Parliamentary questions

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]