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Tue, 17 Sep 2019
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Dublin Bus
Bríd Smith
587. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the fines imposed on Dublin Bus over the past five years for failure to operate scheduled services. [37513/19]
Tue, 17 Sep 2019
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Dublin Bus
Bríd Smith
588. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the failure to operate scheduled services that resulted in fines imposed on Dublin Bus. [37514/19]
Tue, 17 Sep 2019
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Free Travel Scheme Data
Bríd Smith
618. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding provided for the free travel scheme from 2008 to date. [36996/19]
Tue, 17 Sep 2019
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Free Travel Scheme Data
Bríd Smith
619. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the free travel scheme fund has been distributed to specific transport companies from 2008 to date by company. [36998/19]
Fri, 6 Sep 2019
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Cancer Screening Programmes
Bríd Smith
1190. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if persons who are newly diagnosed with cervical cancer must pay for their own independent reviews, especially in circumstances in which all previous smears were normal before the cancer diagnosis. [36171/19]
Fri, 6 Sep 2019
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Cancer Screening Programmes
Bríd Smith
1191. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the reason patients who were diagnosed or will be diagnosed in the coming months as having cervical cancer will not be able to avail of the HSE cancer audit to review their smears in order to avoid a financial burden on cancer patients who wish to have their smears reviewed. [36172/19]
Fri, 6 Sep 2019
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Cancer Screening Programmes
Bríd Smith
1197. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if women diagnosed with cervical cancer that were not included in the previous review process can request a review of their screening history; if so, if the HSE will fund and support such a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36214/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Legislative Measures
Bríd Smith
286. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the FEMPI legislation has been completely revoked; if the declaration of a financial emergency has now ended; if he will lay further reports before the Houses of the Oireachtas on the issue of a financial emergency that underpinned the previous FEMPI legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32195/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
Bríd Smith
287. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to meet with representatives of affected workers to discuss the issue relating to the pension entitlements of community supervisors; if he will make provisions in budget 2020 to fund the Labour Court judgment on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32196/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Sexual Offences Data
Bríd Smith
682. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sex workers arrested and charged with offences relating to prostitution and or running brothels since the introduction of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017. [32190/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Sexual Offences Data
Bríd Smith
683. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of sex workers charged with offences such as prostitution, brothel running and so on in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [32191/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Sexual Offences Data
Bríd Smith
684. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sex workers charged with offences relating to the purchase of sex since 2010 to date in 2019. [32192/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Legislative Reviews
Bríd Smith
685. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a review of the Criminal Law (Sex Offences) Act 2017 and its impact on sex workers since its introduction will be undertaken; his plans for such a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32193/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Witness Protection Programme
Bríd Smith
686. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 26 of 16 May 2019; if efforts have been made to meet with the witness or ensure the relevant authorities make contact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32194/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Protected Disclosures
Bríd Smith
1221. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a protected disclosure submitted to him in respect of a hospice (details supplied); the actions taken in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32162/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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HSE Staff
Bríd Smith
1222. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recent survey that suggested large numbers of employees in the HSE suffer from bullying; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32163/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Protected Disclosures Data
Bríd Smith
1223. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures submitted to his Department by year since 2010; the number accepted; and the number from employees in the HSE or other health-related services. [32164/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Protected Disclosures
Bríd Smith
1224. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will commission an independent inquiry into the manner in which a hospice (details supplied) has disciplined employees that had previously submitted protected disclosures to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32165/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Health Services Funding
Bríd Smith
1226. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the budget allocated for fundraising in a hospice (details supplied); his views on same; the amounts paid to staff involved in fundraising activity; if this funding is provided by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32199/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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National Cervical Screening Programme Data
Bríd Smith
1227. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health further to recent comments he made in Dáil Éireann and at committee hearings, when information previously requested on the CervicalCheck crisis and the false negative slides currently under review, that is, a breakdown of the number of false negative slides per laboratory and the locations of the laboratories, will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32200/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Bríd Smith
2057. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Teagasc considered additional scenarios to those relayed in the preparations of its 2018 report, An Analysis of Abatement Potential of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Irish Agriculture 2021–2030; the nature of each of the scenarios considered in the event that additional scenarios were considered; if the scenarios considered the impact of a reduction in the dairy herd in favour of greater agricultural diversification; and if Teagasc established the impact that other scenarios considered would have on overall agricultural emissions. [32130/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Bríd Smith
2058. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 2018 Teagasc report, An Analysis of Abatement Potential of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Irish Agriculture 2021–2030, was peer reviewed or subjected to independent external review; if so, if the raised concerns or reservations regarding the scenarios considered or concerns regarding the ability of the abatement measures proposed, that is, agricultural mitigation measures, land use mitigation measures and energy mitigation measures to deliver the reduction in the greenhouse gas emissions envisaged; the concerns raised in the peer or external independent review process of the report; if concerns were raised regarding the impact of further intensification of the dairy sector on overall agricultural emissions in the peer or external independent review process of the report; the consideration Teagasc gave to the concerns raised; if Deputies will have sight of the peer or independent external reviews; and if Deputies will have sight of the deliberations of Teagasc regarding concerns, factors or issues raised in the peer reviews. [32131/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Mining Industry
Bríd Smith
