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Bríd Smith

Ireland · Official source

Memberships

  • · 33rd Dáil · 8 February 2020 – 8 November 2024
  • · 32nd Dáil · 10 March 2016 – 14 January 2020

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Question· writtenPQ 414asked

414. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will fast-track besremi reimbursement approval and call for an immediate reassessment of besremi by the NCPE given the current shortage of Pegasys; if he is aware that the NHS in England has approved besremi for interim use and that there is a clear precedent that could be followed to protect patient safety and continuity of care; his views on the case of a person (details supplied) who is desperate to secure besremi as an urgently needed treatment option; the measures they can take in the interim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45517/24]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2024

414. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will fast-track besremi reimbursement approval and call for an immediate reassessment of besremi by the NCPE given the current shortage of Pegasys; if he is aware that the NHS in England has approved besremi for interim use and that there is a clear precedent that could be followed to protect patient safety and continuity of care; his views on the case of a person (details supplied) who is desperate to secure besremi as an urgently needed treatment option; the measures they can take in the interim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45517/24]

Question· writtenPQ 145asked

145. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will accept all of the recommendations of the National Radiation Therapist Review report; if he will commit to full implementation of the recommendations on adequate staffing levels to safeguard vital cancer services into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45440/24]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2024

145. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will accept all of the recommendations of the National Radiation Therapist Review report; if he will commit to full implementation of the recommendations on adequate staffing levels to safeguard vital cancer services into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45440/24]

Question· writtenPQ 1299asked

1299. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of alternative education establishments/settings (excluding Youthreach services) which operate outside of the traditional mainstream education system within the State; the geographical location of each setting; the criteria laid down for the establishment of an alternative education setting; the total number of students who reengage with the traditional mainstream education system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43937/24]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024

1299. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of alternative education establishments/settings (excluding Youthreach services) which operate outside of the traditional mainstream education system within the State; the geographical location of each setting; the criteria laid down for the establishment of an alternative education setting; the total number of students who reengage with the traditional mainstream education system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43937/24]

Question· writtenPQ 112asked

112. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider allowing the children of landlords registered with the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) to claim the rent tax credit; if he will specifically refer to a case (details supplied); if he will explain the rationale for excluding this cohort; to indicate if there are plans to include this group in the future, or offer an exemption if the tenancy and landlord are RTB compliant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43593/24]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2024

112. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider allowing the children of landlords registered with the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) to claim the rent tax credit; if he will specifically refer to a case (details supplied); if he will explain the rationale for excluding this cohort; to indicate if there are plans to include this group in the future, or offer an exemption if the tenancy and landlord are RTB compliant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43593/24]

Question· writtenPQ 160asked

160. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the planned legislation to preserve privately held records relating to Ireland’s institutional past will include financial records so that important information about money made from forced labour or the fees demanded from families of unjustly incarcerated women and children, or the forced export of children, is retained and available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43452/24]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2024

160. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the planned legislation to preserve privately held records relating to Ireland’s institutional past will include financial records so that important information about money made from forced labour or the fees demanded from families of unjustly incarcerated women and children, or the forced export of children, is retained and available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43452/24]

Question· writtenPQ 352asked

352. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if she plans to support the call by Education Equality for the Government to compel schools to confine religious faith formation and worship to a period outside core school hours, in order to uphold families’ human and constitutional rights to freedom of religion and belief, and to vindicate the rights of teachers who do not wish to indoctrinate children into a faith they do not themselves hold; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42749/24]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024

352. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if she plans to support the call by Education Equality for the Government to compel schools to confine religious faith formation and worship to a period outside core school hours, in order to uphold families’ human and constitutional rights to freedom of religion and belief, and to vindicate the rights of teachers who do not wish to indoctrinate children into a faith they do not themselves hold; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42749/24]

Question· writtenPQ 843asked

843. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware that Department officials engaged with the Teachers Union of Ireland at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) on aligning the Youthreach programme with the second level school calendar year at their last discussion at the WRC in early June 2024; if there will be an outcome to the discussions within the lifetime of the current Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42748/24]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024

843. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware that Department officials engaged with the Teachers Union of Ireland at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) on aligning the Youthreach programme with the second level school calendar year at their last discussion at the WRC in early June 2024; if there will be an outcome to the discussions within the lifetime of the current Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42748/24]

Question· writtenPQ 102asked

102. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he can detail the costs of the contract awarded to a company (details supplied) for the proposed ticketless public transport system; to further detail what discussion his Department has had with the NTA on this project, and its costs; to clarify if he or his officials examined free public transport as an alternative to this costly project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42040/24]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2024

102. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he can detail the costs of the contract awarded to a company (details supplied) for the proposed ticketless public transport system; to further detail what discussion his Department has had with the NTA on this project, and its costs; to clarify if he or his officials examined free public transport as an alternative to this costly project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42040/24]

Question· writtenPQ 215asked

215. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a complex (details supplied) in Inchicore has still not had a surveyor visit although this was expected to happen in June as part of the fire remediation scheme; if he will acknowledge that apartment owners are not in a position to pay for this work despite an organisation’s pressure to do so with the promise that they will be reimbursed when funding has been allocated; to provide a timeframe for when funding will be made available for remediation works at this complex; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42177/24]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2024

215. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a complex (details supplied) in Inchicore has still not had a surveyor visit although this was expected to happen in June as part of the fire remediation scheme; if he will acknowledge that apartment owners are not in a position to pay for this work despite an organisation’s pressure to do so with the promise that they will be reimbursed when funding has been allocated; to provide a timeframe for when funding will be made available for remediation works at this complex; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42177/24]

Question· writtenPQ 70asked

70. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that the company (details supplied) recently awarded a lucrative contract of over €2 billion by the NTA to install ticketless operations on Irish public transport also has lucrative contracts in Israel; if his Department has examined if the company are complicit in terms of supporting Israel's apartheid separation policies through its toll road operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42068/24]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2024

70. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that the company (details supplied) recently awarded a lucrative contract of over €2 billion by the NTA to install ticketless operations on Irish public transport also has lucrative contracts in Israel; if his Department has examined if the company are complicit in terms of supporting Israel's apartheid separation policies through its toll road operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42068/24]

Question· writtenPQ 73asked

73. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he is intending to introduce any legislative changes or measures to improve pay and working conditions in the Irish aviation sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30464/24]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2024

73. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he is intending to introduce any legislative changes or measures to improve pay and working conditions in the Irish aviation sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30464/24]

Question· writtenPQ 549asked

549. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will implement the Government’s commitment to introducing an international protection child payment to children living in direct provision; to outline a timeframe for when this will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41299/24]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2024

549. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will implement the Government’s commitment to introducing an international protection child payment to children living in direct provision; to outline a timeframe for when this will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41299/24]

Question· writtenPQ 448asked

448. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide an update on the visa application for a person (details supplied) whose parents and siblings have lived in Ireland since 2021; if she will acknowledge and act on the fact that the person’s life is under constant threat; if she will take compassionate steps to grant the visa so the person can come to live in safety with their family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41303/24]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2024

448. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide an update on the visa application for a person (details supplied) whose parents and siblings have lived in Ireland since 2021; if she will acknowledge and act on the fact that the person’s life is under constant threat; if she will take compassionate steps to grant the visa so the person can come to live in safety with their family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41303/24]

Question· writtenPQ 135asked

135. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he will take the address the legal weaknesses of the Government moratorium on liquefied natural gas infrastructure exposed by a recent High Court judgment. [41394/24]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2024

135. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he will take the address the legal weaknesses of the Government moratorium on liquefied natural gas infrastructure exposed by a recent High Court judgment. [41394/24]

Question· writtenPQ 666asked

666. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide dialysis treatment in Wicklow soon to accommodate people from the areas of Wicklow and Wexford who have to travel to access treatment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41400/24]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2024

666. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide dialysis treatment in Wicklow soon to accommodate people from the areas of Wicklow and Wexford who have to travel to access treatment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41400/24]

Question· writtenPQ 136asked

136. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he supports designating LNGs or data centres as strategic infrastructure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41395/24]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2024

136. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he supports designating LNGs or data centres as strategic infrastructure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41395/24]

Question· writtenPQ 348asked

348. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the report on deposit protection systems will be published and the recommendations enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40920/24]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2024

348. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the report on deposit protection systems will be published and the recommendations enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40920/24]

Question· writtenPQ 670asked

670. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that medical card holders are regularly being charged for sick notes and other letters that were once provided free of charge by GPs; his views on this practice; if he plans to engage with GPs to ensure that those with medical cards are provided with doctor's letters without cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41461/24]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2024

670. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that medical card holders are regularly being charged for sick notes and other letters that were once provided free of charge by GPs; his views on this practice; if he plans to engage with GPs to ensure that those with medical cards are provided with doctor's letters without cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41461/24]

Question· writtenPQ 375asked

375. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, under section 26 of the Disability Act 2005, each public body is required to have an access officer; the number and which local authorities have employed local access officers to improve public services for people with disabilities; if she will encourage local authorities to fill these roles immediately; the way local authorities fund these roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36186/24]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2024

375. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, under section 26 of the Disability Act 2005, each public body is required to have an access officer; the number and which local authorities have employed local access officers to improve public services for people with disabilities; if she will encourage local authorities to fill these roles immediately; the way local authorities fund these roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36186/24]

Question· writtenPQ 638asked

638. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he intends to ban the use of commercial sunbeds, given that research has shown the increased likelihood of melanoma in those who use them; if he is aware that An Tánaiste has recently said they should be banned; the steps being taken to do so; to provide a timeframe for the ban; if there plans for a public awareness campaign as to the danger of using them in the interim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35998/24]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2024

638. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he intends to ban the use of commercial sunbeds, given that research has shown the increased likelihood of melanoma in those who use them; if he is aware that An Tánaiste has recently said they should be banned; the steps being taken to do so; to provide a timeframe for the ban; if there plans for a public awareness campaign as to the danger of using them in the interim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35998/24]

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