Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Employment Rights

Bríd Smith

22. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if he will meet with representatives of construction, contract cleaning and security workers to discuss the way in which to safeguard pay rates in these and other sectors in view of recent court rulings that could dramatically affect workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15812/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Bríd Smith

167. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Bus Éireann buses nationally do not have screens fitted that could help drivers and passengers to mitigate the spread of Covid- 19; if there are plans to provide such screens to its fleet; the estimated cost of same; and the time frame envisioned for this to take place. [14778/20]

Dublin Airport Authority

Bríd Smith

217. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the decision by the Dublin Airport Authority to seek payment from taxi drivers in August 2020 for the full following year for access to Dublin Airport; if he will intervene with the authority in view of the fact that many taxi drivers are still on benefits such as the pandemic unemployment payment due to the fact the business has suffered a catastrophic collapse and many drivers will struggle to pay the full years' fees in advance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15244/20]

Public Transport

Bríd Smith

218. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene with Irish Rail and urge it to operate a full Monday to Friday schedule on its DART, commuter and Intercity services in view of the restrictions on passenger capacity and the likely increase in numbers travelling; his views on the proposal of Irish Rail not to operate a full service until September 2020 on many of its services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15245/20]

Proposed Legislation

Bríd Smith

706. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce legislation to deal with situations in which companies or others engage in asset stripping of a firm in order to avoid their responsibility to their workforces, as in a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14769/20]

Company Liquidations

Bríd Smith

707. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will meet workers of a company (details supplied); the steps she will take to ensure that stock or assets are not removed from the company's stores before the outcome of negotiations with workers' representatives on redundancy terms and possible future scenarios; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14770/20]

JobPath Programme

Bríd Smith

708. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the JobPath scheme; when current contracts with providers Turas Nua and Seetec will expire; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14772/20]

Maternity Leave

Bríd Smith

891. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide for future funding of an extension to paid maternity leave for women affected by the Covid-19 emergency crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14771/20]

Maternity Leave

Bríd Smith

904. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to extend maternity leave provisions for women affected by the Covid-19 crisis while on leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14773/20]

Extradition Arrangements

Bríd Smith

905. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position on extraditing persons to states such as Lithuania, which are documented by international human rights organisations as having severe human rights violations of their prison populations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14774/20]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Bríd Smith

906. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will commission an independent inquiry as supported by the Thirty-second Dáil into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14775/20]

Direct Provision System

Bríd Smith

907. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to abolish the direct provision system; and her plans to replace same. [14776/20]

Employment Rights

Bríd Smith

8. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the action he plans to take in view of the High Court ruling on sectoral employment orders, SEOs, recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13727/20]

Employment Rights

Bríd Smith

9. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if he will introduce emergency legislation to ameliorate the impact from the recent High Court ruling on the SEO regarding electrician workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13728/20]

Employment Rights

Bríd Smith

20. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to appeal the High Court decision on the electrical contractor's sectoral employment order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13910/20]

Taxi Licences

Bríd Smith

111. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxi licences issued since 2015 to date specifically those covering the greater Dublin area, respectively; the number of applications awaiting processing for granting of a taxi licence and for the greater Dublin area, respectively; the number of taxis licensed to operate in the greater Dublin area; his plans for taxi numbers in view of the collapse of economic activity in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14137/20]

Planning Issues

Bríd Smith

277. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will clarify the situation regarding a housing complex (details supplied); if his Department has received an application for funding for a redevelopment of some apartments there; the status of the proposed development; and the funding stream which is available for the complex and its development. [13882/20]

State Pensions

Bríd Smith

491. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an applicant will automatically receive the greater of the two pensions in circumstances in which they received the details of their entitlements to both a non-contributory and contributory pension; and if they must specify which pension they will to avail of (details supplied). [13883/20]

State Pension (Contributory)

Bríd Smith

841. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which a person (details supplied) that has total combined contributions here and in Germany that would yield a maximum State pension contributory here can lose out to the extent detailed; and her plans to alter the method of calculating such contributions to ensure such persons do not lose out in the future. [13193/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Bríd Smith

84. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Finance when he plans to publish the list of companies and firms that have availed of the temporary wage subsidy scheme; if the information will be available before the end of this current term of Dáil Éireann; if it will contain details of the numbers of employees on the scheme and the amount of employer top-ups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12672/20]