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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (25 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: 186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to changes being made to the proposed timing of the handover of Dublin Bus routes to a company (details supplied); if this is now taking place sooner than originally suggested; if so, the reason for the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3748/18]

Shortage of Teachers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: -----and at the time the word "ASTI" was like dirt because it was willing to go on strike to do something.

Shortage of Teachers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: We will support the motion put forward by the Fianna Fáil Party and we agree with the measures it contains. There is one measure that seriously needs to be taken. When unions decide to take action to deal with an injustice, all of us should get behind them and support their actions. We should not condemn them and not vote for a budget, either next year or the year after, that...

Shortage of Teachers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: Last November, the three teacher unions, namely, the INTO, TUI and ASTI, made a detailed submission to the Public Service Pay Commission on the emerging crisis in teaching. There has been a sharp fall in the number of applications to teacher education courses, an increase in emigration among recently qualified teachers and difficulties in filling posts and employing substitute teachers. The...

Other Questions: Naval Service Operations (24 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: We could rescue them.

Other Questions: Naval Service Operations (24 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: I would be glad to show Deputy Healy-Rae where the door is.

Other Questions: Naval Service Operations (24 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: Budgets from this country and across Europe are being used to fund a regime that has been described as holding migrants in militia camps in the most dreadful conditions. As stated previously, we are witnessing the return of slavery, with people being bought and sold at markets in Libya. These are human beings who are desperately fleeing war and poverty in other countries. The Department...

Other Questions: Naval Service Operations (24 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: While I am proud of the Naval Service and its role in rescuing tens of thousands of people, it is also helping to train the Libyan coast guard, which picks up migrants and returns them to Libya. Does the Minister of State understand my point? I am not arguing that the Naval Service hands over migrants directly to the Libyan authorities but that we are providing training and facilitating the...

Other Questions: Naval Service Operations (24 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: 6. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will re-examine operations by the Defence Forces which support or interact with Libyan military or coastguard forces (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3370/18]

Other Questions: Naval Service Operations (24 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: I seek an update from the Minister of State on what interaction, if any, the Defence Forces have, directly or indirectly, with the Libyan authorities, specifically the Libyan coast guard. I have asked many times what the European Union programme that provides funding to Libya to hold refugees within its borders is doing to the large number of human beings who are fleeing desperate...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (24 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: 27. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures he plans to take to ensure personnel are recruited and retained in all grades of the Defence Forces in view of the prevalence of low pay, poor conditions and the numbers qualifying for FIS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3369/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (24 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: 118. To ask the Minister for Health if a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 5 is due to close on 31 January 2018 due to a lack of funds; and if the necessary funds will be made available to retain this community information resource for the area. [3595/18]

Reception Conditions Directive: Motion (23 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: The 2013/33EU directive seeks to guarantee a dignified standard of living for asylum seekers in the EU and to ensure that their human rights are respected. We now have an extraordinary situation where we are guaranteeing the human rights of asylum seekers, but in the interim - we are not sure how long that will be - they will be barred from working in care work, as health professionals, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Meeting Ireland’s Targets under the 2020 Climate and Energy Package: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: I welcome the witnesses. It is a no-brainer that we should be backing these initiatives. I am very interested in the deep retrofitting of homes. The quality of some housing in this country is very poor owing to shoddy building in the past. Houses in many of the old council estates require deep retrofitting and this should be strongly recommended in the committee's report not only because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Meeting Ireland’s Targets under the 2020 Climate and Energy Package: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: Is that 37% of new builds?

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Traveller Culture (23 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: 102. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of funding and future plans her Department has to fund specific projects in arts and heritage for the Traveller community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3079/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (23 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: 137. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if military equipment developed or procured as part a joint initiative between Ireland and other countries under PESCO will only be used under UN mandate. [2933/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Operations (23 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: 138. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of lives saved in the Mediterranean Sea during each of the Irish naval missions in each of the years 2015 to 2017. [2934/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Permanent Structured Co-operation (23 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: 152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the implications of Ireland’s recent endorsement of PESCO with its binding commitment to yearly increases in defence spending for wider international work on disarmament; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2956/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (23 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: 245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a report into the circumstances surrounding the transfer of a garda to County Donegal following the arrest of an employee of the Department of the Taoiseach will be commissioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2783/18]