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Wed, 20 Jul 2016
oral
Industrial Relations
Bríd Smith
34. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will take action to stop companies (details supplied) which are trying to usurp the countries labour machinery and laws that give basic protections to workers such as the Minimum Wage Act and so on. [22915/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Workplace Relations Services Staff
Bríd Smith
45. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to ensure that the appropriate State bodies tasked with safeguarding the rights of workers are appropriately staffed and resourced to combat attempts by employers to break labour laws that seek to provide workers with basic protections. [22763/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Employment Rights
Bríd Smith
56. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is concerned about the increasing number of workers being asked by employers to sign contracts which designate them as self-employed and not as employees who have statutory rights. [22764/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Employment Rights
Bríd Smith
58. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she will take to ensure that any employer in receipt of contracts from the State for the provision of certain services is compliant with the labour laws of the country which afford protections to workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22766/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Economic Data
Bríd Smith
66. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware of a recent report that describes Ireland as a low wage economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22765/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
written
Workplace Relations Services Staff
Bríd Smith
71. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff currently working in the Workplace Relations Commission and the numbers that worked in the previously named Labour Relations Commission and Employment Appeals Tribunal and associated bodies. [22767/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Public Transport Provision
Bríd Smith
61. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is concerned at the impact of tendering processes underway with Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann routes could have on the conditions and livelihoods of transport workers. [22484/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
written
Public Transport
Bríd Smith
88. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the pay claims being discussed for transport workers, considering the time since these workers received a pay rise and the number of cost cutting deals these workers agreed over the past decade, alongside the substantial cuts to transport funding by governments over the same period which had serious consequences for those working in the State's transport companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22485/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Middle East Peace Process
Bríd Smith
480. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his views on Palestine's Call, the open letter from 45 Palestinians political and civil groups calling on the Government to act to bring justice to Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21955/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Middle East Peace Process
Bríd Smith
481. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the actions he will take in view of Palestine's Call, the open letter sent to all Oireachtas Members from Palestinian civil and political groups. [21956/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
written
Middle East Peace Process
Bríd Smith
482. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address the issues raised in Palestine's Call, the open letter recently sent to all Oireachtas Members from Palestinian civil and political society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21957/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
written
Middle East Peace Process
Bríd Smith
483. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the way in which he will respond to the open letter from Palestinian civil and political society sent to all Oireachtas Members, Palestine's Call; and the action he will take to exert pressure on the state of Israel, through the use of sanctions and other parliamentary actions, to end its illegal occupation of Palestine and to grant Palestinian people their rights in accordance with United Nations resolutions and international law, as requested in the letter. [21958/16]
Thu, 14 Jul 2016
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Departmental Budgets
Bríd Smith
20. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to spend any savings as a result of the privatisation of the national broadband plan; the portion he expects to spend on climate change mitigation and prevention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21591/16]
Thu, 14 Jul 2016
written
Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
Bríd Smith
29. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to consider reserving a place on the board of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland for a non-governmental organisation with a track record of environmental campaigning in the area of sustainability and climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21595/16]
Thu, 14 Jul 2016
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Gas Exploration Revenue
Bríd Smith
247. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated value of the Corrib gas supply in its first year of operation and the estimated value of revenues the State expects directly from that gas flow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21762/16]
Wed, 13 Jul 2016
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Trade Agreements
Bríd Smith
43. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he considered the implications for Irish agriculture of the ratification of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement; his views on the likely impact of these treaties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21264/16]
Wed, 13 Jul 2016
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UK Referendum on EU Membership
Bríd Smith
62. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the consequences for Ireland's fishing industry and those who depend on it in view of the British exit from the EU. [21263/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Home Care Packages Provision
Bríd Smith
18. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the increases in staffing that have been achieved to deal with the crisis under the home help scheme and the carer respite services; the number of persons who are in hospital with their discharge delayed who are waiting to access these services; the number of carers who have been unable to continue as carers, due to the lack of respite services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20910/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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General Practitioner Services
Bríd Smith
27. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to progress the development, staff levels and contracts of general practitioners including the provision of care free at the point of use to persons under 12 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20909/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
written
Abortion Services Provision
Bríd Smith
550. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he believes that the recent United Nation's condemnation of Ireland's treatment of pregnant woman in need of abortions shows that this and previous Governments' failure to legislate or to seek to repeal the eighth amendment proves that Ireland may indeed be guilty of cruelty and inhumane treatment of all female citizens. [17506/16]