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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Delays in Payment of Illness Benefit: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: Mr. McKeon did not comment on my question on GPs and communications. I will accept a reply in writing as I know we are in a hurry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Delays in Payment of Illness Benefit: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: I understand. If the Department writes to me, that will be fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: I am interested in the conclusion to the submission which referred to a need to be mindful of the labour market impact of any new measure. It was stated that a characteristic of the Irish labour market was its flexibility and that it had been argued that flexibility was a key factor supporting employment recovery and growth. That remark says a lot about the determination of the Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: I return to inspections and prosecutions. The Department has told us that it undertakes targeted and individual inspections, but we do not know what those inspections entail. For example, could the Department walk onto a building site tomorrow, say the national children's hospital, and go straight to the contractor and demand to see the books, who is paying what and who is employed where?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: Is there anything in the contracts about the matter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: The Department could check it out.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (8 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a protected disclosure is not being enacted (details supplied). [46293/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (8 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: 264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when correspondence will issue to pensioners who have the State pension (contributory) to inform them of proposed changes; and if this will be expedited within the original timeframe [46170/18]

Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: I would like to refer to the wider attack on ageing and work. The human race, in the first world, is living longer but that is sometimes seen as a problem rather than as something to be celebrated. I do not know how often in my short time as a Deputy I have talked about pensions, retirement, attacks on defined benefit pensions, a move to defined contributions and companies, such as Irish...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: The Government may have accepted the report but the people on the front line have not. I do not know if the Minister has looked at the details of the Public Service Pay Commission that is dealing with nurses. Nurses in certain specialties will get an extra €7 a week. One would not buy two pints of beer with that pay increase. It is an absolute insult to them and it is only certain...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: Six days ago, we saw one of the most historic actions to be taken on a global scale by Google workers in Tokyo, New York, Dublin, Berlin, London and many other cities that were not mentioned. Tens of thousands walked off the job in protest over sexual harassment. It is little known that their other demands were for normal things such as pay equality, workers' representation on the board and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (7 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a protected disclosure regarding Waterford and Wexford Education Training Board; and the steps he will take to ensure the person is protected in this case (details supplied). [46079/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (7 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: 137. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 180 to 182, inclusive, of 3 October 2018, if clarification of will be provided and the specific questions asked answered (details supplied). [46099/18]

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: Can we see the legal advice given to the Minister on how this Title is framed? It is important that we see what the lawyers are advising the Minister on. The word "abortion" being eliminated from the law is an obfuscation and a deliberate ignoring of what is going on here. We should call a spade a spade, and that is why we put it in as an amendment. I would be very interested to see the...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: Am I allowed to move it, even though I am not a member of the committee?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 2:In page 5, line 19, to delete "Termination of Pregnancy" and substitute "Abortion".

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: We are on amendment No. 2.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: Yes.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: I will speak to amendment No. 5 because the sentiment is not about trying to cod the public about what it voted for in May in the referendum to repeal the eighth amendment. A GP-led service is a service where one rings up and makes an appointment at one's GP clinic. As we move towards Sláintecare, and hopefully we will, it will mostly be in primary care centres located in communities....

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 5:In page 6, line 5, after “register” to insert “and also a competently trained healthcare practitioner”.