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Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: The Government is making a bags of it.

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: Would someone please tell me what is going on in this Chamber in respect of bin charges and the hike in the bin charges? I heard Deputy Jack Chambers on the media giving out about Panda increasing charges and the new contract that will allow the company to do dynamic things, such as enter a premises to check what is in a bin; the right to alter the charges in light of Government regulations...

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: Fianna Fáil did a deal.

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: Yesterday, the Taoiseach said that he is about to reward people who treat their community and the environment well. How is this awarding people who treat their community and environment well with this nonsense from Panda? The cartels are being allowed to do what they like. They have already said that they do not fear a regulator. They do not fear the set-up that the Government and Fianna...

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: They may have their confidence and supply agreement, but they are certainly supplying each other with a lot of freedom to enable the bin companies do what they want with an important and essential service that people are paying dearly for. The only thing that can be done to safeguard the service in future and to keep the environment safe in our cities and towns is for this service to be...

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: For the information of Deputy Bruton I live beside a facility that does separate and recycle and that bails food and other materials. We have major problems with the operation of Thorntons and the proximity of Thorntons to the community of Ballyfermot. We campaign continuously to try to get the Environmental Protection Agency to put some sort of controls on the company. We continuously...

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: That is not going to happen, but I can see that Fianna Fáil has an internal problem, because some of that party's Deputies are dissatisfied with the confidence and supply arrangement with the Government. I wish to make the Minister aware of something else. He talks about the motivation for keeping the environment safe and clean.

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: What is actually happening, because of the profits and money is to be made out of rubbish, is that fly-tipping is being given the go-ahead by this system and by the Government. As the prices increase, there will be more and more fly-tipping. There was never a single incident of it when the bins were in public control. We are now organising street meetings throughout the city in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (6 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: 57. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will commission an investigation into work conditions in the film industry and the possible misuse of the trainee system to ensure that there are no breaches of employment laws including the Protection of Employees (Fixed Term Working) Act 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31846/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (6 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: 58. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether the refusal of 40 security companies to pay the recent increase set by the ERO for the security industry undermines such orders; the steps she will take to ensure workers receive this increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31847/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Care Services Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing a group (details supplied) in Donaghmede in trying to find a permanent home for the child care training and counselling services it provides; and if he will arrange to meet representatives of the group to discuss its future plans. [31899/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Care Services Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports his Department can provide for groups such as a group (details supplied) that provide invaluable education and training for its local community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31900/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: Last November, when the Taoiseach was Minister for Social Protection, we had a lengthy debate about the new method of calculation of the contributory pension in what is known as the homemaker's scheme. I put an amendment to the Bill asking for a report within three months and what the Taoiseach was going to do to tackle the gross inequality to women under that scheme. They are women who...

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: -----at a different kind of measure that tackles wealth rather than poverty?

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: My question is about a report that we were promised.

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: The Minister did not answer the question. Could we please get an answer on when the report will be due? It is long overdue already.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (5 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies availing of section 481 tax relief in the film industry; and the number of full-time jobs in the film industry here. [27638/17]

Waste Disposal: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: Dillon Waste last filed accounts here in 2007, at which time it retained profits of €3.3 million, and Greyhound last filed accounts here in 2009, at which time it retained profits of €8.5 million. How are we supposed to know whether these companies are losing money, are profitable or are going to the wall? There is a proliferation of them. As in the case of Tony Soprano, it...

Waste Disposal: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: Joe Cooney, a retired city council worker from Ballyfermot, left his bin out this morning and it remains uncollected this evening. Mr. Cooney is not on a gold-plated pension, despite the common perception of public sector workers. On 29 June, he checked his account with Greyhound. He had €21 in credit. Today, when he telephoned Greyhound to see why his bin remained uncollected, he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (4 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: I am sorry I missed the start of Mr. Fleming's presentation. While he might have covered this earlier, I ask him to describe the employers involved. Are they big multinationals, small individually owned ships or a mixture of both? I know some trawler owners who employ labour, usually from eastern Europe. Sometimes I think that how they are treated leaves much to be desired. I want to...