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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: 668. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the campaign by parents in Crumlin, Dublin 12 in relation to the reopening of a school (details supplied) as an ASD specific school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19987/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: 669. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or her officials will meet with parents campaigning for an ASD specific school in Dublin 12; if she will commission a report on the merits of such a provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19988/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (30 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: 716. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the payments for services or goods by her Department to a company (details supplied) since 2015. [20774/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (30 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: 881. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of funds paid to all public transport operators for the provision and operation of the free travel scheme since 2015; and the amount paid to each operator in the past full year of operation in tabular form. [20749/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Inspections (30 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: 882. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare recipients that have had payments stopped or reduced on foot of operations by social welfare inspectors at Dublin Airport since 2010; and the number of such operations at the airport by her officials since 2010. [20750/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (30 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: 883. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the payments for services or goods by her Department to a company (details supplied) since 2015. [20775/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Contracts (30 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: 910. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the payments for services or goods by her Department to a company (details supplied) since 2015. [20782/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (30 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: 980. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the payments for services or goods by his Department to a company (details supplied) since 2015. [20768/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (30 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: 1008. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the payments for services or goods by his Department to a company (details supplied) since 2015. [20770/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contracts (30 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: 1053. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the payments for services or goods by her Department to a company (details supplied) since 2015. [20780/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (30 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: 1420. To ask the Minister for Health the payments for services or goods by his Department to a company (details supplied) since 2015. [20778/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (29 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: 83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have appealed the decision to reduce their €350 Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment; the number that were successful; and the number awaiting a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19020/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (29 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: 76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants that were receiving the €350 Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment that have had the amount reduced in recent weeks; and the total amount reduced. [19019/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Job Losses (29 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: 208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if existing employment and company legislation will be examined to examine the steps which can be taken to aid workers such as those in a company (details supplied) facing mass redundancies; if emergency legislation will be introduced in line with recent suggestions by a union for a moratorium on such redundancies during...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (29 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: 251. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will continue with an investigation or commission a further inquiry into the Tuam babies scandal; if so, if he has considered the use of DNA technology in such an investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19388/20]

Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Second Stage (28 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: I listened to the Minster's opening statement. Couched in the language of helping tenants, in reality he is launching a massive attack on renters and tenants. I do not know if he understands the fear and insecurity in the hearts of many families as the eviction ban is lifted from 10 August. We believe this will open the floodgates for evictions. The language in the Bill makes it clear...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (28 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will clarify his comments that Ireland could face fines from the EU in relation to banning goods from illegal settlements in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18467/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (28 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: 155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider halting future applications for taxi licences in order to allow holders adjust to the reduced economic activity in view of the Covid-19 crisis and the impact on the taxi industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18363/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Airport Authority (28 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: 156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request that the Dublin Airport Authority desist from their policy of insisting that taxi drivers pay the annual fee for access to the airport (details suppled) in view of the reduction in traffic volumes and the uncertainty in future traffic volumes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18364/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: I am struck by the statements of both of our guests. Oddly, there is something I very much agree with in them, namely, that, as an island nation, we need an aviation industry and a national airline. AIG may well let Aer Lingus go bust, but is that not a reminder to us all that the privatisation of that airline was not just a mistake in the first place but a catastrophic one for workers, for...