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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Support Services (14 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 27. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has been notified by a company (details supplied) of any proposals for redundancies; if such proposals ahead of a transfer of undertakings by it of a firm is in line with current employment legislation and TUPE directives that seeks to offer protection to workers facing such transfer of business; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Pension Provisions (14 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his proposals to begin the consultation process in relation to the proposed Industrial relations (amendment) Bill that sought to grant representative rights to retired workers on issues relating to their pensions schemes; if this consultation process will involve the representative bodies of those retired workers affected; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Birth Certificates (14 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which parents of newborn children who have been unable to register their child’s birth can travel with their child for essential reasons to other countries in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30917/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (14 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will facilitate traditional Chinese leaving certificate papers in the future; if it will ensure that the correcting system can accept an answer written in traditional Chinese; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38362/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (15 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will implement the comprehensive set of recommendations contained in the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government, Safe as Houses? A Report on Building Standards, Building Controls & Consumer Protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38826/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 319. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to Government policy on conducting a public inquiry into deaths in nursing homes from the Covid-19 as recommended by the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 Response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31713/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Protected Disclosures (15 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 320. To ask the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures made by staff in the HSE since 2010; the action taken to protect those making such disclosures; the number of protected disclosures that have led to actions or changes in policy as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31714/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I missed most of the spoken submission but I looked at the written submission. I will follow up with Mr. Gannon on the question of out-of-market options. "Out of market" is another word for publicly-run options, where the State takes ownership and runs something rather than relying on the market. Does Mr. Gannon agree that given the scares we had recently about the national grid and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I have two more short questions. I have been waiting for a long time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: After the lockdown last winter, an upfront payment of €100 was given by the State to people who use prepaid meters for their gas. However, it was taken back in large chunks with no regard or consideration for members of the poorer sections of our society who could not afford to pay it back. Did the CRU have any role in intervening on that? Can the representatives comment on it? ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Chairman for letting me in on the meeting to replace Deputy Kenny. A number of matters arise from the conversation and are not necessarily the original questions I was going to ask. This is not a criticism of the Minister but is an effort to find out what exactly he knows, does not know, and is being told about this because he was asked earlier how Deputy Varadkar was able to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: Surely, if the State owns the land and the hospital in its entirety then, as the Tánaiste stated, the State would have more influence on the governance and on the board of directors because the hospital would be entirely in the ownership the State. It is the question of the ownership of the land that has held up the reality of this hospital for years, so this is a very significant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I have one final question which gets to the core of this. If the Minster believes all that, is reassured by what he is being told or what the sisters have written down, namely, that all services will be available and there will be no influence of any religious ethos on the delivery of services in this hospital, then why do the sisters not give up the land? There must be an answer to that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I understand that but why do they not give it to the State?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: Can the Minister guarantee we, as a State funding this project, will have the majority influence on the board of directors?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: If he cannot, will he then purchase the land by means of a compulsory purchase order, CPO?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I know, Chairman. I just want to ask the Minister if he would purchase the land by CPO.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the ESB (9 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: Okay. I want to move on to a more general climate question. Does Mr. O'Rourke believe that the ESB mandate as it currently exists is in line with Ireland's commitments under the Paris Agreement? How does Mr. O'Rourke see it going forward with our commitments to the new climate Bill, which I am sure ESB has had some discussion or feedback on? Given that the ESB still has a mandate for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the ESB (9 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: With some 15 years left in the Corrib field, does Mr. O'Rourke think it is necessary for the State to allow the drilling for more gas off Barryroe, for example?