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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2022
13. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all State apologies he has issued since he assumed office. [14277/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2022
197. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason the National Aquatic Centre in Fingal does not provide any freely available drinking water for visitors and athletes competing or training at the centre; the reason only vended and costly bottled water is available; if she will raise this with the relevant authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15642/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2022
139. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland will use its position on the United Nations Security Council to raise the situation of Palestinian residents in East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah and the ongoing violations of human rights by the Israeli authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15106/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2022
101. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland will support and advocate for an EU programme to grant refugee status to Tibetan people currently displaced from their homeland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15105/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2022
1083. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if a decision has been made to include homeless and social care workers in the Covid recognition scheme as they are now included in the death-in-service scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15009/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2022
1039. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the reason that the occupational therapy in the long-Covid clinic at St. James's Hospital is being discontinued in April 2022 (details supplied); if he will provide funding to keep occupational therapy in the clinic; if will he further invest in a nationwide network of multidisciplinary long-Covid clinics to ensure that Ireland has the capacity and expertise to deal with this growing challenge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14807/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2022
1031. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the reason that supports services for an autistic child (details supplied) have been stopped; when they will recommence; the cause of this interruption;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14775/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2022
836. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact that medically vulnerable persons are still at risk of serious Covid-19 disease especially now that all restrictions have been lifted; if he will allocate the highest priority to high risk and very high risk individuals in the guidance regarding the allocation of new antiviral and antibody treatments against Covid-19; if he will systematically involve persons with lived experience of managing a chronic and or rare conditions in key decision-making processes; if he will provide a tailored plan and engage in direct communication with medically vulnerable individuals especially those with a chronic and or rare conditions to address existing service and treatment challenges during Covid-19 and in the aftermath of the lifting of public health restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14041/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2022
745. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice her views on the financial and employment contributions that non-European Union students have made during long periods of study in this country; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many students would welcome the opportunity to obtain long-term residency stamp 4 visas in recognition of these contributions given they are ready to invest in Ireland; if she will consider extending a scheme similar to the regularisation of long term undocumented migrants scheme to non-European Union graduates that have spent a substantial amount of time here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14062/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2022
650. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if we will examine the possibility of Ireland and the European Union initiating a refugee programme for Tibetan refugees who are currently in India but who are facing appalling conditions with little prospect of safely returning to their homelands soon; if he will support a European Union response to their plight and an offer of sanctuary in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14673/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2022
634. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons who are in receipt of the living alone allowance will lose the allowance if they were to accept Ukrainian refugees into their home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14796/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2022
627. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that working lone parents who are employed for over 30 hours a week and subsequently lose their rent supplement but may still qualify for working family payment are increasingly falling deeper into poverty as a result of the loss of help with spiralling rents; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that escalating rents, energy, fuel and food costs are pushing lone parents into dire and distressing situations; her plans to alleviate the financial burden on these parents during these difficult times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14706/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2022
473. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education the action she can advise parents to take in the case of a child who is due to start school in September 2022 but where a place in a co-educational school in Dublin 12 cannot be obtained (details supplied); if there are plans for the opening of a much needed new class at a school; if so, when places will be available; the steps that her Department is currently taking to increase capacity in schools in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13970/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2022
468. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education the status of the provision of autism classes in schools in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13881/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2022
418. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland will use its seat at the United Nations Security Council to raise the plight of the people of Tibet; if Ireland will specifically raise matters that have been raised in recent reports by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14672/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2022
345. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the impact that the lack of social housing is having on lone parents and their children (details supplied); when he expects that these parents who have been waiting for many years will be offered a social home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14705/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2022
270. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Finance if, he will examine the current reimbursement rates (details supplied) for travel connected with business and work for employees given rising fuel costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14931/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2022
269. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the situation in relation to the home carers tax credit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14917/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2022
204. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport the position in relation to the signing of a statutory instrument to give effect to the changes agreed in the CIÉ regular wages scheme given that the proposed scheme changes have now been published for over 45 days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14733/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2022
197. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider providing sectoral supports to taxi drivers who purchase new EVs in cases where there is a requirement to adapt new vehicles to comply with NTA or other regulations such as the removal of tinted windows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14583/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2022
196. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if his Department or the NTA will consider waving the requirement for new taxi vehicles to have clear glass at the rear of their vehicle given that most new EVs come with tinted rear windows and the cost of replacement is over €800; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14582/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2022
86. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of the plan to tender out existing local employment services by region and the date to be implemented in each case; the cost to date of organising these tendering competitions in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14868/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2022
25. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of the companies that have won the tenders for the provision of local employment services to date in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14867/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 March 2022
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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2022
139. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if her Department will support the opening of new classes at a school (details supplied) given that the school is struggling to accommodate new pupils in the coming year and that parents in the area are facing an impossible task in finding suitable mixed class schools in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13446/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2022
125. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if she or her officials will consider a recently published study (details supplied) which highlights issues regarding device accessibility and best practice; if she will consider the findings in relation to ensuring schools have a coherent policy to ensure devise access and equality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13445/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2022
152. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress in bringing forward legislation for redress of victims of the mother and baby homes; when this legislation will come before Dáil Éireann; if interim payments will be available for survivors who may be in poor health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13212/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2022
44. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if a recommendation (details supplied) has been completed in full; and if so, when the detailed review will be published. [13215/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2022
43. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if a recommendation (details supplied) has been implemented in full; the person or body that is providing the technical expertise to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13214/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2022
42. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if all the recommendations addressed to him in the Air Accident Investigation Unit Accident Report EI-ICR S-92A, 14 March 2017 published in November 2021 have been fully completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13213/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2022
163. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to put in place a dedicated housing policy to address the hidden homelessness identified in a report by an organisation (details supplied); his views on the impact that the lack of housing options has on women and their children in abusive situations who often have little choice but to remain with the abuser; the action he intends to take in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12045/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2022
120. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for the planning application submission delays for the Emmet Road development since the agreement to proceed with the project in July 2018; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, apart from those engaged with the consultative forum, local persons have not been kept informed of developments since March 2021; when the first large-scale public affordable cost-rental project on the former St. Michael's estate site in Inchicore, Dublin 8, will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11979/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2022
98. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify the causes of the cancellation of bus services provided by a company (details supplied) in the Dublin area; if he will examine whether this is a result of an inability to retain staff; if this is impacting on plans to improve public transport services generally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12058/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2022
84. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport his views on the National Transport Authority's competitive tendering process for public service obligation bus services; and if he will examine alternatives ahead of future tendering processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12059/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2022
71. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he will commission a study into the impacts and benefits of moving to the provision of fare free public transport across the country, specifically its impact on transport greenhouse gas emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12057/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2022
58. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he will commission a study to examine the impact on CO2 emissions of the delivery and production of one million electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12056/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2022
38. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport his views on the requirement of some bus routes to meet specific timing points across Dublin as part of the National Transport Authority's minimum performance standards and the impact these are having on the services provided to passengers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12060/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2022
2. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he will commission a study into the provision of free public transport that examines the costs and benefits of such a policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12313/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2022
155. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice the average waiting time for persons in emergency accommodation centres for asylum seekers to be issued with an appointment or invitation to the International Protection Office; the number of asylum seekers that are in emergency accommodation and Balseskin, Dublin who have not yet formally applied for protection nor received their temporary residency card; the steps that will be taken to ensure swift access to all material supports in line with Ireland’s international human rights obligations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12031/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2022
143. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average waiting time for persons in emergency accommodation centres for asylum seekers to be issued with an appointment or invitation to the International Protection Office; the number of asylum seekers that are in emergency accommodation and Balseskin, Dublin who have not yet formally applied for protection nor received their temporary residency card; the steps that will be taken to ensure swift access to all material supports in line with Ireland’s international human rights obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12032/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 March 2022
184. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress on the Programme for Government commitment to respond to the OECD review of the Environmental Protection Agency and ensure that Ireland’s legislative framework for licensing pollution is fit for purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11646/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 March 2022
154. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the SEAI agreement with a contractor includes a detailed schedule of works to be performed; if the agreement also includes a contract between the contractor and the homeowner before works begin; if not, if he will consider putting such a mechanism in place to ensure homeowners are protected going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11015/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 March 2022
153. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of building contractors presently working on the warmer homes and related retrofitting schemes on behalf of the SEAI; the agencies and bodies that administer the schemes on behalf of the SEAI if such work is contracted out; the amounts paid to them for administration, and inspection work in the years since 2010; the way inspections of the properties that are earmarked for the upgrading work are undertaken; if inspections are undertaken after the work has been completed; the way subsequent BER ratings are authenticated; the way contractors are selected and assigned to individual private property homeowners after SEAI has conducted an independent survey of the homeowner's property under the SEAI Energy Poverty Programmes and in particular the warmer homes scheme. [11014/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 March 2022
152. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will clarify a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to the operation of the SEAI warmer homes scheme and related retrofitting schemes.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11013/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 March 2022
70. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify if the pensions schemes of former RTÉ employees and Dublin Port and Dock workers are subject to a veto in terms of a proposed rise in these pensions by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11381/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 March 2022
64. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to a previous Parliamentary Question on the pension scheme of retired RTÉ employees that a decision on such schemes was not solely his responsibility, if Regulation 85 which specifies that a pension may be increased by such an amount as may be authorised from time to time by the Minister for Finance and if since the Department was split into two, if he has assumed the role and approved all subsequent changes to the RTÉ pension scheme; if this suggests that his Department does have sole responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11382/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 February 2022
218. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport the weighting that is given by the National Transport Authority to the payroll costs of the company that won the tender to operate the new orbital routes W4 and W6; if the authority compares payroll costs between the different companies tendering for these routes; the way it appraises these costs; the weighting that it gives to the driving schedules and time spent driving by each driver on the new expected schedules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10654/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 February 2022
217. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm a company (details supplied) has won a competitive tender from the National Transport Authority for the operation of new orbital routes W4 and W6; the reason the authority believes the company can operate these services given widespread non-operation of its existing services as a result of either driver absences or the inability to retain staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10653/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 February 2022
157. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if persons in private rented accommodation who pay an energy bill separate to others in the same building must have a bill in their own name to be included in the proposed energy grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10277/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 February 2022
149. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the annual projected expenditure in funding by the State on the national broadband plan for the years 2021 to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10274/22]