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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2021
10. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach when the new social dialogue unit of his Department will next meet. [33406/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2021
6. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination last met; and when it will next meet. [34689/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2021
406. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health his plans to progress the recommendations of the special Dáil Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution report, specifically its recommendations on free contraception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28818/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2021
405. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the details of his plan for a review of the Termination of Pregnancy Act 2018; the form this review will take; if it will include hearings or submissions from interested parties; when it will be concluded; if the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health will have a role in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28817/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2021
238. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education her plans to progress the recommendations of the special Dáil Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution report specifically its recommendations on sex education in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28818/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2021
189. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the SEAI can consider a person (details supplied) for inclusion in the warmer home schemes despite having had some minor energy efficiency work completed some years ago; if consideration is given to the health and age of such applicants and the nature and limitations of any previous work done; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35453/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2021
188. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the percentage breakdown of the work done under the energy efficiency schemes administrated by the SEAI between work categorised as shallow, deep and deep heat by the SEAI since 2010, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35452/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2021
187. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the warmer homes scheme will currently consider applications from pensioners that are on qualifying payments, have medical conditions, other than respiratory in nature, but have had previous minor work done under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35451/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2021
162. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the way her Department will process applications for various social protection payments that require certificates such as birth or death registration given that the recent cyber-attack seems to be impacting the ability to obtain these documents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34950/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2021
145. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to meet with representatives of local employment job schemes in relation to the proposed tendering of services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34949/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2021
55. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education the outcome of discussion with representatives of school secretaries; if further discussion is planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34946/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2021
15. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education her position on the choice of devices selected by secondary schools for students; and if guidelines around type, costs and usage of same will be further developed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34945/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2021
13. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent meeting of the British-Irish Council. [34688/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2021
500. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2018 in relation to the review of the abortion legislation, his predecessor promised a comprehensive evaluation of the law, data and operations (details supplied); the reason the review being carried out appears to be an internal, Departmental coordinated review with no oversight from the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health or an independent chair; the reason for the departure departed from the original commitment; if he will commit to the original plan for an external and independent review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27140/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2021
233. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the community monuments fund will be available for restoration and heritage preservation work at the Kilmainham Mill, Dublin 8, if he will meet with community activists working on the site; and his views on the possible restoration at the historical site. [34768/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 June 2021
446. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if clarity will be provided regarding the public health requirements for travel and quarantining for a fully vaccinated Irish citizen who has been working abroad for six months and who will be returning home in summer 2021. [26421/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 June 2021
378. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of applicants for public funding to access inpatient treatment at private hospitals and facilities since 2010; the number of these applicants who successfully accessed funding either under the treatment purchase fund or other schemes; the number of applicants refused funding for inpatient treatment for eating disorders and related illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26162/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 June 2021
377. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding given to private companies providing treatment for persons with eating disorders either on an outpatient or inpatient basis including counselling, psychotherapy or any psychological support for each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26157/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 June 2021
375. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health when the public health restrictions on partners of pregnant persons will be lifted to allow them attend prenatal care, labour and delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26129/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 June 2021
221. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he will take to prevent tenants facing double yearly rent increases in the coming period as a result of previous Covid-19 measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33804/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 June 2021
155. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions the State will take as a result of the recent actions by the Hungarian Government in relation to LGBT rights; if he will express the solidarity of the State with the LGBT community in Hungary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33807/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 June 2021
152. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if in view of ongoing violence against Palestinian people by the Israeli state, he will reconsider Irish Israeli relations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33806/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 June 2021
67. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his policy to prevent evictions of tenants in the coming period on economic grounds or other grounds which are unconnected to the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33805/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2021
197. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if the significant impact that the pandemic and public health restrictions have had on young person's mental health will be acknowledged; if requests by secondary school students for the provision of a counsellor to schools to help address the mental health and emotional issues during and post public health emergency will be viewed favourably; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25873/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2021
23. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will meet next. [33405/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2021
10. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in preparing the national economic recovery plan. [33404/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 June 2021
336. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland will propose a call for a global ban on fracking at the United Nations General Assembly on climate mitigation, public health, environmental protection and human rights grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33125/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 June 2021
5. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment last met. [31404/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2021
332. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if she has examined a study (details supplied); if the study and other studies will inform her policy on the advance use of electronic devices in schools especially given concerns regarding their use in aiding and hindering study and life skills; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32666/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2021
331. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if she will introduce a grant aid scheme for parents in schools that enforce a compulsory use of device policy (details supplied) especially in schools in deprived areas and with low income households; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32665/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2021
330. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if her Department has a policy or plans to adopt any proposal on the usage of electronic devices in secondary schools; her views on the issue of which device should be preferred for junior certificate students; if a uniform approach will be implemented across all schools; and if a uniform platform such as the use of applications (details supplied) will be adopted by her Department; if not, if such choices will be left to individual schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32664/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2021
329. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education the full budget allocated by her Department in each year since 2010, to secondary schools for the purchase and use of devices by students such as a device (details supplied) and tablets, laptops and so on or other forms of devices in tabular form. [32663/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2021
328. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the report on the compulsory use of electronic devices at a school (details supplied); if the findings of the report will inform her policy on the use of electronic devises at secondary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32662/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2021
195. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport the process under which sea air rescue services are intended to be procured in 2023; if there is a review into the operation of the previous contracts; if the Defence Forces will have a role in its future operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25106/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2021
145. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in relation to remote working arrangements for civil servants and other public sector workers; if the results of the recent survey among civil servants in relation to remote working will be taken on board by his Department in the months ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32213/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2021
116. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to engage with trade union representatives advocating a four-day working week; if he will consider such a proposal for the civil and public sectors; if he has examined similar proposals in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32214/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2021
75. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to proposed changes to routes operating out of Clontarf garage as part of the proposed BusConnects plans and that the proposed rostered and schedules connected with this first phase of BusConnects represents a severe diminution of drivers existing rosters and schedules; if it is not the intention of Government or the NTA to use the BusConnects plans to introduce changes to drivers' existing rights or conditions without prior agreement; if he has or plans to meet with workers’ representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32211/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2021
52. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to act upon the recommendations of the recent report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport on decarbonisation and public transport; if the process of examining the provision of free public transport will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32212/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2021
226. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice if she met with representatives of barristers contracted by the State in criminal law cases over the fees paid to their members; if these fees remain the same as were paid in 2002 given that cuts introduced by the State as a result of FEMPI have not been reversed in relation to barristers but have been reversed in relation to fees paid to State solicitors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32473/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2021
166. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to changes made to the selection process for members of the ESB pension scheme board of trustees and specifically that this new process now acts to exclude retired staff members who are active members of their own representative associations; if such an attempt to exclude potential trustees is in line with current legislation; if she will request the Pensions Authority to investigate this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32217/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2021
165. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if representatives of retired staff can be excluded from discussions around the resolution of actuarial deficits and the governance structure of their schemes in relation to the operation of minimum funding standards in occupational pensions schemes and the functioning of the Pension Authority; if retired staff associations can make submissions to her or the Pensions Authority in relation to minimum funding standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32216/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2021
98. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reverse the FEMPI cuts to the fees of barristers contracted by the State to defend and prosecute criminal law matters; the reason such fees have not reversed while other FEMPI cuts have been addressed; if he plans to meet barristers’ representatives; his views on the impact of these cuts on the operation of the State’s legal services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32474/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2021
38. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the duties the EU directives in relation to the transfer of undertakings imposes on all employers in Ireland involved in such a transfer; the rights currently conferred on all employees as a result of this directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32215/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2021
17. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment last met. [31404/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2021
11. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the most recent European Council meeting. [31403/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2021
921. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements her Department has made to facilitate and enable parents of newborn children access children’s allowance payments given that the recent cyber attack has meant parents cannot register child births; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31892/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2021
799. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if her Department will adhere strictly to the staffing ratios announced for DEIS schools given the extra difficulties faced by such schools during recent Covid-19 crisis; if a school (details supplied) will face the loss of a teacher in the new term; the grounds for appeal and deadlines for receipt of such appeals to the relevant authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31625/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2021
672. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position of an Irish resident who must travel to the UK for an essential purpose and who is fully vaccinated; if such a person must have a PCR test prior to travel and return; if such a person will be required to quarantine in a hotel or at home; if so, the period of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31715/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2021
668. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way persons (details supplied) can acquire a passport in order to travel for essential reasons with their newly born child given the current situation in relation to registering births and delays in accessing passport and so on; the course of action the couple can take in relation to the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31468/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2021
654. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the current timeframe for all backlogged applications for passports to be cleared; the emergency procedures in place for persons who must undertake travel to other countries but are affected by the current delays in passport applications processing and also delays in the registration of births as a result of the cyber-attack; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30856/21]