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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 May 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 309. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the proposed HRT scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24913/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (15 May 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25066/25]

Trade Union Recognition Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2025)

Niamh Smyth: I thank all Deputies for some of the very strongly held views expressed on this particular topic. The Government is fully committed to supporting workers and employers and delivering further supports for collective bargaining this year, following the public consultation. However, the Bill as proposed would leave the resultant legislation open to the possibility of legal challenge as...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 May 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on a passport application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24669/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 May 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application (details supplied) can be accelerated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24694/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 May 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving the full entitlements of ACRES; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24712/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (14 May 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 224. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a fair deal application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24824/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (14 May 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 235. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24699/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (8 May 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 218. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to review a passport application for a person (details supplied) and expedite its completion. [22974/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (8 May 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 219. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application (details supplied) can be accelerated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23000/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (8 May 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to expedite the return of broadband services to a location where a person (details supplied) is very much dependent on its availability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22963/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Consultations (8 May 2025)

Niamh Smyth: The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) provides that in-scope companies must, for the first time, conduct risk-based human rights and environmental due diligence and integrate due diligence into all corporate policies and risk management systems. There is currently a particular focus on simplification and burden reduction at EU level with a view to improving EU...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Family Resource Centres (7 May 2025)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Deputy Gannon for raising this issue this evening. Cabra, like every other community in the country, is as entitled to it as anywhere else. I have the lived experience of the benefits of a family resource centre in my community in Bailieborough. Many moons ago, a community got together and established it in a housing estate in Bailieborough called Drumbannon. I had the privilege...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Family Resource Centres (7 May 2025)

Niamh Smyth: The Deputy is right in what he said that they can be the heart and soul and can be designed in such a way that they really respond to the nuances of a community, because communities' needs are not always the same. It is a real opportunity when a new application process is opened. The Deputy is well entitled to stand here and advocate for the Cabra centre, especially when, as he said...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (7 May 2025)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the Senator for his question and warmly welcome the family who are here today to keep the campaign going for what is a very good cause. The An Saol Foundation does really great work. I thank Senator McCarthy for raising this very important issue and for offering me the opportunity to respond on behalf of the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Deputy Foley....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (7 May 2025)

Niamh Smyth: I again thank the Senator. I will convey his sentiments to the Minister, Deputy Foley, and encourage her to visit the site if she has not already done so. I will tell her that an invitation has been extended. The Government remains steadfast in its commitment to improving disability services and ensuring that people with disabilities and their families receive the necessary support. By...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Social Welfare Appeals (7 May 2025)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the Senator very much. As she is well aware, I am not the Minister for Social Protection, but I am the Minister of State with responsibility for AI and digitalisation. I tell her wholeheartedly that if I achieve anything over the next five years, it will be to bring efficiencies into our public services and public bodies so parents and families are not left forgotten or "invisible",...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Social Welfare Appeals (7 May 2025)

Niamh Smyth: The Senator can share the details with me, but I encourage her to share them with Minister, Dara Calleary. I will convey to the Minister the thoughts, views and, more importantly, the sentiments of what the Senator has put forward in her argument. I know that if the Minister can do anything on an individual basis for that family, he will try to ensure that their case is expedited as quickly...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Postal Services (7 May 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if she will expedite the allocation of an Eircode at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22595/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (7 May 2025)

Niamh Smyth: As the Deputy will be aware, the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) entered into force in August 2024 and provides a harmonised regulatory framework for AI systems developed or deployed in the EU. It is designed to provide a high level of protection to people’s health, safety, and fundamental rights and to simultaneously promote the adoption of human-centric,...