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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2020
289. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Defence if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee. [42696/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2020
287. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee. [42701/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2020
269. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee. [42704/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2020
243. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if professional fees are paid by her Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee. [42710/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2020
241. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee. [42706/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2020
235. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Finance if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee. [42700/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2020
221. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee. [42711/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2020
210. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee. [42699/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2020
201. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee. [42698/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2020
149. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the reason the reimbursements to applicants under the community ophthalmic services scheme have now been capped; the average figure now reimbursed across the scheme; and if he will make arrangements to ensure vulnerable low income applicants and their children can access additional supports to recover the costs if needed. [42325/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2020
82. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the reason students in the healthcare sector who are working in public hospitals and on the front line of services during the Covid-19 pandemic are being told they must get the flu vaccination shot and must pay the full cost themselves; if he will arrange for such students to be reimbursed the costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42324/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2020
28. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice the steps a person should take in appealing to her Department for permission to stay after their application for international protection has failed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42529/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2020
10. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice if her office will allow deportations of failed applicants for international protection to take place during the Covid-19 crisis or if a halt to deportations only applies to level 5 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42528/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2020
211. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of applicants and amount of funding provided to the community ophthalmic services scheme in 2019; the same details to date in 2020; and the average amount of reimbursement provided per applicant in each year. [42323/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2020
7. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport last met. [42009/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2020
6. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with the economy last met. [42008/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2020
420. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if payments from the HSE in the form of compensation court awards from claims of abuse or negligence can affect a person's right to disability allowance or if it can be calculated as income for a means test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42018/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2020
361. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if clarification will be provided in relation to the issues raised recently in a school (details supplied) regarding the uniforms of pupils and advice given to female students; if she has commissioned an inquiry into same; if so, the person who will conduct same; when the report on the incident will be finished; if she will make same available to Deputies and others; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42015/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2020
9. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach if he plans to publish a review of the progress made in implementing the programme for Government. [41635/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2020
217. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the response to police brutality in Nigeria and the recent shooting of peaceful protesters there and the operations of the so called SARS section of the police; his plans to speak to embassy officials here to convey the opposition of the Government to recent events; if he will raise the abuse of human rights in Nigeria with his European counterparts at the first opportunity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40968/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
117. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason Solas has increased the price of the safe pass system that is required by all building workers; if he or his Department were informed by Solas that the fee for this pass would be increased by between 100% and 200%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40571/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
560. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if SUSI has access to records of payments for persons on qualifying payments such as jobseeker’s allowance and so on; if there is an issue with SUSI receiving such records and statements of payments from Intreo offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39783/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
477. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason Intreo will not provide a statement of the record of payments to a jobseeker (details supplied) in order to provide this statement to SUSI for the purpose of ensuring the person's child gains access to a grant for a third level college; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39782/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
439. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education the procedure involved in circumstances in which school inspectorate reports have been challenged by a school's management; if the initial report can be accessed by the public; if the report is the subject of a legal challenge by the school's management; if this is funded by the State via central funding; if there is a timeframe for such reports to be published within; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40426/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
108. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if she will consider closing schools early for the Christmas period in view of Covid-19-related concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40019/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
107. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if the situation in relation to the provision of an ASD-specific school in the Dublin 12 area will be clarified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40016/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
82. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education her plans to address issues regarding ventilation in schools in view of Covid-19 related concerns; the number of buildings her Department plans to upgrade with new ventilation systems; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40018/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
69. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if she will meet with members of a group (details supplied) regarding families with underlying conditions and Covid-19 safety in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40015/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
58. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education her views on the levels of days lost by staff in primary and secondary schools as a result of Covid-19-related issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40017/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2020
311. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the interpretation by SUSI of the requirement for a 391-day continuous period on a qualifying social protection payment; if this interpretation is the same as other Departments and agencies, that is, 56 weeks; if SUSI interprets this as 65 weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39318/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2020
298. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to issues in relation to governance, accounting and financial issues in an organisation (details supplied); if so, if these issues are being investigated by her Department or other appropriate bodies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39431/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2020
297. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if a food bank in Waterford operated by an organisation (details supplied) is entitled to impose a charge on recipients of the food; and if her Department has provided funding for the initiative. [39430/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2020
288. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if a matter in relation to an employee who is taken off the pandemic unemployment payment and placed on the employment wage subsidy scheme by his or her employer will be clarified (details supplied). [39274/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2020
39. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he plans to take on foot of the demolition of homes by the Israeli state in view of the recent illegal demolitions that have destroyed homes built by the EU and Irish Aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38337/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2020
24. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his discussions with the ambassador of Saudi Arabia on the issue of the treatment and imprisonment of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38336/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
806. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the number and location of each nursing home that applied for and received the temporary assistance payment scheme. [38002/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
718. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice if she will detail her policy on the possible deportation of applicants during the current Covid-19 crisis in respect of a number of asylum seeker applications; if she will consider a halt to all deportation orders during this period in view of the health risks involved; if she will clarify regarding persons (details supplied) revoking the orders already made in recognition of their contribution to healthcare and the wider arts community during this crisis. [38089/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
650. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if SUSI, when calculating the period of time in which an applicant's parents must have been on jobseeker's benefit, has a threshold that states this period must be over 391 days but that when calculating this period only allot six days a week and that therefore the period must be a total of 65 calendar weeks; if so, if this method is unique to SUSI when calculating applicants’ eligibility criteria; if it is the practice of SUSI to cut off the payments of a student’s grant in 2020 if it discovers an error or possible error in the way in which it calculated the income of the parents in 2018 given that the year applicable is supposed to be the preceding year and cutting off students income can have huge and detrimental effects on students concerned; if SUSI communicates with students in a situation in which it has decided to stop the payment of a student grant for any reason; and if such communication allows for an appeal of that decision prior to the cessation of the grant payments. [37978/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
524. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education the total number of days lost due to illness by pupils in secondary and primary schools since reopening and the comparative figures for the months of September, October and November 2019. [38789/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
523. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education the total number of days lost by primary and secondary schools teachers as a result of isolating as a result of close contact with a positive Covid-19 case for the weeks since schools reopened in September 2020. [38788/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
522. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education the total number of days lost by secondary and primary school teachers due to illness since schools reopened in September 2020, by week; and the comparative figures for September, October and November 2019. [38787/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
273. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Finance if clarification will be provided on a series of matters (details supplied) regarding the temporary wage subsidy scheme statistics published by the Revenue Commissioners, specifically in respect of table 9 regarding the scheme and top-ups by employers. [38015/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
161. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the publication of a report commissioned on the economic and sustainability impact assessment for Ireland of the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37965/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
105. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will bring forward proposals to back the building of public houses on public lands and examine the supports necessary for local authorities to do so in the view of the recent vote by Dublin City Council on the Oscar Traynor site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38324/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
82. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will be extending the ban on evictions at the end of the current level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38323/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2020
120. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the refusal of the DAA to negotiate with or recognise representative associations of taxi drivers in the provision of taxi services at Dublin Airport; if he or his Department were informed by the DAA of this policy; if the policy will be raised with DAA management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37617/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2020
84. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 10 November 2020, the outcomes of the 13 inspections mentioned since level 5 restrictions commenced; and the number of inspection reports issued as a result of the inspection of the facilities. [37611/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2020
67. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to change the rules of the RTÉ pension scheme, or other similar schemes, in view of fears that there may be an effective €30 million or €500,000 per annum raid of assets of the pension savings of retired RTÉ employees and in view of the fact in 2019 he refused a 1% pension increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37290/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2020
867. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the reason a request for an ASD assessment for a child (details supplied) made in 2012 has still not occurred; the reason requests from the paediatrician of the child in recent years have gone unanswered by the HSE; the length of time before they will be assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37141/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2020
866. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the supports available from the HSE for parents of all children whose condition requires new glasses and ongoing treatment and examination each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37140/20]