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Employment Permits (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: First Stage (1 Apr 2021)

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

Employment Permits (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: First Stage (1 Apr 2021)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisers, OPLA, for its help in guiding us through these measures. Employment permit legislation is very complex, difficult and labyrinthine, deliberately so, because it speaks of the State's attitude to migrant workers, which in many cases is one of barely concealed contempt. Getting a permit, renewing a permit and surviving here is not made easy...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 Apr 2021)

Bríd Smith: 41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if each new BusConnects route will be tendered in a competitive tendering process when each existing Dublin Bus route is replaced by a new revamped route; if not, if each route will be directly awarded by the National Transport Authority, NTA; if the company operating the existing most approximate route to the new route will be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 Apr 2021)

Bríd Smith: 42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the high cost of monthly and yearly travel passes for bus travel in Dublin (details supplied); if he plans to reduce the costs of public transport and bus fares in Dublin specifically; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17658/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Apr 2021)

Bríd Smith: 135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a prospective tenant who qualifies for the homeless HAP support can rent a home from a landlord that is related to them; if so, the circumstances and rules regulating same; if each local authority is operating the system under the same guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17659/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Apr 2021)

Bríd Smith: 137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the 29,720 households that have had their social housing needs met since 2016; the percentage that were housed through private rental accommodation and housing assistance payments; the percentage that were allocated permanent housing through local authority housing; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Apr 2021)

Bríd Smith: 138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the 6,813 households that have had their social housing needs met since 2019; the percentage that were housed through private rental accommodation and housing assistance payments; the percentage that were allocated permanent housing through local authority housing; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Apr 2021)

Bríd Smith: 139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the 61,880 households assessed as being qualified for social housing supports as of 2 November 2020 by household size; if any of these households are currently in receipt of the housing assistance payment; the percentage that are in homeless accommodation; the percentage that are on transfer...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Apr 2021)

Bríd Smith: 140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are other households assessed as being qualified for social housing supports that are not included in the 61,880 households assessed as being qualified for social housing supports as of 2 November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17722/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (1 Apr 2021)

Bríd Smith: 244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if and the reason changes were made in 2019 to the operational rules of community employment supervisor pay scales; the reason community employment supervisors on a higher pay point who have their employment interrupted or contract ended are subsequently being rehired as supervisors on a lower pay point; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Apr 2021)

Bríd Smith: 319. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the significant upfront cost for women who use a long-acting reversible contraceptive (details supplied) to control their fertility; his views on whether this cost is prohibitive for many women and an unfair financial burden on them; if he will take steps to make contraceptive products free for those who need them; and if...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (31 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: I ask about the vaccination programme. I listened carefully to the Government's announcement yesterday and again this morning when it was replayed during a radio interview. To put it mildly, the Government's plan to reopen the economy is almost 100% dependent on a successful roll-out of the vaccination programme. One could say that is fair enough because it is expected we will get a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (31 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Covid-19 will next meet. [13271/21]

Caring for Carers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (31 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this very important motion. I also thank the carers in our State who have done an amazing job of looking after their loved ones, year in and year out for long periods. My sister gave 20 years of her life to looking after my mother, and she did it 24/7 without question. It is not an easy thing to do. All of the statistics show that making this...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (31 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 23. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with the economy will next meet. [13270/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (31 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners deduct tax refunds due to workers for medical expenses from outstanding amounts owed from the administration of the pandemic unemployment payment and temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17189/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (31 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason workers are facing tax bills from the administration of the temporary wage subsidy scheme when the instruction to the employers was to top-up wages only to normal net amounts, effectively meaning a cut in gross pay and a saving to employers; if he will examine this position again in view of the fact that workers now facing tax bills received no...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: IDA Ireland (31 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 174. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the IDA seeking to establish links with businesses in Israel; if he will take steps to ensure that there is no cooperation between Ireland and the Israeli state, given its treatment and repression of the Palestinian people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16445/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (31 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the difficulties that essential workers currently experience in trying to secure a full driver licence, as they are exempt from the Covid-19 related ban on taking a driving test but are unable to do so due to the fact the current restrictions make it difficult to complete the mandatory 12 driver lessons in advance; if he...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (31 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 443. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will clarify the position on providing a universal basic income to the arts community; the progress on the work of the arts and culture recovery task force; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17296/21]