Results 121-140 of 3,455 for speaker:Bríd Smith in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (2 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the budget allocation to his Department will allow for the needed expansion and provision of additional services and routes for the state's bus and rail services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32791/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (2 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the expansion of the public transport network to cope with increasing volumes of passengers in all three companies, Irish Rail, Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann. [32790/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (2 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 232. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the contracts for JobPath were put out to tender; the awarding process; the criteria on which it was based; if there was any other applicants; the personal data of persons participating on JobPath that will be passed onto the recruitment agencies; if persons participating will be notified in advance of their data and details being handed over;...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (2 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons participating on JobPath are paid by either JobPath or the employer for travel, childcare or lunch vouchers; and, if it is the employers who pay, if it is mandatory that they cover costs when they take on a JobPath participant. [32955/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (2 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 476. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the upcoming Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement and its implications for Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31818/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Support Services (3 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she will take to ensure that any company supported by her Department, or other State agency under her influence, that creates jobs in the coming period does not use schemes such as JobPath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33150/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Data (3 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will ensure that when her Department is recording job figures from IDA or Enterprise Ireland supported companies, that the numbers of such jobs that are supported by the Department of Social Protection, such as JobPath and so on, are separately reported; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33002/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Taxi Regulations (3 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 26. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she, her officials or any other State agency that she is aware of have been lobbied or approached by a company (details supplied) regarding the present regulations that govern the taxi industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33000/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Funding (3 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding that will be granted by the IDA , Enterprise Ireland or other State agencies under the aegis of her Department to client supported companies in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33003/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Lobbying Data (3 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she, her officials or any State agency that she is aware of have been lobbied or had representations made to them by any company or firm supported in any way by the IDA or Enterprise Ireland regarding the State's taxation regulations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33001/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (3 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to ensure companies and firms that are in receipt of State support from the IDA, Enterprise Ireland or any other body comply with the industrial relations laws and protections afforded to workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32999/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Industrial Disputes (3 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the situation in Irish Rail and Bus Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33102/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Budgets (3 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the budget allocation for his Department; if it is sufficient to expand the public transport system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33103/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (8 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 40. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provision that is being provided to assist parents who use childminders or relatives in view of the fact that the majority of children are minded by local childminders or relatives, and considering the Growing Up in Ireland ESRI report which confirmed that children minded by childminders and relatives have fewer emotional...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (8 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 47. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provision to be provided to new entrants to training and employment child care, TEC, schemes to still be able to afford child care in view of the fact that currently there is provision for a transition period for parents on TEC schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33542/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (8 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 517. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an agency (details supplied) has received over €36 million in State funding from her Department via Pobal but is refusing to obey and honour the findings of a Labour Court judgment in the case of forced redundancies of its workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Expenditure (9 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost to the Army for guarding Shannon airport in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33823/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2017 (9 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the last minute expansion of the so-called fiscal space by some €300 million for the 2017 budget and its implications for next year's spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30932/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Risk Assessment (9 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance the strategic risks identified by him in the draft national risk assessment report in relation to tax issues and multinational corporations based here. [31824/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (10 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies that have benefitted from a VAT rate of 13.5% for short term hiring of certain means of transport including aircraft for each of the years from 2011 to 2015; the amount of VAT that was foregone for each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34046/16]