dublin north-east area; the roles and responsibilities of each respective entity; the amount of funds they receive on an annual basis; the oversight of the moneys spent; and the outcomes relating to the service users of these organisations....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (5 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: 364. To ask the Minister for Health his policy position on methadone; the number of organisations dispensing methadone; and the supports available and plans in place for those on methadone to eventually cease using this drug. [51789/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Ministerial Meetings (5 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: 427. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 530 of 10 October 2017 and 626 of 13 October 2017, if a meeting with representatives of the company (details supplied) has taken place; if so, when; and if issues were discussed which are relevant to the role and functioning of the SEAI. [51456/17]

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: I have a great sense of déjà vu. Last year, we tried to pass a similar amendment. That amendment called on the Minister to produce a report within three months. That was amended by the then Minister for Social Protection, the current Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, to the effect that he would produce a report within six months. One year later and there is no sign of that report, but...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: Because all of the Deputies want to go home to bed.

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: That is what the Acting Chairman wishes me to do,-----

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: -----not what I wish to do.

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: What? I do not get to speak at all?

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Deputies for explaining that. I just lost a minute to that explanation, so I will take it back. The question of inequality for pensioners has been well rehearsed in the House. Each of these amendments asks for a report. Can we have that report? Can we not for once walk away from the Chamber having been told that we will get it and then actually get it? I do not know how...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: It was not unfortunate - it was deliberate.

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: I add my voice to those who are concerned that there has been a retreat by the Minister from the commitment she gave. I do not regard it as just a personal commitment from the Minister, Deputy Regina Doherty, but all of these things are parliamentary parlance. People say things to get others to move on, and make commitments that they do not believe they can actually stand over. The...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 7:In page 13, after line 38, to insert the following:“Report on State Contributory Pension 17. The Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay a report before the Houses of the Oireachtas on including claimants for the State contributory pension who raised families prior to 1994 in...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 8:In page 13, after line 38, to insert the following:"Report on Jobseekers Allowance 17. The Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before the Houses of the Oireachtas on the impacts on young people under 24 and 26 years of age of the reduced levels of jobseekers allowance applicable to them...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: I will not press the amendment to a vote. I do not see the point in doing so because I know it will be defeated. However, I wish to comment on what the Minister of State said. His opening remarks are shocking. The implication is that if one pays young people practically nothing and cuts their dole to the minimum, it will force them out the door to work. That is not true. I would love to...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 9:In page 13, after line 38, to insert the following:"Report on changes to State Contributory Pension 17.The Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, report to the Houses of the Oireachtas on reversing the changes to the bands for the State contributory pension that have resulted in over 40,000...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 10:In page 13, after line 38, to insert the following:“Report on Employers’ PRSI Contributions 17.Within three months of the passing of this Act, the Minister will lay a report before the Houses of the Oireachtas on increasing employers’ PRSI contributions with special regard to the models and levels of employers’ contributions in other...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (6 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: 148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52150/17]