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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Bríd Smith: I am stating that the report omitted to make any comment on the privatised nature-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Bríd Smith: Yes.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Bríd Smith: That was not my question. Ms Dunnion was about to answer the question I asked.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (9 Sep 2020)

Bríd Smith: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of recipients of the wage subsidy scheme at the end of August 2020; the number who will be in receipt of the new employment subsidy scheme; the number who receive top-ups from their employers; the average amount of these top-ups; and the number on the new scheme who are receiving less from this support than the current jobseeker's allowance....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (9 Sep 2020)

Bríd Smith: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures his Department has in place to ensure that workers who remain on the employment subsidy scheme with their employers and who are working a specified number of hours per week are not receiving less than the statutory minimum wage or their former hourly pay rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22962/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Springboard Programme (9 Sep 2020)

Bríd Smith: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment cannot be accepted for the Springboard programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22968/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Sep 2020)

Bríd Smith: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional supports he plans to provide for mature students and others that are returning or commencing third level and further education courses in 2020 in view of the fact that many will be unable to access an income from employment or casual work in the current economic climate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22969/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Sep 2020)

Bríd Smith: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine providing additional supports to those commencing third level and further education in 2020 that are currently on the pandemic unemployment payment or the wage subsidy scheme and are faced with the difficulty of trying to commence the courses with inadequate income supports; if the back to education scheme can be extended to...

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Cancer Screening: Motion [Private Members] (8 Sep 2020)

Bríd Smith: On behalf of Solidarity-People Before Profit, I welcome the Sinn Féin motion and give it our full support. I want to ask the Minister why, given the experience he had in opposition, he needs to amend the motion so significantly. Had he been sitting on the Opposition benches he probably would have agreed with every word of the motion rather than amending it in the way he proposed....

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (8 Sep 2020)

Bríd Smith: 70. To ask the Taoiseach the payments for services or goods by his Department to a company (details supplied) since 2015. [20783/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (8 Sep 2020)

Bríd Smith: 484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if changes will be made to the teacher-pupil ratio or resources allocated to allow schools to recruit additional teachers beyond that ratio on contracts of at least six months duration in view of the Covid-19 crisis and in order to reduce reliance on and pressure on substitute teachers. [21105/20]

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: I wish to make a point on the record, on behalf of Solidarity-People Before Profit. The fact that we are putting these motions and amendments to the House is reminiscent of a dictatorship of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael-----

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: -----shoving their agenda down the mouths of the people of this country.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle herself said the people of Ireland are watching this. It will be watched over and over again and will be seen for the shambolic process it is, whereby a majority Government is trying to silence the Opposition. The Opposition has bent over backwards at the Dáil reform committee and Business Committee meetings to make compromises and propose amendments and...

Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: I want to speak to amendment No. 34. I emphasise there is something slightly disconnected happening with this attempt to remove the ban on evictions. As has been said, the reason the ban on evictions was introduced was to protect public health in the middle of a pandemic. What has changed? We do not know where we are heading with this. We do not know yet whether there will be another...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: The programme for Government commits to ending the direct provision system and replacing it with a new international protection accommodation system based on a not-for-profit approach. Currently, in the Skellig Star accommodation centre in Cahersiveen, 32 people are facing their third day without food. They have gone on hunger strike, which is a drastic decision to take, to force the issue...

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: I propose to share time with Deputies Mick Barry and Paul Murphy.

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: I will make some general comments on the Bill, although I have no really strong opinions, one way or the other, on the merits of it. The Government has said it is important and addresses a real gap in legislation to deal with technical issues concerning the impact of Covid-19 on companies legislation. That is all well and good and I congratulate the Government on moving quickly to address...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (30 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: 6. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional resources that will be provided to schools such as a school (details supplied) which will lose one teacher as a result of a slight reduction in pupil numbers in September 2019 which now face arranging a return to school with at least two 35 pupil classes each from a variety of years; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: 39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a moratorium will be placed on proposed reductions in teacher numbers in schools as a result of changes in the number of pupils registered in September 2019 in view of the pressures that the Covid-19 crisis will have on schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19297/20]