Results 181-200 of 3,455 for speaker:Bríd Smith in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (17 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: 1634. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has made contact with the owners or workers of a company (details supplied) in Dundalk to help avert redundancy. [41563/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (17 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: 1635. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that one of the reasons given to workers for redundancies at a company (details supplied) is that the lease has run out on the current premises where work is being carried out; and, if this is the issue, whether she will request IDA Ireland to seek a suitable alternative premises for the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Portfolio (17 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: 1636. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if IDA Ireland has been approached by any other company to inform them that they will be taking over a premises on the Finnabair industrial park in 2017. [41565/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (17 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: 1679. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider setting up a State-sponsored voluntary DNA website for all those persons who have been in care in order to trace family and relatives. [41430/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (18 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: 43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Action Plan for Education will address the increasing use of precarious contracts and poor work conditions and pay in the third level institutions for lecturers and other workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1915/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (18 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: 45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Action Plan for Education will address pay inequality and ensure that workers in the education system receive equal pay for equal work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1914/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (19 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: 36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to take steps to protect tenants that have been served with rent reviews that are demanding 50% and 60% rent rises by landlords trying to evade the proposed rent caps in some areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2147/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (19 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: 40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the huge rent increases facing some tenants on foot of rent review demands notified by landlords in the days before his recent Bill was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2146/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (24 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: 72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of unclaimed social protection entitlements that persons are entitled to claim but for whatever reason do not claim. [2774/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (24 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: 83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to publicise or launch campaigns to ensure persons are fully aware of their entitlements to social protection payments in various circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2775/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (25 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: 67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans following the latest deferment of the trial of a person (details supplied) in Egypt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3098/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (31 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: 67. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she or any representative from her Department has met and-or communicated with representatives from companies (details supplied) or Dublin City Council in the past 12 months with regard to the Dublin Central Carlton-Moore Street site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4177/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service Expenditure (31 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: 83. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether the present resources allocated to the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, is sufficient to meet its remit to protect Ireland's wildlife and biodiversity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4178/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Media Pluralism (7 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: 76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider media plurality and industrial relations issues when making his decision on a proposed acquisition by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5789/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Hydraulic Fracturing (7 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: 77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure the Prohibition on the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill will pass Committee Stage during this term of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5790/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: 49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has any contact with the NTA on the issuing of bus licences on intercity routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6034/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (8 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: 84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any contact with the management of Bus Éireann prior to or since it announced a cost cutting plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6035/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (8 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: 296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she expects Dáil Éireann to discuss and vote on the trade deal CETA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3099/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (9 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: 14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, before welcoming any future announcement of new jobs created, she or her Department will investigate the actual working conditions and employment contracts of workers involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6201/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (9 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: 22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the provisions she has made in her jobs plan to ensure jobs created are not subject to precarious hours, bogus self employment, low hours or low pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6204/17]