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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (17 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address weaknesses in the building regulations regime here including the enforcement of standards in relation to fire safety and other areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8032/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of fully implementing sections (details supplied) of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8449/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Legal Costs (17 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated amount her Department has spent on legal costs arising from litigation involving children with special educational needs; the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8450/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 861. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that published data indicates a Covid-19 mortality rate amongst kidney patients similar to that of residents of long-term facilities; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that expert medical opinion both here and internationally makes a strong case on medical and ethical grounds for the need for all...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (17 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 914. To ask the Minister for Health if a person can travel to Ireland from the United States of America to reunite with their partner during level 5 restrictions once the person obeys the requirement for OCR test and guaranteeing; if the advice is that such a journey is non-essential; if so, if it carries a potential fine or legal enforcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: I want to take up a question that the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, Deputy Connolly, raised yesterday, namely, the question of the destruction of the files from the commission on mother and baby homes. I am sure the Tánaiste and everybody else in the House is aware of this because everybody will have received emails about it from the survivors and their representatives. I am making a plea to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: I will not comment on what I think of the report of the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes, whether it is good or bad or what the problems with it are. That is not what I am here today to try to do. I am here to best represent the interests of the survivors who have been pleading with all of us. I doubt there is a Deputy in the House or a Senator in the other House who...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: There seems to be a push to get all the kids back to school and it is understandable that people want that. It was said in yesterday's Irish Independent that it has figures that show that the cohort of people next most susceptible to Covid during the third wave are young people, from ages 16 to 18, and so reopening the schools has huge implications. Has the Government ensured that the work...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonising Transport: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: Those were very interesting contributions. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan said earlier that if he stood up in the Dáil and called for the reinstatement of the west Cork railway, he would be scoffed at. I would applaud him because I think that is the future, particularly for long-term planning and freight. We have so many trucks on our roads - dirty, big, smelly and dangerous vehicles...

Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: I will be sharing time. I thank the Social Democrats for tabling the motion. I will start by talking about something that came to my attention last weekend. The building used by the mother and baby homes commission for its work has a granite plaque outside it with a small seabird known as the turnstone carved into it. The turnstone pokes its beak down and overturns stones, hence the name....

New Decade, New Approach Agreement: Statements (24 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: A year on, the New Decade, New Approach deal speaks volumes about what was originally in it. Other Deputies have referred to the fact that many of the proposals in the deal have been aspirational without any effort to include proper figures for spending, giving a real cause for concern. Behind the headlines, however, repeated references to the need for rationalisation and efficiency reviews,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Offshore Exploration (24 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his officials have met with representatives of a company (details supplied) or other industry bodies in relation to the decommissioned infrastructure at the Kinsale gas field and the possible use of this in any field developed at the Barryroe field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10212/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (24 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussion he has had with banks and lending institutions on a moratorium for mortgage holders, and other borrowers, affected by the Covid-19 crisis; the details of the outcome of these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9572/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (24 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 176. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that banks and lending institutions may be penalising mortgage holders and other borrowers who avail of a moratorium in repayments specifically and that some are subsequently being refused access to certain services, are unable to change lender and are otherwise facing withdrawal of possible services as a result...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (24 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange to meet urgently with banks and lenders that have operated a moratorium for mortgage holders and other borrowers who have been impacted by the Covid-19 crisis and urge them to ensure there is no subsequent discrimination against those who avail of the moratorium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9574/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance if the situation of self-employed workers who received either the pandemic unemployment payment or wage subsidy schemes in the past year and who may now face tax demands from the Revenue Commissioners will be clarified (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10504/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (24 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the plight of students who enrolled in a private college (details supplied) will be examined; if she will examine the cost of this online course; and if assistance will be granted to students to pay the fees given the difficult circumstances of completing the course during the Covid crisis. [10502/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (24 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the plight of students who enrolled in a private college (details supplied) will be examined; if the cost of this online course will be examined and the students granted access to the Gaeltacht grant of €650, which they are at present excluded from; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10505/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (24 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that SNAs attending the national training programme for SNAs in UCD, which has been running since January 2021, have yet to be informed as to the type of accreditation they will receive when they complete their studies; if the importance of SNAs being awarded a significant qualification upon...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Local Development Companies (24 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 688. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene with the WWETB, Waterford Wexford Education and Training Board, to ensure that help is being provided to the new board of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10192/21]