1214. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if an audit of all external workplace investigations conducted by companies (details supplied) will be provided; the outcome regarding complaints against his Department; when the investigation will commence relating to an allegation against an employee, that is, the number of occasions on which a complaint was upheld against his Department by the investigators; and the number of occasions on which an investigation against an employee found grounds for disciplinary action. [35373/18]
611. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an audit of all external workplace investigations conducted by companies (details supplied) will be provided; the outcome regarding complaints against his Department; when the investigation will commence in regard to an allegation against an employee, that is, the number of occasions on which a complaint was upheld against his Department by the investigators; and the number of occasions on which an investigation against an employee found grounds for disciplinary action. [35370/18]
408. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the companies selected to be placed on the panel for external workplace investigation services since the first contracting out of such investigations; the number of investigations undertaken by each company; and the cost of each investigation. [33169/18]
407. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an audit of all external workplace investigations conducted by companies (details supplied) will be provided; the outcome of complaints against his Department; when the investigation will commence into an allegation against an employee; the number of occasions on which a complaint was upheld against his Department by the investigators; and the number of occasions on which an investigation against an employee found grounds for disciplinary action. [33168/18]
406. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and cost of all tenders awarded to companies (details supplied) under the external workplace investigations services guidelines of 2015. [33167/18]
76. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if an audit of all external workplace investigations conducted by companies (details supplied) will be provided; the outcome regarding complaints against his Department; when the investigation will commence relating to an allegation against an employee, that is, the number of occasions on which a complaint was upheld against his Department by the investigators; and the number of occasions on which an investigation against an employee found grounds for disciplinary action. [35369/18]
41. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach if an audit of all external workplace investigations conducted by companies (details supplied) will be provided; the outcome regarding complaints against his Department; when the investigation will commence relating to an allegation against an employee, that is, the number of occasions on which a complaint was upheld against his Department by the investigators; and the number of occasions on which an investigation against an employee found grounds for disciplinary action. [35375/18]
65. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the incoming Garda Commissioner will be facilitated and encouraged to appear before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality to answer concerns from Deputies regarding several high profile loyalist killings and attacks here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29555/18]
57. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss its concerns over the appointment of the new Garda Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29554/18]
297. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the laboratories and-or hospitals in which screening tests for colon cancer are carried out; the number carried out since 2010 in each of these locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29562/18]
296. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if there have been changes in operating procedures in St. James's Hospital relating to conducting colonoscopies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29561/18]
295. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting times in St. James's Hospital, Dublin, for a colonoscopy appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29560/18]
294. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a colonoscopy requested by a doctor has taken four years to conduct; the waiting times for the procedure nationally and specifically in St. James's Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29559/18]
118. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with parents and campaigners from a school (details supplied) to discuss concerns about places and capacity in non-denominational schools in the area. [29414/18]
115. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to achieve full pay equality for all teaching grades; the timeframe for achieving same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29417/18]
93. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to establish an Educate Together school in Dublin 12 to cater for the growing demand for non-denominational school places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29416/18]
85. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the progress in the divestment of church run schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29415/18]
71. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement a non-ethos based sex education programme in schools as recommended by the Citizens' Assembly; if such plans will encompass the issues of consent and LGBT+ pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29418/18]
56. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be established on a site in Dublin 10; his plans for the site; if discussions have been held with interested parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29556/18]
258. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the newly appointed Garda Commissioner will have full access to State files on the Miami Showband massacre and the activities of Glenanne gang. [29315/18]
229. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a public apology on behalf of the State will be issued to the family of a person (details supplied) in view of failures identified in the GSOC report on the person's death; if he will request the Garda Commissioner to do same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28983/18]
36. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rationale behind continued legislation that designates Ireland's economy as suffering from a financial emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29108/18]
89. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the actions he will take to insure there is sufficient capacity and resources to conduct the new HPV cervical screening testing here without outsourcing the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28377/18]
87. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health his plans to carry out an audit of the number of children that are being prescribed psychostimulant drugs in view of the interim report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care that highlights the over reliance on medication in the absence of sufficient primary care resources across mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28376/18]
68. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will release or instruct the HSE to release the details requested by numerous members of Dáil Éireann in relation to each of the laboratories that conducted the cervical screening programme, specifically a clear comparison on detection rates and false negative statistics for each laboratory in view of delays with the Scally report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28378/18]
42. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the resignations of three consultant child and adolescent psychiatrists in the south east are least partly a result of the lack of resources at primary care level and the resulting over-burdening of an already grossly under-resourced secondary care CAMHS operating at less than a quarter of recommended resources for a safe service; his further views on whether this is the case in other CAMHS areas nationally; the advice his Department will give to consultant child psychiatrists operating in these circumstances that triage the children referred to them and must reject the less severe and waitlist the most severe of the non-urgent referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28375/18]
28. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the two site visits conducted on the laboratories that conducted the cervical screening programme over the ten years of the programme to be a sufficient way to ensure standards and quality of the screening process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28379/18]
202. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical psychologists in counties Laois and Offaly primary care psychology who were available for children with mental health complaints in each of the past ten years; the number of children referred to them; the number who were seen for a psychology assessment; the number who were offered follow-up interventions by them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28356/18]
201. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied) is an approved agency for tendering for Government contracts; if his attention has been drawn to the practice of company renaming in the past in order to obviate regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28355/18]
381. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health his views on whether CAMHS psychiatrists who triage a referred patient to be seen by primary care in the first instance would be correct to reject the referral in view of the recent resignation of three CAMHS consultants and comments by the Minister for Education and Skills in Dáil Éireann on 14 June 2018 with regard to the referral pathway to CAMHS and primary care; if there are agreed guidelines for consultant child psychiatrists on triaging patients between primary and secondary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27825/18]
380. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels of CAMHS across the country by discipline and since 2008; if these figures can be compared to the recommendations in A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27824/18]
379. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the figures for the use of medication in treating children and adolescents with mental health difficulties; the number of children being medicated; the proportion of children attending CAMHS who are on medication; the type of medications used; the duration of treatment by CHO area in each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27823/18]
378. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of primary care resources for child and adolescents with mental health issues and that it is leading to a higher rate of referral to secondary care CAMHS of children who should have been seen in the first instance by primary care services; if his attention has been further drawn to the lack of psychology, social work, occupational therapy and non-medical speech and language therapy specialists as a recommended part of multidisciplinary teams in secondary care CAMHS; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of a contingent over-reliance on medications to treat children with mental health issues as per the future of mental healthcare report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27822/18]
377. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health his views on whether resignations (details supplied) were at least partly as a result of the lack of resources at primary care level and the resulting over burdening of secondary care CAMHS operating at less than a quarter of recommended resources for a safe service; if this is the case in other CAMHS nationwide; the advice he will give to consultant child psychiatrists operating in these circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27821/18]
85. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to renew FEMPI legislation in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27210/18]
10. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of development applications which have been referred to the NPWS, particularly in County Donegal, that have been returned with no comment on them; and if this may be a breach of both Irish and EU law. [27110/18]
181. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health when the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced to allow both parents in a same sex marriage the same rights with regard to their children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27109/18]
140. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason a person (details supplied) has recorded delays of 49 weeks between responses in relation to a case; and the reason no explanation has been provided by the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. [26975/18]
139. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the investigation of a case (details supplied) will commence; and the timeframe to complete an investigation whereby there are no standards set out in either the legislation or customer service standards regarding the length of time it will take to complete an investigation. [26974/18]
138. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if a full explanation will be forthcoming from the Data Protection Commissioner as to the reason enforcement of the Revenue Commissioners' Data Code per section 13 of the Acts has been obstructed in a case (details supplied). [26973/18]
137. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the timeframe in which the Data Protection Commissioner will respond and act upon section 4 requests; the reason in a case (details supplied) the person initially raised the challenges in 2015 and made specific section 4 requests since April 2016 which is still ongoing; the circumstances in which an investigation under section 10 is necessary in relation to section 4 requests; and the reason section 10 was initiated to a section 4 request in the case. [26972/18]
136. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the Data Protection Commissioner is obliged to fully explain decisions his office takes on cases of alleged data protection breaches, specifically sections 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 13, 21, 22, 29 and, consequently, section 30 in circumstances in which he decides to reclassify a complaint or recategorise sections 2, 4 and 6 only; and if she will request the Commissioner to do so in a case (details supplied). [26971/18]
69. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the rationale for recent changes in the way in which homeless figures are calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26878/18]
54. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will meet with the community organisers of an area (details supplied) to discuss their cost rental proposals for affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26877/18]
490. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the oversight in place to ensure that garages and motor trade dealers have the expertise and equipment to correctly calibrate the safety critical systems involved with new advanced driver assistance systems; and his plans to regulate this aspect of the motor trade. [26305/18]
489. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to monitor or regulate the safety and standard of electric vehicles, charging points in relation to same, the installation of such charging points and the qualifications needed to work on the vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26303/18]
488. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to regulate through a licensing system similar to other trades the trade of motor mechanic in order to ensure the road safety standards of motor vehicles. [26302/18]
458. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the costs of all seabed geological mapping exercises and seabed surveys conducted since 1995. [26267/18]
457. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the revenue from fees and so on from the granting of licences, grants and undertakings for the exploration and extraction of petroleum since 2010, in tabular form. [26266/18]
456. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expenditure in the form of grants, aid and so on that is given directly or indirectly to universities and other institutions for courses including graduate and postgraduate connected to exploration or extraction of fossil fuel and the petroleum industry since 2010, in tabular form. [26265/18]