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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (28 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: 379. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an application for additional funding by a charity (details supplied) was denied despite the need for two additional full-time positions along with every-day costs for the charity to function. [50137/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (28 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: 380. To ask the Minister for Health the funding and recognition of children with dyspraxia and DCD with the new allocation model of SNA teachers and a guarantee that these children will not be at a loss of support [50138/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (28 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: 529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the NRA instructing repossession of property to recoup unpaid toll fees. [49867/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (28 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: 530. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons in each of the past ten years who have had their cars or other property taken by sheriffs on foot of unpaid toll fees. [49868/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (28 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: 531. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legal powers under which repossessions for unpaid toll fees occur. [49869/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (28 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: 532. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount collected by tolls in each of the past ten years; the person or body that collects these tolls; and the purpose for which this revenue is used. [49870/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: I will try to be as quick as possible in order to prevent any more precariousness in the room. I was interested by Professor Pajkrt's submission on reasons for abortion. Women make difficult decisions about whether to have abortions. I was interested in the list of reasons the witness provided, such as financial considerations, housing, age, whether one's family is complete, broken or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: Rape comes under socioeconomic reasons as well as housing, work and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: Intervention.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: Abusive place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: It is hoped by all members currently in the room that Ireland will move to a situation where it will be possible to get rid of the constitutional ban on abortion. I am sure Professor Pajkrt, as a lawyer, is aware of that constitutional ban. If it is removed, legislation will then have to be considered. I am trying to tease out the distinction between what we call socioeconomic reasons and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: If one did not need to have an abortion, one would not have it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: I want to explore what those who are anti-choice would argue is an abortion industry. The majority of Irish people who currently go to the Netherlands for an abortion attend CASA clinics. There are seven or eight such clinics and they are currently bankrupt. They charge between €350 and €500 for an abortion. Some people in Ireland say there is an abortion industry which is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: I thank the witness for that. Early abortions are most common; 81% are performed at under 13 weeks, which is very good. Is that largely due to increased use of the abortion pill, in the sense that the woman can take a pill early on and does not have to go through surgical abortion? Would the professors distinguish between the two things in those statistics? I do not suspect the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: And what would Ms Pajkrt think, as a professor of obstetrics?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: Or the lack of it. What does she think of the Irish abortion system?

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: I have another question on women's rights. It is something for which the Tánaiste indicated support in the past. Starting on Saturday, Change the Conversation involves 16 days of action by Women's Aid on violence against women in the home. It has written to all Members and asked them to wear a purple ribbon. Given the Tánaiste's support and indications from most female Members...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service Restructuring: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: I may have to leave at 11.30 a.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service Restructuring: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: I have very quick questions because I am brand new on the committee and do not know the history and legacy of all this. I often go on first impressions and my first impression is that there is a huge irony in having the chairperson of the Citizens Information Board being very reluctant to give information to those elected by the citizens. That is my impression of it. I understand what Ms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service Restructuring: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: We are concerned. Staff do have concerns. They would not be coming back to us if they did not. We are not lying to Ms Mangan. Staff have concerns and I do not know how they will be addressed and how they are being addressed. I am a trade unionist and there are ways of negotiating but I do not think they are concerned about their own jobs. I think they are concerned about the delivery of...