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Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (24 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 192. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the operations at maternity hospitals to ensure hospitals afford the same service to pregnant women suffering from severe foetal abnormalities; if clinical decisions are made only by the two relevant medical practitioners and not other bodies or hospital personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3578/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (24 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the policy on possible restoration of the subsidy for phone usage for those on State pensions in view of the previous commitment to restore same; if it will be fully restored to couples in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3514/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (24 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his policy on the way in which approved housing bodies allocate housing units, set rents and make available units to tenants that are not on the social housing waiting list of the local authority and whose rents are not differentially set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3561/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (24 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if approved housing bodies that receive State funding can allocate housing units on criteria other than that set by the local authority housing waiting list. [3562/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (24 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the proposal of an approved housing body to allocate housing units to couples that will pay €1,500 per month in rent that are not on the social housing waiting lists and that will have some of the rent set aside as a savings scheme to purchase a home in the future; if this scheme has...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (23 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 17 January 2019, his plans to renew the areas designated as rent pressure zones in view of the fact that the Act designates December 2019 as the time when these zones will cease (details supplied). [3312/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: The workers are being denied their constitutional rights.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: The Taoiseach did not answer my question.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: I look forward to being allowed as much rope on the issue I want to discuss. Yesterday we celebrated the foundation of the State. We were all present. The Constitution allows for freedom of association and the right to join a trade union of choice. It is enshrined in the Constitution as a fundamental right. We have statements on laws about unions, but I wonder what the attitude of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the possibility of the State acquiring and using a location (details supplied) in Dublin 8 as a site for public, affordable and cost-rental housing units supported by central funding and the involvement of Dublin City Council and approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2524/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department had meetings or discussions with NAMA officials about a location (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if so, the details of the meetings; if his attention has been drawn to the NAMA-appointed receiver's appeal to have the location removed from the vacant site register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2525/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions with NAMA officials in relation to a location (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if the use of this site for the provision of social, public and affordable homes by the local authority and approved housing bodies will be supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2526/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance if NAMA has considered offering a location (details supplied) in Dublin 8 to the local authority or an approved housing body for the provision of public and affordable housing; and if NAMA will be instructed to prepare a report on the feasibility of such action. [2527/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Data (22 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are decisions outstanding from the first round of applications for the refugee protection programme and humanitarian admission programme; and the reason for the perceived extremely high refusal rate (details supplied) in view of the fact that there are a total of 530 places available on the programme and a second...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: I spoke to this woman, Emma Connors, last night. She is from Clondalkin and she is pregnant with a much-wanted baby but she has been told by her doctors, "You can go to England". Her words to me were, "This is not what I voted for. I have constitutional rights". What is the Tánaiste going to do about the matter today - not next week, but today?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: She is finding it hard to sleep, knowing the condition her much-wanted child is in. She wants a termination. She is entitled to it. This country voted for it.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: It is the law. It is the legislation.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: It is the law. This is the first case we have.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: We would not be raising it if this woman did not want us to. She wants us to. She wants to be named. She wants a termination. Can you imagine what she is going through?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: They are raised every day. They are constantly raised. This is outrageous. The is the first test case to give women their rights.