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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
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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]
Thu, 7 Jul 2016
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Easter Rising Commemorations
Bríd Smith
59. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how the State paid a sum of €5 million to purchase 14 to 17 Moore Street, Dublin 1, including details of the valuation process of the properties and details of recipients of said moneys; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19852/16]
Wed, 6 Jul 2016
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Public Sector Pay
Bríd Smith
49. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has undertaken any study or research into the effect on the Public Service of the reduction in starting salaries of newly qualified teachers, nurses and other Public Servants. [19717/16]
Wed, 6 Jul 2016
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Public Sector Pay
Bríd Smith
52. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reverse the reductions in the starting salaries of newly qualified teachers, nurses and other public sector workers. [19716/16]
Wed, 6 Jul 2016
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Property Tax Exemptions
Bríd Smith
127. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the thresholds above which social protection clients will be liable for local property tax deductions; and the number of such clients who are liable for deductions in the Dublin South Central constituency. [19909/16]
Wed, 6 Jul 2016
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National Monuments
Bríd Smith
199. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how the State paid a sum of €5 million to purchase Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street, Dublin 1, including details of the valuation process of the properties and of the recipients of the said moneys. [20058/16]
Wed, 6 Jul 2016
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National Monuments
Bríd Smith
201. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the provisions she has made to protect Sceilig Mhichíl, Contae Chiarraí, from damage during the filming there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15604/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Human Rights
Bríd Smith
30. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to bring home a person (details supplied) from his detention in Egypt. [19410/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Middle East Issues
Bríd Smith
48. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned at the treatment of Palestinian academics in the West Bank and Gaza at the hands of the Israeli Defence Force; and his plans to raise this issue with the Israeli ambassador. [19411/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Home Help Service
Bríd Smith
556. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for home help hours applied for in Dublin city by area; the number of those applications which qualified for home help hours; and the number provided to those who qualify for home help. [19536/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Community Childcare Subvention Programme
Bríd Smith
691. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of the 8,000 community child care subvention scheme places from budget 2016 which have become available; the level of the uptake from child care service providers; and the number of places which have become available since the scheme was launched, by area, in Dublin and nationwide. [19546/16]
Thu, 30 Jun 2016
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Employment Support Services
Bríd Smith
18. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on whether it is appropriate for his Department to insist persons who are unemployed are sent on training courses to an organisation (details supplied) that professes itself to operate with a Christian ethos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18772/16]
Thu, 30 Jun 2016
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Employment Support Services
Bríd Smith
20. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if he funds in any way an organisation (details supplied); and if so, if he is monitoring the success it has in helping persons currently unemployed achieve employment. [18771/16]
Wed, 29 Jun 2016
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Social Welfare Benefits
Bríd Smith
137. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will carry out an impact assessment on the cuts to the one-parent family payment to analyse the impact of these cuts on child poverty and to ascertain if this has directly added to the high poverty levels of children living in one-parent households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15214/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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School Enrolments
Bríd Smith
17. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that the consequences of the policy of the patron of a school (details supplied) in refusing to enrol new children is having a detrimental effect on class sizes in adjacent schools; his plans to open a community national school in an area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18290/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Equality Legislation
Bríd Smith
34. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the advice his Department sought or received on the constitutional issues in relation to amending the Equal Status Act, to cease discrimination on school admission. [18289/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Departmental Staff Remuneration
Bríd Smith
135. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount saved by having a lower level of pay for new recruits to the public service in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13012/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Climate Change Policy
Bríd Smith
238. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the recent confirmation from scientists in the southern hemisphere that global levels of carbon dioxide have passed 400 parts per million; if he is concerned that such levels pose a threat to the earth's biodiversity and to human civilisation, given that the last time levels reached this stage humans did not exist; the radical steps he proposes to cut emissions of carbon dioxide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16175/16]