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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Maternity Hospital (3 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: I am not worried about the cost.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Maternity Hospital (3 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: Has the Minister listened to the Bishop of Elphin?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Maternity Hospital (3 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: That is good.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Maternity Hospital (3 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 5. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the agreement with a religious order (details supplied) for the running of the new National Maternity Hospital will ensure women will have access to all services and operations, including abortion, in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20883/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Maternity Hospital (3 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: I was fascinated listening to the conversation between the Minister for Health and Deputy Billy Kelleher. I regard it as a conversation because there was a lot of agreement. I think I counted the number of times they both used the phrase "Conversation has to be had". A conversation has to be had. The Minister needs to have a very loud, honest and public conversation with the people and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Maternity Hospital (3 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: The question the Minister asked, namely, how we had arrived at this point, is poignant. We arrived in the middle of the discussion with most of the country up in arms. Within five days 100,000 people had signed an online petition calling on the Minister not to do this. Why did they do it? I have a letter, a copy of which I understand the Minister has received. It gives a very compelling...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (3 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 31. To ask the Minister for Health If he will examine delays in parents accessing speech and language therapy for their children in the Crumlin area of the HSE specifically in the case of a person (details supplied); and his plans to ensure vulnerable children at a key developmental age are not left without key services such as these. [20803/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (3 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 34. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he has taken to address the significant shortfall in OT and SLT therapists to provide the inputs for children with disabilities outlined in the service statement under the Disability Act; the way he plans to remedy this staff deficit, including the increased deficit which would occur if statutory deadlines were kept; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (3 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 71. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he has taken to address the significant staffing deficit leading to failure to keep to statutory deadlines for assessment and reporting on needs under the Disability Act; the way this staff deficit will be remedied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20804/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (3 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 104. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason children are being sent to private assessment services, such as from a particular company (details supplied); the reason after this initial assessment the HSE refuses to offer crucial follow up tests in the face of advice from the private companies it has employed to carry out initial assessment; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (3 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the hardship caused by the current limits placed on visas for persons visiting family members here (details supplied); if she will consider altering this or introducing a discretionary duration for visas in certain circumstances. [21032/17]

Standing Order 27: Motion (2 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: It was not agreed.

Standing Order 27: Motion (2 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: If this motion passes I am afraid the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and I will probably have loads of rows because I will not stand, no matter what I am told to do. My religion or belief is my business. It is not public property and is not up for public scrutiny. I hope many Deputies in the House will perform the same act of civil disobedience or Oireachtas disobedience. I got loads of tweets...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Illegal Dumping (2 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 55. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to illegal dumping at the Glenveagh National Park in an area situated within the park and opposite the staff entrance to the park; if such dumping is a breech of EU regulations, the Water Pollution Act or the Invasive Species Act; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that this is taking...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Proposed Legislation (2 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 80. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received or sought a legal opinion on whether sections of the proposed Heritage Bill may contravene EU directives such as the birds and habitats directives, the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011, the European Union (Natural Habitats) Regulations SI 94/1997 or the Wildlife Amendment Act...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 778. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are eligible for the free under six general practitioner scheme; the number of persons that have registered under the scheme to date; if he has conducted research on the reason some persons are not taking up the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19151/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 780. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to assist persons that wish to enrol their children under the free under six general practitioner scheme but that are unable to access a general practitioner that is accepting new patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19153/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 781. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons registered with a general practitioner; the GMS status of those general practitioners; if those general practitioners have registered for the free under six GP scheme; if so, the number of children under six years of age those general practitioners have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19154/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (2 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 779. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to bring in a national register of general practitioners as recommended in the HSE document on medical workforce planning future demand for GPs 2015 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19152/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Commission for Communications Regulation (2 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 1254. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the legal firms contracted to work for ComReg on a consultancy basis; and the amount in fees paid to them since 2013. [19145/17]