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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Sector High Level Forum (5 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: 78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the total amount of providing pension entitlements to community employment supervisors in line with the Labour Court proposal has been costed; if funding will be made available in the coming period to deal with the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10622/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Sector High Level Forum (5 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: It is ironic that the Government is constantly warning about pension time bombs and the need to force or cajole workers into pension schemes, yet here it is refusing to acknowledge the State's responsibility to provide these workers with pensions despite effectively being the agency that hired and paid them. These workers have taken strike action as a last resort in an effort to persuade the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: External Service Delivery (5 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: It is not impartial to guarantee satisfaction for the employer.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (5 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: That is not the question the Minister was asked.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: External Service Delivery (5 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: 49. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposed changes to the external workplace investigation service framework; the firms providing services; and the cost of such services since 2012. [10625/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: External Service Delivery (5 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: I ask the Minister about the proposed changes to the external workplace investigation service framework, the firms providing services and the cost of such services since 2012.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: External Service Delivery (5 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: According to the Office of Government Procurement, it outsources the service because it offers benefits, including: "Competitive rates; Flexibility in draw-down process to enable end-users to tailor to their own particular requirements; User-friendly draw-down procedures with OGP support; [and] Standardised and improved workplace investigation quality". In common with much of the rhetoric on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: External Service Delivery (5 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: There are existing human resources capabilities within each Department and it is a role of the public service to provide human resources in each Department. We have the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, which provides a human resources, HR, facility. The reason I am concerned is that I am aware of the firms involved, which the Minister has named. I am aware that one of them tells its...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Stability Agreement (5 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: 54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to remove members of a union (details supplied) from the provisions of the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10623/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Stability Agreement (5 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: 79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consequences for trade unions that are not covered by the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020, specifically the loss of increments and proposed pay rises for non-covered public servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10621/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (5 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: 82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the companies the public service can procure services from in the area of industrial relations and human resource support specifically for industrial relations investigations relating to disciplinary matters; and the costs of procuring these services since 2012. [10624/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (5 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: 559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person can take a case to the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, under the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018, in cases in which their employer is not complying with the provisions of contracts and bands of hours worked; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10660/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (5 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: I did not hear Mr. Manley's presentation, but reading the document, the first thing that jumped out at me was that it is stated that while the evidence is that microgeneration will have minimal direct impact on reduced carbon emissions or on our renewable targets, it is an opportunity for citizens to play their part. This statement does not provide any encouragement regarding the changeover...

Independent Radio Stations: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: I am a member of the committee that published the report mentioned in this motion. At the time of publication, I made it clear that despite the report containing a wealth of good information on broadcasting and funding models, we fundamentally disagreed with its recommendations, the biggest one being that Revenue should collect the licence fee or a revamped version of that fee. We have huge...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Data Protection (28 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: 119. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will review the implications for data protection legislation of a decision to share the Eircode data of waste disposal companies with other bodies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10072/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Legal Cases (28 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: 160. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to settle outstanding legal fees in its case with a person (details supplied); if the possible payment of compensation to them as a result of their treatment by the HSE will be further reviewed; if the use of the drug Pembro will be sanctioned for them in view of their poor health and deteriorating situation; and if he will make a...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: I have not heard all the contributions but most of the ones I heard were supportive of the Bill and its provisions and indicated that the provisions were necessary to keep business, traffic and trade flowing in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The Bill has all the hallmarks of emergency legislation. What we are doing all this week and next week, in terms of passing this Bill, is striking in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: It is absolutely possible for the Taoiseach to intervene.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: I wish to elaborate on the same subject. Philomena Canning was suspended by the HSE on grounds of malpractice. Several investigations proved this was wrong and she was vindicated. Now, facing death from cancer, she finds herself facing a vindictive HSE, which is refusing to settle with and deal with her. We are asking the Taoiseach to have compassion for a woman whose life was...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Permanent Structured Co-operation (26 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: 36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost in the coming years of participation in PESCO related operations; and the capital costs related to procurement processes under PESCO. [9427/19]