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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: It is an entirely different point.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Services Data (3 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: 83. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of cases heard at the Workplace Relations Commission in 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of adjudicators employed by the commission; the number of appeals to decisions of adjudicators; the time taken for cases to be heard; and her plans for the commission for the coming year. [43635/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Services Data (3 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: 94. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the staff numbers at the WRC including adjudicators; the average time taken to have cases heard and appeals decided; and the number of cases heard in 2018 and to date in 2019. [50382/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Law Review (3 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: 252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a review of the impact of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 will be held and completed; if it will examine specifically the impact of the changes in law on sex workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49764/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Prosecutions Data (3 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: 253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of criminal prosecutions of women and sex workers under the provisions of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017; the number that relate to migrant and non-resident women and sex workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49765/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Prosecutions Data (3 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: 274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 for the offence of purchasing sex. [49885/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (3 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: 254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána keep a specific record of attacks and violence against sex workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49766/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (3 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: 255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if specific training for gardaí has been provided in the way in which to deal with migrant, non-resident and vulnerable sex workers and women who may face prosecution since the passing of the Criminal Law (Sexual offences ) Act 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49767/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (3 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: 256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given by his Department or An Garda Síochána to provide supports and or a dedicated liaison officer for sex workers to report on violence against them without fear of subsequently being prosecuted under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (3 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: 265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in relation to residency requirements for acquiring Irish citizenship, specifically for long-term residents with UK passports who wish to become Irish citizens; if an appeal mechanism is available when applications are refused due to time spent outside of the State in a given period; if an appeal of a decision...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Data (3 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: 323. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented at hospitals and emergency departments recorded as incidents of self harm and-or attempted suicide in each of the years 2008 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and the number of same that registered as having no fixed abode or classified as homeless. [49698/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (3 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: 511. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 546 of 22 October 2019, the date and day on which the survey of services at peak hour in Chapelizod, Dublin 20 was conducted; if the survey was conducted by NTA staff on site in Chapelizod; if not, if the survey relied on on-board bus information; and the number of persons travelling on each bus...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety Regulations (3 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: 607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of apartments and houses known to his Department to have substandard fire safety standards; the person or body responsible for taking action to correct the defects; his plans to ensure such homes meet the safety standards required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49807/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety Regulations (3 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: 614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to setting up a redress scheme for homeowners who find their properties have substandard fire safety standards and in which the developer and builder is no longer solvent; the responsibility and role of State agencies including local authorities and planning regulators in enforcing the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2019)

Bríd Smith: And politicians.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bord na Móna (28 Nov 2019)

Bríd Smith: Like everybody else in the country, I could not help but note the Minister's visit to the midlands and the flurry of fast cars involved in that regard as it was well flagged by RTÉ, etc. I am not accusing the Minister of not understanding the issue, because I would not do that. Various committees have spent hours quizzing the CEO and the unions on the nature of a just transition and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bord na Móna (28 Nov 2019)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Minister for his answer because it clarifies for me the dispute I have with him on what a just transition for workers means. It is all of the above as mentioned by the Minister but it is also about how they are treated while their jobs are being done away, what access they have to voluntary redundancy, what that amounts to and who is covered by this agreement. There is a cohort...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bord na Móna (28 Nov 2019)

Bríd Smith: I must say I learn something new every day when I come into this place. I have learned today that under the same question, a Deputy can skip from the national broadband plan to community radio advertising in a couple of seconds. I am just amazed.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bord na Móna (28 Nov 2019)

Bríd Smith: I must remember that trick as a way of getting a neat little video of myself out ASAP. Question No. 11 happens to be about Bord na Móna and the just transition. I ask the Minister to meet the trade unions representing Bord na Móna workers to hear their views. The unions are demanding that Bord na Móna management attend the Workplace Relations Commission on the question of a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Natural Gas Imports (28 Nov 2019)

Bríd Smith: I do not know if the Minister realises how helpless and useless he sounds when he says that the Government has no role in any of this because it is a private sector project. This is fracked gas from an area of North America that is suffering severely in terms of health and the environment. We have banned it in this country for those reasons, yet we are willing to facilitate its importation...