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Other Questions: State Pensions (7 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: I appreciate what the Minister is saying. My experience is that more people are being asked to retire at 65 who do not want to, who feel they have a lot more to give and who are quite willing and anxious to keep working. There are many fit, able, capable and young 65 year olds out there who are quite anxious to keep working and who find it rather humiliating to have to retire and then go on...

Other Questions: State Pensions (7 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: People already do it in the private sector.

Other Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (7 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 58. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to re-examine the situation where women who were in the workforce and left in earlier years for family duties are not in a position to receive the full State contributory pension when they reach retirement age; and her further plans to address this situation. [46645/17]

Other Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (7 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: I heard the Minister speak about this issue already with my colleague, Deputy Willie O'Dea, but I ask her to outline her plans to re-examine how people, women in particular, are affected by the anomaly within the State pensions system.

Other Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (7 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: I welcome the Minister's response. I note how she states the issue also affects men. Of course, the irony is that, no more than in the case of the Minister, 100% of the complaints I have received in my clinic have been from women and we can all appreciate their frustration. They reach that point in their life where they think they will receive the full State pension and then realise,...

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: The programme for Government states very clearly that a review is to be done on the ambulance service. This man lost his life.

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: The programme for Government includes a clear commitment to review the ambulance service and deliver safe pre-hospital care. On 8 July last, a married man in his 40s and the father of two young children suffered a cardiac arrest in Ballybay, County Monaghan. He was forced to wait more than one hour for an ambulance. A doctor on call arrived 90 minutes after the emergency call was made....

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: Tragically, the young man in question lost his life before an ambulance arrived. 3 o’clock Will the Taoiseach meet this family and insist on a full investigation as to why it took over an hour for an ambulance to get to this man, who lost his life? This is a matter of life or death.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (7 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 165. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of IDA visits to counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath and throughout the country in 2015, 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46653/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties (7 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 234. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans not to increase the excise fuel duty on the freight industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46577/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (7 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 235. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the downgrading a service (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46584/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (7 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the downgrading of a service (details supplied) in Counties Cavan and Monaghan; the way in which service have been affected as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46585/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Law (7 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the Life Saving Equipment Bill 2017 which provides specific penalties for those found to have damaged life-saving equipment such as defibrillators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46620/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (7 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 517. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to expedite a matter for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46216/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (7 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 534. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if supervisory ranks at a station (details supplied) will be filled; the positions vacant at present; when they are likely to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46651/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (7 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 545. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46782/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (7 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46825/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Visa Applications (7 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 595. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing difficulties in the animation industry with the recruitment and visa authorisation of international talent; and the steps she is taking to address this issue. [46557/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (7 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 596. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to support education and upskilling to facilitate persons entering the animation sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46558/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (7 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 666. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45881/17]