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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (17 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: The greatest effort of all is made by voluntary organisations.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (17 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: I want things to change. It is three years since publication of the McMahon report.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (17 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: 10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he plans to take to end the direct provision system; and his views on recent reports regarding the number of children in the direct provision system. [42443/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (17 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: What plans does the Minister have to end the direct provision system? It is more than three years since the McMahon report was published, which has been discussed at length in the House. Judgment was passed in the court case on the right to work, which is extremely restricted and very difficult for people in direct provision to access. I ask the Minister to comment on the latest figures on...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tribunals of Inquiry Reports (17 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: In fairness, most of the focus so far has been on Taylor and Callinan. Far more needs to be done for public accountability as regards the actions of gardaí at all ranks and all levels. My confidence in the new Garda Commissioner Drew Harris was fairly shaky in the beginning given his record in dealing with the historical legacy in Northern Ireland but also given that his first public...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tribunals of Inquiry Reports (17 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: 4. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions he plans to take to ensure accountability and transparency in An Garda Síochána on foot of the Charleton report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42707/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tribunals of Inquiry Reports (17 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: My question asks the Minister what actions he plans to take to ensure accountability and transparency in An Garda Síochána on foot of the Charleton report and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tribunals of Inquiry Reports (17 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: I do not know if I will be around for the debate on the report but I asked the Minister what actions he plans to take in respect of accountability and transparency in An Garda Síochána on foot of this report. I am sure the Minister has given the matter some thought, as I and many political activists have. As Mr. Justice Charleton pointed out, the improvement "that is most needed...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (17 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: 52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason no public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) has commenced; his plans to commission one; and when he expects a GSOC report on this case to be completed. [42446/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: 63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an investigation into the death in direct provision of a person (details supplied) will be commissioned; the circumstances in which the person was accommodated; if the reason the person was placed in a male provision centre will be determined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42444/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Northern Ireland (17 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: 66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a meeting between a group (details supplied) and the new Garda Commissioner will be facilitated to discuss disclosure of all relevant information on the deaths of their loved ones. [42447/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (17 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: 157. To ask the Minister for Health the laboratories involved in testing the smears of the 221 women involved in the audit. [42620/18]

Nomination of Member of the Government: Motion (16 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: I think I deserve a few seconds back due to that intervention by your good self.

Nomination of Member of the Government: Motion (16 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: The Minister of State, Deputy Breen, is missing from the Chamber. There is a wonderful attendance from Fine Gael tonight, but one of the men involved in this is missing, and everyone should know that his title is Minister of State with responsibility for trade, employment, business, the EU digital Single Market and data protection. How can anyone claim that a Minister of State with such...

Nomination of Member of the Government: Motion (16 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: -----of housing and health, the bags it has made of this and of CervicalCheck and the fact that it is not running this country properly in a way that would service citizens.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (16 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: I wish to share time with Deputy Paul Murphy.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (16 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: I assume that since the Taoiseach has left the Chamber he is probably not interested in hearing what I have to say. I guess the role of the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, is to relate what is said and to be party to the discussion even if he is not going to Europe. I echo what nearly everybody has said here, namely, that there needs to be a very clear, strong message sent to both the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: To know whether they were negligent, one must know from where they came.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: We have been given the same answer again. The Taoiseach answer did not address my question. I asked him specifically about public service contracts being offered to cytologists in MedLab. Is that an indicator the Government is serious about taking the service back into public control? If MedLab and all the other laboratories were entirely up to scratch, why is the Taoiseach offering...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: I welcome the establishment at the weekend of the patient support and advocacy group for women affected by the CervicalCheck scandal, 221 Plus. I echo the calls for accountability among managers in the health service for errors that have been made, but that should also be extended to accountability among the political class for the error made in the first instance by outsourcing this vital...