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Tue, 15 Oct 2019
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Visa Applications
Bríd Smith
285. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure including documents required for the issuance of a visa to the Iranian spouse of an Irish citizen. [42118/19]
Thu, 10 Oct 2019
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Cancer Screening Programmes
Bríd Smith
168. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if the result of the review of the slides of 221 women affected by the CervicalCheck issue will change his plans to continue with a policy of contracting out CervicalCheck screening programmes to private companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41388/19]
Thu, 10 Oct 2019
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Electricity Generation
Bríd Smith
226. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the inclusion of the Shannon LNG project on the projects of common interest list compiled in Brussels on 4 October 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41393/19]
Thu, 10 Oct 2019
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Dublin Bus
Bríd Smith
239. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 587 and 588 of 17 September 2019, if the exact reason will be itemised for the penalty applied that is for failure to operate due to driver unavailability, bus breakdown or curtailment of late running services; the amount by subcategory involved in each period 2014 to 2019. [41471/19]
Wed, 9 Oct 2019
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Cross-Border Projects
Bríd Smith
135. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding for a project listed on the PCI list of the EU is discretionary; if not, if the State is obliged to provide funding having nominated the project for PCI status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41327/19]
Tue, 8 Oct 2019
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Home Tuition Scheme Provision
Bríd Smith
69. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to delays in granting home tuition supports; the reason home tuition hours have not been sanctioned; when this issue will be addressed; and his plans to ensure such delays do not recur in the future. [40552/19]
Tue, 8 Oct 2019
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Home Tuition Scheme Provision
Bríd Smith
70. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the supports he plans to put in place for teachers and parents of children affected by recent delays in the sanctioning of home tuition hours; and his plans in this area for the coming period. [40553/19]
Tue, 8 Oct 2019
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Home Tuition Scheme
Bríd Smith
71. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of hours and amount of funding allocated for home tuition hours for children with ASD and others in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [40554/19]
Tue, 8 Oct 2019
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School Costs
Bríd Smith
76. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the expected costs that accrue to schools for using external accountants or auditors; and if he has allocated additional funding to schools to ensure compliance with the provision of the Education Act 1998 that all accounts of schools are properly audit or certified. [40625/19]
Tue, 8 Oct 2019
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Schools Data
Bríd Smith
77. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which have failed to submit their accounts to the FSSU in line with the provision of section 18 of the Education Act 1998; if alternative arrangements have been considered for the certification of school accounts in view of the costs associated with hiring external auditors or accountants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40626/19]
Tue, 8 Oct 2019
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Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
Bríd Smith
202. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if additional funding to help subsidise IVF treatment for couples will be provided in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40585/19]
Tue, 8 Oct 2019
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Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
Bríd Smith
203. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the reason promised funding to help subsidise IVF treatment has not been delivered to date in 2019; his plans to provide enhanced care and aid to persons seeking the treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40586/19]
Tue, 8 Oct 2019
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Cancer Screening Programmes
Bríd Smith
255. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the laboratories from which the 221 cases of misdiagnosed smears under Cervical Check came, by laboratory and by year in tabular form. [40777/19]
Wed, 2 Oct 2019
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Public Transport
Bríd Smith
80. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he supports a continued policy of tendering out further routes operated by Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39897/19]
Wed, 2 Oct 2019
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Bus Services
Bríd Smith
92. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that bus routes operated by private companies and licensed by the NTA but which are not in receipt of PSO funding will be accessible to passengers with mobility issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39898/19]
Tue, 1 Oct 2019
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Public Sector Pensions
Bríd Smith
70. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will meet with representatives of retired public and semi-State workers (details supplied) to discuss their grievances about reductions and changes to their pension schemes in previous years which have not been fully restored ahead of the upcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39615/19]
Tue, 1 Oct 2019
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Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
Bríd Smith
88. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of honouring the Labour Court finding on the community employment scheme supervisors pension costs; if the ongoing issue on financing the pension rights of these workers will be resolved in the upcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39614/19]
Tue, 1 Oct 2019
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School Curriculum
Bríd Smith
224. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the agencies that have been permitted to provide sex education in schools; and the amount each agency has received for its services in each of the past five years. [39793/19]
Tue, 1 Oct 2019
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Health Services Expenditure
Bríd Smith
407. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the amount spent to date on providing free contraceptives as promised during the referendum on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution; the quantity and type of contraceptive purchased for a free contraceptive scheme; and the location in which persons can access these free contraceptives. [39791/19]
Tue, 1 Oct 2019
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Animal Welfare
Bríd Smith
430. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to regulate the provision of horse-drawn carriages for hire in Dublin in view of concerns for animal welfare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39726/19]