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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Health and Safety Inspections (3 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 38. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Health and Safety Authority inspections in each month since September 2020 nationally and specifically in construction sites including the total number of these that were unannounced. [11702/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Horse and Greyhound Fund (3 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance if the minimum allocation to the Horse and Greyhound Fund is bound by the wording of Part 3 section 12(4) of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001, which specifies an amount equivalent to the revenue from excise duty on off-course betting paid into the Exchequer in the preceding year or the year 2000 increased by reference to the consumer price index,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 383. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to ensure Defence Forces personnel fulfilling duties overseas and in areas with high levels of Covid-19 community transmissions will receive the vaccination before embarking on such duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11700/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (3 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the discrepancy between mainstream primary schools that have received a reduction of one in the staffing schedule and DEIS band one schools that have only received a reduction of one in senior classes; if she will acknowledge that DEIS band one schools have not received any reduction in the schedule over the past number of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 703. To ask the Minister for Health the number of confirmed outbreaks of Covid-19 on construction sites and in industry in general. [11702/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 737. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to reprioritise those who are very high risk and extremely vulnerable, including transplant recipients and immunosuppressed persons, to be included in group 1 of the Covid-19 vaccination schedule; his views on whether those in the category have a high mortality rate if they contract Covid-19 and as a result have been reprioritised in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 790. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reprioritising persons with disabilities living in care homes in the Covid-19 vaccination schedule; if he will acknowledge that this vulnerable cohort often do not have a voice and often have very complex illnesses and needs which make them much more likely to succumb to the virus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11298/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 890. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to ensure Defence Forces personnel fulfilling duties overseas and in areas with high levels of Covid-19 community transmission will receive the vaccine before embarking on such duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11701/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Reports (3 Mar 2021)

Bríd Smith: 1098. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide the necessary resources such as communications and an index for the Crowe report issued in December 2020 which the new board of Waterford Area Partnership is expected to respond to but which will require assistance in doing so. [11717/21]

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: I have just finished a phone call with a constituent in Ballyfermot. I am not sure if the Minister is aware of the following, but it will be interesting to hear if he is. At least 90 people over 85 years of age have had their vaccination appointments for today and tomorrow cancelled. The Ballyfermot primary healthcare centre was emptied of all other appointments to allow that to happen....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Exploration Licences (25 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position in respect of licences for mining exploration on the Inishowen peninsula and specifically the situation regarding a licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10834/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Pension Provisions (25 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 112. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of planned changes to the rules of a pension scheme (details supplied) and arrangements and the annual administration fees pertaining to the superannuation scheme, specifically the outcome of consideration of this issue by her Department, NewERA and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; and if she will make...

New Decade, New Approach Agreement: Statements (24 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: A year on, the New Decade, New Approach deal speaks volumes about what was originally in it. Other Deputies have referred to the fact that many of the proposals in the deal have been aspirational without any effort to include proper figures for spending, giving a real cause for concern. Behind the headlines, however, repeated references to the need for rationalisation and efficiency reviews,...

Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: I will be sharing time. I thank the Social Democrats for tabling the motion. I will start by talking about something that came to my attention last weekend. The building used by the mother and baby homes commission for its work has a granite plaque outside it with a small seabird known as the turnstone carved into it. The turnstone pokes its beak down and overturns stones, hence the name....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Offshore Exploration (24 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his officials have met with representatives of a company (details supplied) or other industry bodies in relation to the decommissioned infrastructure at the Kinsale gas field and the possible use of this in any field developed at the Barryroe field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10212/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (24 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussion he has had with banks and lending institutions on a moratorium for mortgage holders, and other borrowers, affected by the Covid-19 crisis; the details of the outcome of these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9572/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (24 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 176. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that banks and lending institutions may be penalising mortgage holders and other borrowers who avail of a moratorium in repayments specifically and that some are subsequently being refused access to certain services, are unable to change lender and are otherwise facing withdrawal of possible services as a result...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (24 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange to meet urgently with banks and lenders that have operated a moratorium for mortgage holders and other borrowers who have been impacted by the Covid-19 crisis and urge them to ensure there is no subsequent discrimination against those who avail of the moratorium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9574/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance if the situation of self-employed workers who received either the pandemic unemployment payment or wage subsidy schemes in the past year and who may now face tax demands from the Revenue Commissioners will be clarified (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10504/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (24 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the plight of students who enrolled in a private college (details supplied) will be examined; if she will examine the cost of this online course; and if assistance will be granted to students to pay the fees given the difficult circumstances of completing the course during the Covid crisis. [10502/21]