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Topical Issue Debate: Supreme Court Rulings (31 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: I believe, rather, that the Department will try to fast-track asylum seekers out of the system in order to get over the constitutional issue.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Fund Deficit (31 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the write off by his Department of moneys owed by employers under the redundancy and insolvency schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26007/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Reports (31 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the report on the contributory pension scheme will be ready; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26006/17]

Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: I am simply asking that we have a debate on this and that there is room to put amendments. Having this without debate is completely unfair.

Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: It not agreed. On No. 4a, the terms of reference for dealing with the eighth amendment of the Constitution, the Ceann Comhairle will be aware, as will the Chief Whip, there was quite a debate about this at the Business Committee and our representative, Deputy Boyd Barrett, indicated that we disagreed with the disallowing of substitution on this committee and sought a debate on it. We would...

Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: Both. One final point, there should be room for us to make amendments if necessary. If we are going to have a debate on it, we should be allowed to amend the proposed amendment to the Standing Orders because all those things will apply.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad (30 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his efforts to have a person (details supplied) released from prison in Cairo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25655/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (30 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Ireland's trading relationship with Israel in view of the ongoing abuses of human rights with regard to the Palestinian population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25612/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (30 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 141. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) who has been refused a primary certificate by the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal, in view of the finding of the Office of the Ombudsman that the scheme as currently framed is overly rigid and inflexible and may be causing inequity. [25389/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (30 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 268. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, when calculating the average contributions of persons for accessing their contributory pension, there is a provision to include contributions made for the years spent working in Britain or another EU member state; if these years are included in the final calculation when deciding the reckonable amount paid and credited contribution; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding (30 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 376. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 213 and 214 of 23 March 2017, the grants provided by Údarás na Gaeltachta to client companies that are among the Succeed in Ireland initiative companies credited with providing verified jobs; and the amount provided for all companies that are in this scheme. [25281/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 400. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the replacement of a person (details supplied) who deals with rare eye disorders in children. [25323/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Expenditure (30 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 626. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the payments made by Enterprise Ireland under the headings of the beef fund, ESS, the community enterprise centre scheme and the community enterprise initiative scheme in each of the years 2010 to 2016. [25277/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Bodies Expenditure (30 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 627. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 213 and 214 of 23 March 2017, the amount in grants provided by Enterprise Ireland and the IDA to client companies that are among the Succeed in Ireland initiative companies credited with providing verified jobs; the amount provided for all companies that are in this scheme. [25281/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (25 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: Deputy Wallace stated that having tenants is a mug's game, but it is sometimes the same in the context of HAP. Someone joins HAP and, after a year, the landlord issues him or her a notice to quit in order to sell the property, mar dhea. Our Bill would have stopped such properties being sold except in exceptional circumstances. This is happening on a large scale because landlords can make...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (25 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: Than Fairview Park.

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payments (25 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: That is not fair.

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payments (25 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: I would not have bothered asking the question if I had known I could not contribute. The Acting Chairman indicated we would take the question.

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payments (25 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: I was very quick.

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payments (25 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: That is grossly unfair. If the Acting Chairman was not going to bother allowing me to speak, he should have said so at the outset.