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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (10 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views or concerns in relation to the decision of Coillte to sell a site at Ballyandrew, Doneraile Mounadowna Wood, County Cork to a private company for the purposes of erecting a mobile phone mast given that the site is a mixed deciduous woodland site and its importance to biodiversity and so on; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (10 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee. [42694/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (10 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 494. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if professional fees are paid by her Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee. [42707/20]

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: On each of the answers, bar the one on the wage subsidy scheme, all the Minister has done is to pass the parcel for matters that are her responsibility. The proposed report on fuel poverty is not looking to establish the impact of increased carbon taxes or the qualifying conditions but is to assess the fuel poverty that exists in the population. Nobody seems to want to touch this matter....

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: I was looking for clarity on the proposal for a report on employers' contributions to the Social Insurance Fund. Will the Minister repeat what she said about that? I think she is excluding a whole cohort of young people who do not fall into the categories she listed and they are the ones about whom I am concerned. Obviously, it does not impact on them if they are living away from the home,...

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 6: In page 9, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: "Reports 18. (1) Within three months of the passing of this Act, the Minister shall produce a report to the Oireachtas on the levels of fuel poverty in the population, the impact of increased energy and heating costs and the advisability of increasing the income thresholds for access to fuel allowance...

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: I want to make a couple of comments on what I have heard in the debate so far. I welcome the contribution by Deputy O’Dea. In the short period during which I was a member of a committee with him in the term of the previous Dáil, I learned a lot from him and found him to be very progressive on these issues, but his remarks stand in stark contrast to those of Deputy Carroll...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: I did not say he did not. I asked the Taoiseach to comment on his appointment.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: The Ceann Comhairle has better ears than the Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: I ask the Taoiseach whether the Cabinet has had a discussion on the newly revamped Irish Aviation Authority and the appointment of its new CEO. He is due to take up that appointment on 1 January 2021 but yet he comes from a company that has an appalling record on both issues that his new job will enjoin him to deal with. Ryanair has an appalling record on the treatment of workers and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with the economy last met. [42008/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport last met. [42009/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ophthalmology Services (9 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants and amount of funding provided to the community ophthalmic services scheme in 2019; the same details to date in 2020; and the average amount of reimbursement provided per applicant in each year. [42323/20]

Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: I am sharing time with Deputy Paul Murphy. I thank Sinn Féin for putting this Bill down and it is very good news that the Government will not oppose it. That is welcome. We have talked about this subject frequently in the recent past, notably in relation to Covid and the huge spike in domestic violence incidents, and people and families seeking refuge in difficult circumstances. We...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (8 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: It is happening.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (8 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: The issue is staff shortages.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (8 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: The issue is staff shortages.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (8 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: And back pay for people who have been working.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (8 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: The Taoiseach said earlier that if the nurses are working, they should be paid. This morning, he said that he does not believe they should be working, or perhaps, it is the other way around. He has, however, said they should be paid if they are working and he does not believe they should be working. He must verify it. I am shocked that he has not verified it because the HSE is telling him...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (8 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he plans to publish a review of the progress made in implementing the programme for Government. [41635/20]