202. 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 and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23951/17]
185. 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 and so on. [23485/17]
175. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection 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 and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23961/17]
159. 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 to include the hiring and interviewing of staff and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23956/17]
143. 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 and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23955/17]
110. 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 consultancy for work completed or investigations undertaken in human resources and industrial relations including hiring and interviewing of staff and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23957/17]
99. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality 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 and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23959/17]
83. 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 and so on. [23962/17]
67. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address the endemic low pay among personnel in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23276/17]
60. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the value of contracts for equipment, goods or services procured from Israeli-based firms and companies over the past five years by the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23277/17]
592. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has been notified of proposed redundancies at a company (details supplied). [23063/17]
271. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection to set down the number of staff employed in his Department since 2009, including temporary clerical officers and whole-time equivalents; and the amount of hours issued on the payroll. [23070/17]
91. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports and grants given by the IDA and Enterprise Ireland to client companies since 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23046/17]
52. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider supporting the Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 currently undergoing scrutiny on Committee Stage rather than introducing a draft proposal of her own that seems to deal with the same issues of low hours and precarious hours contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23045/17]
70. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on media reports that the management of Bus Éireann has contingency plans to declare insolvency depending on the outcome of the pending ballot of its workers; his plans to deal with this; and if he or officials from his Department met with Bus Éireann management recently to discuss this issue. [22130/17]
57. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the way the €100 million of VAT on tolls collected by the National Roads Authority and then Transport Infrastructure Ireland will be spent; the plans the agency has for these funds; and the implication this may have for his Department and the funding of transport projects over the coming period. [22129/17]
654. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number and specific details of prosecutions taken by her Department or the WRC on foot of complaints from employees for non-issuing of a contract of employment. [21739/17]
653. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the criteria used by her Department when deciding to use an outside agency or consultancy. [21711/17]
652. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the criteria or instructions which are given to outside consultants in order to perform a given task (details supplied); and if a consultancy is asked to screen applicants for the position of clerical officer, if explicit criteria and qualifications are expressed to the consultants by her Department or other bodies such as the HSA. [21710/17]
553. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage that live animal exports represent of the overall market in agricultural exports for each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the estimated value in euro of live animal exports for each of the years 2010 to 2016. [21787/17]
163. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Finance if the figure of €555 million savings for 2017 (details supplied) is a figure that reflects all moneys recouped from audits and compliance interventions or a projected assumption similar to assumptions used in calculating moneys saved from welfare fraud; the number of Revenue Commissioner officials involved in conducting the revenue audits and compliance interventions; and the number of audits conducted over the past five years. [22077/17]
162. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Finance the number of audits and prosecutions taken by the Revenue Commissioners in connection with evasion or fraud in the non-payment of categories of tax (details supplied). [22040/17]
90. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social policy and public service reform last met; and when the next meeting will take place. [21516/17]
75. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he expects the target for renewable energy for electricity of 40% to be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21825/17]
67. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated costs of fines he expects Ireland to incur based on current projections of the failure to reach emissions targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21497/17]
49. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the recent announcement of a joint ESB and Bord na Móna solar energy enterprise represents a large enough investment in solar energy in view of the scale of the climate crisis and the poor history the State has in embracing solar power; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21826/17]
47. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he plans to take to achieve targets on greenhouse gas emissions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21824/17]
38. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the Coillte and South Dublin County Council plans for a location (details supplied); his views on whether this may be an inappropriate intervention in these important forest areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21112/17]
36. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider putting in place a community-led afforestation project co-ordinated by local authorities as part of a programme to tackle climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21113/17]
116. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the hardship caused by the current limits placed on visas for persons visiting family members here (details supplied); if she will consider altering this or introducing a discretionary duration for visas in certain circumstances. [21032/17]
104. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health to outline the reason children are being sent to private assessment services, such as from a particular company (details supplied); the reason after this initial assessment the HSE refuses to offer crucial follow up tests in the face of advice from the private companies it has employed to carry out initial assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20806/17]
71. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the measures he has taken to address the significant staffing deficit leading to failure to keep to statutory deadlines for assessment and reporting on needs under the Disability Act; the way this staff deficit will be remedied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20804/17]
34. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the measures he has taken to address the significant shortfall in occupational therapist and speech and language therapists to provide the inputs for children with disabilities outlined in the service statement under the Disability Act; the way he plans to remedy this staff deficit, including the increased deficit which would occur if statutory deadlines were kept; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20805/17]
31. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will examine delays in parents accessing speech and language therapy for their children in the Crumlin area of the HSE, specifically in the case of a person (details supplied); and his plans to ensure vulnerable children at a key developmental age are not left without key services such as these. [20803/17]
5. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the way in which the agreement with a religious order (details supplied) for the running of the new National Maternity Hospital will ensure women will have access to all services and operations, including abortion, in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20883/17]
1398. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 5 April 2017, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that only 10% of cases from the Equality Tribunal have been appealed to the Labour Court (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19175/17]
1382. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to potential conflicts of interest within the NTA; and if he will ensure that no staff or member of the management team that can influence or decide on the awarding of routes to private bus operators have previously worked at or with the same bus company. [20504/17]
1254. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the legal firms contracted to work for ComReg on a consultancy basis; and the amount in fees paid to them since 2013. [19145/17]
781. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of persons registered with a general practitioner; the GMS status of those general practitioners; if those general practitioners have registered for the free under six GP scheme; if so, the number of children under six years of age those general practitioners have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19154/17]
780. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to assist persons that wish to enrol their children under the free under six general practitioner scheme but that are unable to access a general practitioner that is accepting new patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19153/17]
779. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health his plans to bring in a national register of general practitioners as recommended in the HSE document on medical workforce planning future demand for GPs 2015 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19152/17]
778. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that are eligible for the free under six general practitioner scheme; the number of persons that have registered under the scheme to date; if he has conducted research on the reason some persons are not taking up the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19151/17]
80. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she has received or sought a legal opinion on whether sections of the proposed Heritage Bill may contravene EU directives such as the birds and habitats directives, the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011, the European Union (Natural Habitats) Regulations SI 94/1997 or the Wildlife Amendment Act 2000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20401/17]
55. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if her attention has been drawn to illegal dumping at the Glenveagh National Park in an area situated within the park and opposite the staff entrance to the park; if such dumping is a breach of EU regulations, the Water Pollution Act or the Invasive Species Act; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that this is taking place in a protected area and special area of conservation in addition to being in a national heritage area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20400/17]
361. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the operations of the NTA with regard to the regulation and enforcement of regulations on private operators in passenger bus services to ensure full compliance with health, safety and conditions of their licences. [18994/17]
360. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) operated for 44 weeks in breach of its licence and without the proper authority to provide passenger services; and if he will ensure such breaches are dealt with by the relevant authorities. [18993/17]
359. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has oversight on the operations of the NTA in regard to its licensing of private bus operators and the enforcing and policing of the conditions of such licences. [18992/17]
22. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the high level forum on the community employment sector is empowered to take steps to rectify the injustice done to community supervisors who remain without an entitlement to a pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18711/17]
14. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the Exchequer of all planned PPP projects for the coming period; if his attention has been drawn to research that suggests such projects ultimately cost the State more than alternative funding models; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18712/17]
2. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure, environment and climate action last met; and when it plans to meet next. [17840/17]