2208. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on proposed gold mining in the Sperrin mountain region in Northern Ireland and its possible environmental impacts here; if he will raise the issue with the Northern Ireland authorities; and if he will raise the issue in a discussion with the relevant north-south intergovernmental bodies. [32220/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Departmental Meetings
Bríd Smith
2209. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the meetings or discussions he or his officials have had with groups (details supplied) and other groups or bodies in relation to the Petroleum and Other Minerals Developments (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018 since January 2018. [32221/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Fuel Poverty
Bríd Smith
2211. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made with a national survey of fuel poverty and those in need of supports as agreed by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action. [32234/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Petroleum and Gas Exploration
Bríd Smith
2212. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the petroleum licence applications currently under consideration by his Department. [32235/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan
Bríd Smith
2213. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to legislate for changes in the planning regulations to provide for renewable energy projects offshore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32236/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Transport Policy
Bríd Smith
2351. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position on the use of horse-drawn carriages for hire in Dublin city; the regulations that govern this activity; his plans for new regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32077/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Taxi Regulations
Bríd Smith
2352. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention or the attention of the NTA has been drawn to the proposals to operate a taxi sharing service in the taxi industry which utilises mobile applications and shared ridership; if such a proposal has been examined by his Department or the NTA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32078/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Taxi Licences
Bríd Smith
2353. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans of the NTA or plans submitted to it to licence a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32079/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Córas Iompair Éireann
Bríd Smith
2354. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of funding for all three CIÉ companies since 2008 to date on the basis of PSO funding for non-commercial services, capital funding and other funding, whether capital or current. [32080/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Transport Infrastructure Provision
Bríd Smith
2371. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of trees earmarked for removal under the proposed BusConnects plan in the Dublin area. [32174/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Transport Infrastructure Provision
Bríd Smith
2372. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an environmental impact assessment will be commissioned into the proposed removal of trees in Dublin city as a result of the BusConnects scheme; and if such assessment will examine the impact on air quality. [32175/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Childcare Services
Bríd Smith
2537. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of parents on the community childcare subvention, CCS, scheme and the childcare education and training scheme, CETS, who will be affected negatively by the national childcare scheme. [32202/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Childcare Services
Bríd Smith
2538. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ensure that the national childcare scheme will not result in new entrants who would qualify under the community childcare subvention, CCS, scheme and the childcare education and training scheme, CETS, paying more than existing users. [32203/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Childcare Costs
Bríd Smith
2539. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to stop childcare providers increasing their fees under the national childcare scheme; and if a cap will be put on prices. [32204/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Disability Allowance Data
Bríd Smith
2674. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff employed in the special investigation unit; the staffing numbers in the unit since 2010; and the budget directed to the unit in each of the years since 2010. [31745/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Disability Allowance Data
Bríd Smith
2675. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the resources in the special investigation unit; and the resources allocated to each category of payment. [31746/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Departmental Staff Data
Bríd Smith
2676. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff employed as medical officers; and the budget directed to medical assessments for payments requiring a medical assessment. [31747/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Departmental Staff Data
Bríd Smith
2677. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff employed in the appeals section; the staffing numbers in the section since 2010; and the budget directed to appeals. [31748/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Social Welfare Payments Administration
Bríd Smith
2685. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address matters (details supplied) regarding the transfer of payments from post offices. [31843/19]
Thu, 11 Jul 2019
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Offshore Exploration Licences
Bríd Smith
749. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details or copies of all annual reports since 2010 sent to his Department by holders of a lease undertaking in respect of their efforts to establish commerciality of the relevant discovery. [30839/19]
Thu, 11 Jul 2019
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Exploration Licences
Bríd Smith
750. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 20 June 2019, if the application for a lease undertaken for a licence (details supplied) has been with his Department since October 2012; and the reason for the delay in deciding on this application. [30840/19]
Thu, 11 Jul 2019
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Illegal Dumping
Bríd Smith
759. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress or outcome of the tier 2 site investigation into an illegal dump (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31001/19]
Thu, 11 Jul 2019
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Illegal Dumping
Bríd Smith
760. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost to date of funding under the landfill remediation program for a site (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if the funding has conditions attached to it. [31002/19]
Thu, 11 Jul 2019
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Illegal Dumping
Bríd Smith
761. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will instruct or advise the EPA to conduct further investigations into a site (details supplied) including water and soil testing to ascertain if there is toxic leakage into the surrounding water courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31003/19]
Thu, 11 Jul 2019
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Housing Assistance Payment Administration
Bríd Smith
940. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the Department responsible for the administration of the way in which HAP is means tested and calculated; and the legislation used in this regard. [30487/19]
Wed, 10 Jul 2019
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Visa Applications
Bríd Smith
226. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications since 1 January 2016 for visas pursuant to the policy document on non-EEA family reunification made by persons here granted international protection; the number of visa applications granted to family members of such sponsors; if the grant was at first instance or on appeal; the number of the sponsors that did not meet the financial criteria in the policy document; and the number of the sponsors which were under 18 years of age (details supplied) [30448/19]
Wed, 10 Jul 2019
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HSE Staff Recruitment
Bríd Smith
252. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the private companies involved with the national recruitment service of the HSE. [30169/19]
Wed, 10 Jul 2019
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HSE Staff Recruitment
Bríd Smith
253. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if the national recruitment service of the HSE has given contracts to private companies; and if so, the name and expenditure on same in each of the past five years. [30170/19]