Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Brexit Issues

Bríd Smith

11. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach the foreign leaders he plans to meet over the next period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36054/16]

Human Rights Cases

Bríd Smith

43. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on progress in securing the release of a person (details supplied) from their detention in Egypt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36269/16]

US Presidential Election

Bríd Smith

15. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach the detail of the discussions he had with the President-elect of the United States of America, Mr. Donald Trump. [35188/16]

US Presidential Election

Bríd Smith

20. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach the details of his conversation with President-elect Trump; and his plans to visit the White House on St. Patrick's Day. [35977/16]

One-Parent Family Payment

Bríd Smith

68. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will commission a report on the impact of the recent changes in social protection payments on lone parent families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36056/16]

State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility

Bríd Smith

104. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the impact on recent retirees, who are qualified for the contributory State pension, of the way the homemaker scheme years are calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36057/16]

Rent Controls

Bríd Smith

23. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the measures he plans to take to deal with the escalating rise in rents in the private rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35431/16]

Housing Provision

Bríd Smith

55. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the latest pillar of the Rebuilding Ireland action plan, that is housing supply; the way it will address the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35430/16]

Industrial Disputes

Bríd Smith

45. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the current discussions between the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland, ASTI, and the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, will result in pay equality in the education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35155/16]

School Staff

Bríd Smith

55. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the reduction in staff numbers at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35156/16]

Children in Care

Bríd Smith

262. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a State sponsored voluntary DNA website for all those who have been in care in order to trace family and relatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35413/16]

Direct Provision System

Bríd Smith

59. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress she has made in changing the direct provision system for asylum seekers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34738/16]

Garda Industrial Relations

Bríd Smith

90. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the budget allocation for her Department will be sufficient to allow for the recent deal with the GRA and the AGSI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34739/16]

VAT Rate Application

Bríd Smith

45. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Finance the number of companies that have benefitted from a VAT rate of 13.5% for short term hiring of certain means of transport including aircraft for each of the years from 2011 to 2015; the amount of VAT that was foregone for each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34046/16]

VAT Rate Application

Bríd Smith

52. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Finance the number of aircraft leasing companies that have benefitted from 0% VAT as a result of leasing to qualifying international airlines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34045/16]

Defence Forces Expenditure

Bríd Smith

35. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost to the Army for guarding Shannon airport in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33823/16]

Budget 2017

Bríd Smith

91. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Finance his views on the last minute expansion of the so-called fiscal space by some €300 million for the 2017 budget and its implications for next year's spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30932/16]

National Risk Assessment

Bríd Smith

92. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Finance the strategic risks identified by him in the draft national risk assessment report in relation to tax issues and multinational corporations based here. [31824/16]

Child Care Services Provision

Bríd Smith

40. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provision that is being provided to assist parents who use childminders or relatives in view of the fact that the majority of children are minded by local childminders or relatives, and considering the Growing Up in Ireland ESRI report which confirmed that children minded by childminders and relatives have fewer emotional difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33541/16]

Child Care Services Provision

Bríd Smith

47. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provision to be provided to new entrants to training and employment child care, TEC, schemes to still be able to afford child care in view of the fact that currently there is provision for a transition period for parents on TEC schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33542/16]