222. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the body recognised as expert to investigate the vehicles involved in fatal road accidents; and the qualifications of experts and engineers required in this regard. [26304/18]
75. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress of the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017; the reason for its delay; her plans to provide protection for workers in defined benefit schemes in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26583/18]
54. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the rules regarding access to lone parent payments for long-term foster carers of children will be examined to ensure fosterers are not forced to choose between continuing the care of children or receiving a social welfare payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26584/18]
1159. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the appointment process of the 13 members of the Charities Regulatory Authority; when they were appointed; and when their position is due for renewal. [24398/18]
1158. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of complaints received by the Charities Regulatory Authority about an exhibition (details supplied). [24395/18]
936. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 810 of 16 January 2018 if he will request the HSE to provide the information requested (details supplied). [25622/18]
771. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if public laboratories based here will be able to conduct the new HPV testing; the provisions being made to increase the capacity and infrastructure of laboratories based here to deal with the work; and if he has examined the need for future graduate programs in universities and the need for on-site facilities and training in hospitals. [25054/18]
770. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if new HPV testing will be standardised across all laboratories in order to ensure that variation in detection rates does not reoccur between laboratories. [25053/18]
769. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if HPV testing will be carried out by laboratories here and under a tendering process similar to the current regime. [25052/18]
768. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he or the HSE has costed the replacement of the national screening program with a HPV based test; and if co-testing of HPV and pap has also been costed. [25051/18]
767. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the scientific evidence and the bodies from which evidence has been gathered that has assisted him to arrive at the decision to opt for a HPV only based test in the future. [25050/18]
766. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health his plans to move the cervical screening process to a HPV test; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many clinicians internationally (details supplied) recommend co-testing pap plus HPV; if consideration has been given to same; the costs and so on of co-testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25049/18]
688. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 381 and 382 of 15 May 2018, the laboratories which were the subject of site visits in 2011 and 2014. [24693/18]
472. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding which will be provided in 2018 and 2019 to implement the provisions of the Domestic Violence Act 2018 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24477/18]
267. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount by which public and civil service workers' pensions subject to convergence have been reduced in each of the years since 2010. [24433/18]
266. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public and civil service workers whose pension entitlements are subject to convergence criteria, that is, whose workplace pensions are reduced when they reach the State retirement age. [24432/18]
114. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to alleviate the delays and service cancellations affecting Dublin Bus services as a result of traffic congestion and the operation of the Luas cross city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25410/18]
24. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will commission a report on the feasibility of the remunicipalisation of the household waste collection service in view of the rising costs, poorer services and the increased difficulties in achieving sustainable waste management under the current privatised system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23893/18]
9. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to issue new licences undertaken or leased for the exploration of oil or gas here in the coming months; if he will suspend such licences and so on until Dáil Éireann and the relevant Oireachtas committee have examined and passed the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23892/18]
134. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 810 of 16 January 2018 and 990 of 17 April 2018, the reason no reply has issued from the HSE; and if the replies will be expedited. [22945/18]
68. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are facilities or schemes to financially aid pupils of minority faiths who are not within commuting distance of a non-Catholic secondary school to attend schools with boarding fees; and if so, the facility or grant available. [22949/18]
183. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 1 May 2018, if his Department sanctioned a fee increase aimed solely at adult and mature music students. [21991/18]
82. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the decision of a college (details supplied) to raise the fees payable for music lessons for adult students only; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22453/18]
56. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide a co-educational, non-denominational, non-fee-paying secondary school for children in Dublin 8 and Dublin 12, in view of the fact that existing schools are at capacity and this is forcing parents and children to travel considerable distances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22452/18]
182. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if the staff conducting smear testing in laboratories outside of the State are qualified to the same standard as those conducting the tests here, that is, if they are medical scientists and pathologists with specific qualifications and training similar to that required to operate here. [21810/18]
181. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if the screening test conducted in US laboratories is conducted in the same manner as those done in laboratories here; and if all smears are separately screened by two independent medical scientists who are trained as cytologists. [21809/18]
180. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if the 2014 and subsequent audits commissioned by CervicalCheck were part of the laboratory quality assurance process; and the details of such audits. [21808/18]
179. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health to outline the submissions made by laboratories tendering for contracts for the cervical screening programme in 2008 and on subsequent occasions. [21807/18]
178. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the reports and studies relied on by his Department in 2008 and subsequently to support the decision to outsource the cervical screening programme. [21806/18]
177. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the detection rates of pre-cancerous abnormal cells discovered by each of the four laboratories contracted to conduct the cervical screening tests (details supplied) since 2008 for each of the laboratories concerned. [21805/18]
605. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20849/18]
588. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme is excluding persons who may have an insufficient history of saving having secured a deposit sum from relatives and so on; if such exclusions run contrary to the purpose of the scheme and past statements in relation to helping young first-time buyers struggling to secure loans from traditional sources while being in rented accommodation that is costing a significant portion of their earnings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21246/18]
587. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the mortgage calculator for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme is yielding widely inaccurate figures for prospective applicants (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that local authorities are subsequently reducing the loan amount that applicants may avail of by a large amount by calculating a much greater figure than needed for mortgage protection insurance; and the reason local authorities are including much greater mortgage protection insurance costs than applicants can avail of on the open market. [21245/18]
570. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20856/18]
530. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20852/18]
520. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20859/18]
515. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20847/18]
493. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20861/18]
477. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20848/18]
448. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20845/18]
425. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that parents of children with a suspected diagnosis of autism are being told that their child will not get seen by the early interventions team for over a year after initial diagnosis and concerns from a developmental paediatrician; the reason for the lengthy delays in view of the urgency of early interventions for these children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21327/18]
382. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the monitoring and reviews that took place of the operational activity and performance of the cytopathology service providers since 2010. [20947/18]
381. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the quality assurance site visits to laboratory providers since outsourcing in 2008 of the cervical screening programme. [20946/18]
350. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20855/18]
348. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the value of contracts for goods, services and works awarded by the HSE to companies (details supplied) since 2000, by date and year of award. [20836/18]
347. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the value of services and goods provided by all successful tenders for awards from the HSE since 2000, by company name in tabular form. [20835/18]
318. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20846/18]
291. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20857/18]
247. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20851/18]
226. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the outsourcing of the aptitude tests for Public Appointments Service competitions to a UK provider will be reconsidered in view of the error that occurred in the principal officer competition in 2017. [20927/18]