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National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: I am not getting answers.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: So the Government cannot step outside of EU policy in any circumstances.

Nurses, Midwives and Paramedics Strikes: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle.

Nurses, Midwives and Paramedics Strikes: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: I am sorry for my interruption of Deputy Pringle earlier regarding the queue, or the pecking order. It is amazing that it is less than a week since nurses and the leaders of the INMO and PNA, namely Phil Ní Sheaghdha and Peter Hughes, respectively, were in the Visitors Gallery to hear us discuss for two hours the nurses strike. We felt it was significant enough for this House to...

Nurses, Midwives and Paramedics Strikes: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: No thanks. You were, Paul. I saw you. Simon himself is now at the other end of the agenda and is probably one of the figures of disdain and disgust among the wonderful movement. There was a feeling of the Repeal the 8th movement on the march. The march largely comprised young people. It was hugely feminine and it was international. It felt like the movement we had been through on the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: The Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 is framed around measures arising from the Mahon tribunal, which attempt to eradicate from the political system any hint of corruption, cronyism or favouritism and to bring us up to a clear, transparent standard in politics. The Standards in Public Office Commission, SIPOC, is the body that requires us to adhere to standards and ethics,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: -----can we go back and revisit the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act to make sure that there are consequences-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: -----for failure to adhere to those standards?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: He failed the ethical standards and yet he has been returned to stand for election.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: I thank everyone for their answers. I came in with one question and now have about three or four but I will not be long. The first one concerns the issue raised by Dr. McKenna, namely, the decision to export the screening process in, I think, 2008. It was not a popular decision. I have read over the record from the Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine and the Medical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: But is it a policy statement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: Dr. McKenna said it would be very helpful if there was a policy statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: Is that the same as a policy statement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: Dr. McKenna has his policy statement. We will be keeping an eye on it because it goes to the heart of everything that went wrong with this service. I probably have to say this because I get a lot of criticism for it. When I take the angle I am about to take, I am accused of being negative about CervicalCheck. I am not. I am a recipient of that service and a complete advocate for it. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: Mr. McCallion's description of the EU procurement process is understood but what is the problem with it because he said earlier that there are problems with it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: I understand that it will not happen overnight but I very much welcome the fact that it has been stated here today that the Government has a policy of repatriating the service in the longer term. That is clear from what has been said by the Department here today. I want to return to the issue of the laboratories in the US and outsourcing. I have been asking questions since this time last...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: Regarding the information about that slide, the first bit of information one sees on the record is where that slide went. It will state the name and address of the laboratory. Why has it taken so long to get this information? What is this analysis? Is it the same work which I was told last year and this year is being carried out by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: With respect, I asked Mr. McCallion a simple question. In which laboratories were the 221 tests conducted? I do not want a breakdown of the clinical analysis, just where the tests were carried out. Having seen the paperwork, I know that when one picks up a piece of paper to see where one's test went, the name and address of the laboratory is on the front page. That is the information I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: It will be at least a year after I asked for it. The reason I asked, in case anyone is in any doubt, is that I am convinced at this stage that it will show that the outsourcing of this service brought us to this point. We outsourced this work to laboratories with lower standards for profit, research, medicine and clinical activity, as opposed to public health. This has brought us to where...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (12 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: 64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the impact on persons with disabilities who can not access DART and rail transport due to the non-maintenance and failures of lifts at certain stations; his plans to ensure such persons can access rail and DART services in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6714/19]