75. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the visa restriction on Libyan citizens, especially medical professionals who are facing delays and refusals on visa applications despite being offered work in hospitals here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32969/17]
60. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will commission a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) and the Garda investigation and subsequent prosecution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32970/17]
59. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to reduce the dependence of members the Defence Forces on FIS and other income supports to subsidise the low levels of wages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32594/17]
43. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to recognise the representative bodies for Defence Forces personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32595/17]
106. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the supports his Department can provide for groups such as a group (details supplied) that provide invaluable education and training for its local community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31900/17]
105. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing a group (details supplied) in Donaghmede in trying to find a permanent home for the child care training and counselling services it provides; and if he will arrange to meet representatives of the group to discuss its future plans. [31899/17]
58. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether the refusal of 40 security companies to pay the recent increase set by the ERO for the security industry undermines such orders; the steps she will take to ensure workers receive this increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31847/17]
57. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will commission an investigation into work conditions in the film industry and the possible misuse of the trainee system to ensure that there are no breaches of employment laws including the Protection of Employees (Fixed Term Working) Act 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31846/17]
66. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Finance the number of companies availing of section 481 tax relief in the film industry; and the number of full-time jobs in the film industry here. [27638/17]
437. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if there is provision in the granting of adaptation grants for persons with disabilities under SI 104 of 2014 for exceptions to be made to the maximum grant available in circumstances in which the household cannot make up the difference between the maximum grant available and the costs of much-needed adaptation of a home for a disabled child; and if there is another scheme available to persons in these circumstances that might bridge the difference. [31364/17]
342. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 400 of 30 May 2017, if there will be a children's consultant ophthalmologist available at the children's hospital group (details supplied). [30886/17]
26. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she will take to ensure that parents and children have access to suitable places under the affordable childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31297/17]
30. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to ensure companies in the security industry comply with the recent employment regulation order which raised the hourly wage rate to €11.05; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30411/17]
23. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the widespread use of bogus self-employment contracts in the English language teaching industry alongside other practices such as dismissing workers at holiday periods; her plans to undertake an investigation into the employment practices among companies in this sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30410/17]
69. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the NTA's plans to redesign the Dublin Bus network; if this redesign will impact on Dublin Bus's operation of its existing routes; if private operators are being given the tender to operate newly designed routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30190/17]
52. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to meet with Bus Éireann worker representatives to discuss the future of the company and transport nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30191/17]
465. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department and a person (details supplied) informed a group (details supplied) and the local community of a potential conflict of interest in so far as the person's company was at this time the beneficiary of a contract worth €9,075 from the Department of Health and Children. [29751/17]
464. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost associated with the report of a person (details supplied); the amount paid to the person; and if this money was paid to the person or to their company. [29750/17]
117. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or consultancies for work completed or investigations undertaken in human resources and industrial relations including hiring and interviewing of staff, disciplinary procedures and workplace related issues such as allegations of bullying and so on or dignity at work issues in each of the years 2015 and 2016. [29346/17]
107. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the recently awarded contract for the emergency call answering service will ensure there is a reliable and safe emergency call-out service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29761/17]
87. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the proposed national mitigation plan will help Ireland achieve its targets for CO2 reductions; the way it will help move both the agriculture and transport sectors towards reduced reliance on fossil fuels and greenhouse gases, GHGs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29760/17]
238. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or consultancies for work completed or investigations undertaken in human resources and industrial relations including hiring and interviewing of staff, disciplinary procedures and workplace related issues such as allegations of bullying and so on or dignity at work issues in each of the years 2015 and 2016. [29335/17]
229. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or consultancies for work completed or investigations undertaken in human resources and industrial relations including hiring and interviewing of staff, disciplinary procedures and workplace related issues such as allegations of bullying and so on or dignity at work issues in each of the years 2015 and 2016. [29337/17]
215. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of her Department to external agencies or consultancies for work completed or investigations undertaken in human resources and industrial relations including hiring and interviewing of staff, disciplinary procedures and workplace related issues such as allegations of bullying and so on or dignity at work issues in each of the years 2015 and 2016. [29344/17]
213. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to facilitate persons with disabilities that have been told that their existing free travel cards must be replaced by November 2017 with the new public services card; the further steps that are in place for persons in rural or isolated areas with mobility or sight issues for whom travelling to their nearest welfare office means confronting significant difficulties and potential costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29311/17]
201. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of her Department to external agencies or consultancies for work completed or investigations undertaken in human resources and industrial relations including hiring and interviewing of staff, disciplinary procedures and workplace related issues such as allegations of bullying and so on or dignity at work issues in each of the years 2015 and 2016. [29333/17]
198. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or consultancies for work completed or investigations undertaken in human resources and industrial relations including hiring and interviewing of staff, disciplinary procedures and workplace related issues such as allegations of bullying and so on or dignity at work issues in each of the years 2015 and 2016. [29345/17]
190. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or consultancies for work completed or investigations undertaken in human resources and industrial relations including hiring and interviewing of staff, disciplinary procedures and workplace related issues such as allegations of bullying and so on or dignity at work issues in each of the years 2015 and 2016. [29334/17]
180. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or consultancies for work completed or investigations undertaken in human resources and industrial relations including hiring and interviewing of staff, disciplinary procedures and workplace related issues such as allegations of bullying and so on or dignity at work issues in each of the years 2015 and 2016. [29331/17]
144. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or consultancies for work completed or investigations undertaken in human resources and industrial relations including hiring and interviewing of staff, disciplinary procedures and workplace-related issues such as allegations of bullying and so on or dignity at work issues in each of the years 2015 and 2016. [29340/17]
123. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of her Department to external agencies or consultancies for work completed or investigations undertaken in human resources and industrial relations including hiring and interviewing of staff, disciplinary procedures and workplace related issues such as allegations of bullying and so on or dignity at work issues in each of the years 2015 and 2016. [29332/17]
107. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or consultancies for work completed or investigations undertaken in human resources and industrial relations including hiring and interviewing of staff, disciplinary procedures and workplace related issues such as allegations of bullying and so on or dignity at work issues in each of the years 2015 and 2016. [29342/17]
94. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or consultancies for work completed or investigations undertaken in human resources and industrial relations including hiring and interviewing of staff, disciplinary procedures and workplace related issues such as allegations of bullying and so on or dignity at work issues in each of the years 2015 and 2016. [29339/17]
80. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or consultancies for work completed or investigations undertaken in human resources and industrial relations including hiring and interviewing of staff, disciplinary procedures and workplace related issues such as allegations of bullying and so on or dignity at work issues in each of the years 2015 and 2016. [29336/17]
75. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or consultancies for work completed or investigations undertaken in human resources and industrial relations including hiring and interviewing of staff, disciplinary procedures and workplace related issues such as allegations of bullying and so on or dignity at work issues in each of the years 2015 and 2016. [29343/17]
67. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Finance the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or consultancies for work completed or investigations undertaken in human resources and industrial relations including hiring and interviewing of staff, disciplinary procedures and workplace related issues such as allegations of bullying and so on or dignity at work issues in each of the years 2015 and 2016. [29338/17]
56. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of her Department to external agencies or consultancies for work completed or investigations undertaken in human resources and industrial relations including hiring and interviewing of staff, disciplinary procedures and workplace related issues such as allegations of bullying and so on or dignity at work issues in each of the years 2015 and 2016. [29341/17]
55. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of companies in the security industry are refusing to pay the recently passed ERO increase for the industry; the action her Department plans to take to ensure this increase is complied with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29279/17]
Bill entitled an Act to remove wages and working conditions of employees from being used as elements of competition among bidders for public contracts; to resist any downward pressure in wage rates and workers' rights; to safeguard the highest minimum standards established nationally by law, arbitration or collective bargaining and for that purpose to specify particular considerations which will apply to the selection of tenderers and to specify particular considerations which will apply to the awarding of contracts to economic operators and to provide that different considerations may apply in respect of procurements whose value are either above or below the EU threshold and to provide for related matters
106. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to deal with problems of retaining and recruiting staff in key sectors of the health service in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27900/17]
88. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself that the closure of 11 beds at Linn Dara CAMHS will mean that children and adolescents in need of these services will receive the care needed; if this closure is in line with the Government commitment to implement A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27901/17]
2281. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector workers in each body under the aegis of his Department, excluding those in the civil service, including the pension levy, in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [26969/17]
2197. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the procedures for a local authority to change the name of a street in its authority; and the legislation that governs this issue. [27407/17]
2168. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector workers in each body under the aegis of his Department, excluding those in the Civil Service, including the pension levy, in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [26971/17]
1999. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if she will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector workers in each body under the aegis of her Department, excluding those in the Civil Service, including the pension levy, in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [26978/17]
1902. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if she will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector workers in each body under the aegis of her Department, excluding those in the civil service, including the pension levy, in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [26967/17]
1831. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector workers in each body under the aegis of his Department, excluding those in the civil service, including the pension levy, in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [26980/17]
1814. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the new National Transport Authority bus transport proposals for Dublin BusConnects and the subsequent redrawing of the city's bus routes will see Dublin Bus operate those routes; if the NTA has plans to license private bus operators on some of these new radial and orbital routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26655/17]