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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (8 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the work of the Jury Reform Group has been stopped; the costs to date of the work of the group; if there are plans for reform in this area; if the group will deliver a report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36702/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the nature of any investigation taking place into the cancellation of emergency calls by An Garda Síochána by her Department; the person or body that is undertaking the investigation; if such investigations will reveal the location and personnel involved in cancellation; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered demands from the family of a person (details supplied) for an independent inquiry into their death; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36701/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (8 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on progress made by the scoping inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36699/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request the State Examinations Commission to conduct a review, re-evaluation and a full clarification in terms of the marking standard and the decision to exclude the use of traditional Chinese in leaving certificate Mandarin Chinese in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36957/21]

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I want to reply to the Minister because he said at the outset the Bill was necessary because time is of the essence and people are very sick and need access and things to move along. Why, therefore, did he not listen to the women and their representative organisation, the 221+ group, when they made the point to him that eligibility criteria to gain access to the tribunal must be extended for...

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 5: In page 4, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: "Reports 2.Within 3 months of the passing of this Act the Minister shall prepare a report for the Oireachtas which shall detail--- (a) the costs of the Tribunal to date, (b) the spend on the Tribunal's own costs, (c) and the amount spent on compensation to victims of screening failures, and (d) the...

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 4: In page 4, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: "Amendment of section 17 of the CervicalCheck Tribunal Act 2019 2.Section 17 of the CervicalCheck Tribunal Act 2019 is amended by the insertion of the following after subsection (6): “(7) The Tribunal shall be entitled to award aggravated damages in circumstances where— (a) the Tribunal...

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I do not understand that response. We have all gone through the debate here today, as short as it was. It was a short debate on a most important topic. The Minister is telling me that the safeguarding of women against adversarial proceedings is built into the process, but the provision for it is not in the Act. If the Minister accepts that, and I am tabling the amendment that he...

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: Are we taking the whole section together?

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I believe amendment No. 2, which I tabled, has been ruled out order. Is that correct?

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: Okay. I wish to back up the arguments made by Deputy Cullinane. At the end of the day, there is a significant exclusion of all sorts of categories of women from the tribunal. For example, if one's case involves a spouse, one cannot go before the tribunal. That would mean that Vicky Phelan and Jim Phelan and Ruth Morrissey and Paul Morrissey would be excluded from the tribunal were they to...

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I do not agree with the previous speaker that extending the time limit is the only thing that we can do. We could scrap the current tribunal structure and listen to the 221+ patient support group, which pulled out of talks with the Minister because the group was not being listened to. The fact that this Bill exists at all is an admission by the Government and Minister that the original Act...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: Those projects are a disaster.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: They are an utter failure.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: They are not for the local people. They are build to rent.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: It is the wrong type of development. The Taoiseach should watch the "Prime Time" programme.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: For profit.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: That is the point. We do not need houses for profit.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: Last night, I watched “Prime Time” while I suspect most people here and elsewhere were watching the football. It dealt with the question of strategic housing developments. It was very interesting to watch it because it showed that current policy is clearly a failure of enormous proportions. It is good to see that it is being scrapped in October. However, a plethora of...