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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: I have the support of other Deputies.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: No.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: We requested at the Business Committee that there be a discussion on the importation of American fracked gas, otherwise known as the LNGs from Shannon. We made that request absent the knowledge that this Friday the energy regulator in the European Union will sign off on projects of common interest, which include the Shannon LNG project. We asked this question in September but we did not get...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of honouring the Labour Court finding on the community employment scheme supervisors pension costs; if the ongoing issue on financing the pension rights of these workers will be resolved in the upcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39614/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agencies that have been permitted to provide sex education in schools; and the amount each agency has received for its services in each of the past five years. [39793/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 407. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent to date on providing free contraceptives as promised during the referendum on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution; the quantity and type of contraceptive purchased for a free contraceptive scheme; and the location in which persons can access these free contraceptives. [39791/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to regulate the provision of horse-drawn carriages for hire in Dublin in view of concerns for animal welfare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39726/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Exploration Licences Data (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 475. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of licences for oil and gas exploration issued in each of the past five years; if oil and gas exploration will be phased out in the Irish and Celtic Sea; if so, the date from which; and if no further oil exploration licenses will be available in the Atlantic sea. [39792/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 520. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA plans to regulate the provision of horse-drawn carriages for hire in the Dublin city area. [39719/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 521. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will conduct a review of the regulation governing the use of horse-drawn carriages for hire in the Dublin city area and specifically the monitoring of the welfare of animals used and the qualifications of those providing the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39720/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Data (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which and the location the data contained on the public services card is stored; the companies used to store the data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39819/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (26 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: 16. To ask the Minister for Finance if the condition for receiving section 481 tax relief is being met by the producer companies in the film industry that apply for and receive the relief; and the way in which this is monitored by his Department. [39094/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (26 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to take action or enact legislation that will bring rates of Irish banks into line with the European average rates for mortgages in view of the fact the current ECB interest rate for deposit facility is 0.5% and its marginal interest rate is 0.25%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39093/19]

Public Services Card: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: I have two questions. The first one probably has a yes-no answer. Has the Minister or anyone in her Department been lobbied by any of the giant technology companies on this, or as the Taoiseach put it regarding other instances of lobbying, "had a cup of coffee with them"? Perhaps they sat over a cup of coffee and chatted with them.

Public Services Card: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: I refer to any of the giant technology companies. Have they lobbied the Minister or anyone in her Department, had meetings or coffee with them, or whatever way one might describe it? Since the Government is hell-bent on legally challenging this report, has it estimated the cost of such a challenge?

Public Services Card: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: I will start by reading from the report of the Data Protection Commissioner. It states, "The law does not confer power on a specified body to insist upon the production of a PSC for the purposes of a transaction with it where a person does not already have one." This means that if a person is conducting a transaction with such a body, that person does not legally have to agree to have the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: It is flawed and not scientific.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: The Minister could allow the Bill to be passed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: Deputy Connolly did her best.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: That is an answer.