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Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (16 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: I do not accept lectures from the Labour Party about the vaccine. We are all responsible Deputies and we will ensure we promote the vaccine. I do not accept lectures from the same party that lectured us about water charges. Neither do I have huge criticism of the motion but I am glad to see that it mentions the student nurses and why they should be paid. I want to raise more generally...

Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (16 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: -----and how they see workers. In Covid times, we need to look after workers just like we look after everybody else.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Health Services Staff (16 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to ensure pay restoration for section 39 workers in over 250 organisations who have not yet received pay restoration to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43648/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (16 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to implement the recommendations of the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution in respect of sex education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43649/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (16 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 286. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution report relating to freely available contraception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43652/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (15 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the administration of the SUSI grant system to ensure the criteria used in allocating grants is fit for purpose in ensuring vulnerable low income students can avail of proper supports, specifically the use of criteria around qualifying payments for the special rate grant and the interpretation of 391 days and so on; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Administration (15 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with representatives of construction workers to discuss the impact of recent price rises from the SOLAS administered safe pass scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43216/20]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (15 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 125. To ask the Taoiseach if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee. [42709/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Protected Disclosures (15 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he received a protected disclosure from a person (details supplied); and the details of the action taken as a result of the disclosure. [42913/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (15 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in relation to SUSI grants, a student who qualified for the special rate support grant in their first year on an undergraduate course can be subsequently removed from this rate if their parent comes off the qualifying payment (details supplied); if this can happen regardless of the household’s income, which continues to be under...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (15 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to reform the operations of GSOC; if she plans to allow for appeals by persons whose initial complaint to the commission is refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42914/20]

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Directive: Motions (15 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: My thanks to the Minister for the presentation. I want to comment on what we are doing today. Most people will look at this and ask what we are buying for €50 million. In the past, at least, the Minister would have agreed with me that these accountancy tricks - that is basically what they are - completely fail in the attempt to deal with our climate challenge and crisis. This is a...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Directive: Motions (15 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: I again ask the Minister to comment on how CETA might impact on our ability to run State renewable energy companies if we first tender out to the private market.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Directive: Motions (15 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: I refer to the possibility of litigation.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Directive: Motions (15 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: That is fine.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (10 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 82. To ask the Minister for Health the reason students in the healthcare sector who are working in public hospitals and on the front line of services during the Covid-19 pandemic are being told they must get the flu vaccination shot and must pay the full cost themselves; if he will arrange for such students to be reimbursed the costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42324/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (10 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: We have heard a lot about student nurses and the work they are doing on the front line at the moment. I want to ask specifically why they are being asked to pay for the flu jab. It is perfectly understandable that they would receive the flu jab given that they are front-line workers and working very hard with patients in Covid wards etc. Why, particularly when they are not being paid for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (10 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Minister for his answer. I will provide him with the information I have. Again, we are hearing, in regard to student nurses, that something should not be happening. It should not be happening that they are not getting paid for work they are doing. It should not be happening that they are working instead of studying. It should not be happening that they are not supervised. It...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (10 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: I appreciate the Minister's answer but the fact is that it is almost like the Government is blinkered to the fact that we are still in a pandemic. That is ignored and we are told that they should be students and they should be training. In fact, they are students and they are working. It is not that we are demanding that they become part of the workforce. We recognise that they are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Deportation Orders (10 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: I welcome what the Minister said. I will ensure that these issues are followed up. Ultimately, the pandemic may spike and subside here and in other countries, but if these are the conditions under which people are allowed to remain, then the deportation orders are like a sword of Damocles hanging over them. It is a tragedy and a pity. These are human beings who have a huge contribution to...