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

Bríd Smith: 67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received reports from the NTA on the performance of a company (details supplied) that recently won the tender for certain Dublin Bus routes; his views on the operation of these routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6713/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (12 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: 343. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to ensure children (details supplied) will not be waiting for 18 months before receiving an appointment with the early intervention team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6276/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (12 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: 382. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 137 of 7 November 2018 and 349 of 18 December 2018, if a statement was provided by a person (details supplied). [6423/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (12 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: 696. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 24 January 2019, if the telephone support allowance is only available to pensioners who qualify for the fuel and the living alone allowances; if so, the reason such an allowance is not available to couples who would receive it based on a means test; the estimated cost to extend...

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: What about the lack of safe staffing ratios? Neither Minister answered that question.

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: We want to share the wealth.

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: That does not make the Minister right.

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: Maybe the Minister should do so.

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: In my introduction, I outlined the possibility provided by the nurses' union that up to €600 million per year could be saved if the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform implemented the safe ratio that has been outlined by the INMO. Will the Minister comment on that and give us an indication as to whether that is possible? The Minister says he will not talk about pay but he has...

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: I am sharing time with Deputy Boyd Barrett and Solidarity Members.

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: I will address the two Ministers who are present. I want to put in context the reason we are here and welcome all of the wonderful men and women who work in nursing services - in psychiatric, general nursing and midwifery - to the Visitors Gallery. We need to put this issue in the context of the economy. We are living in the fastest growing economy in Europe. Personal wealth in this...

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: The buildings in which they work are not safely staffed. The ratio of nurses to patients is appalling. The safe ratio is 1:4. The real ratio in Ireland is something like 1:8 or 1:11. That is why the nurses are taking the action they are taking. They cannot guarantee patient safety and are sick and tired of apologising to patients and their families. The safe ratio must be attained and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (7 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: 272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding to approved housing bodies, that is, not local authorities, for the provision of social housing in each of the years 2011 to 2018; and the number of units for social housing provided by approved housing bodies in each of the years 2011 to 2018, in tabular form. [6098/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (7 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: 273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding made available to local authorities for the provision of social housing in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [6099/19]

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: It is more than ten months since this scandal broke but it has been the recent tragic deaths and the ongoing court battles which have kept it in public view. We have seen the new scandal involving the expired samples, the problems with one laboratory, ongoing problems with backlogs as a result of greater demand and women seeking reassurance of a second test. Side by side with these events,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (6 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: 7. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budget and spending of his Department in expanding the trade in dairy and beef herds internationally since 2010. [3773/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Adaptation Plans (6 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: 21. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if policy on dairy and beef herd growth for export can be compatible with Ireland's plans to become a leader on climate change measures in view of the recent report in a publication (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3308/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (6 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in tax revenue foregone for all capital allowances to private health facilities in each of the years since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5940/19]

JobPath Programme: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: There must be some logic behind any scheme of this nature. I have looked for the logic behind the comprehensive JobPath scheme. Having done so and listened to the evidence presented to the joint committee and considered the relevant statistics, it appears that the whole project is based on the belief that the problem with unemployment is unemployed people. Having come through the 2008...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Trade Union Recognition (5 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: 69. To ask the Minister for Health if he has had discussions with HSE officials or management on a decision not to recognise a trade union that represents ambulance and paramedic workers; the meetings or discussion with a group of unions (details supplied) in relation to the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5367/19]