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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (4 Nov 2021)

Bríd Smith: 43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on Ireland exceeding the EU emissions’ allocation for 2020 by 6.7 million tonnes; his further views on plans to purchase carbon credits to compensate for the missed targets on the associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53669/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (4 Nov 2021)

Bríd Smith: 55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way the carbon budget plan for emission cuts of 4.8% each year on 2018 levels to 2025 is compatible with the Government's support for continued data centre expansion and building given these centres’ high energy consumption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53666/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (4 Nov 2021)

Bríd Smith: 61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the recent UN Environment Programme report finding that many national determined plans fall short of the Paris targets and are expected to lead to a temperature increase of 2.7 degrees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53668/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (4 Nov 2021)

Bríd Smith: 80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the recent UN Environment Programme report finding that many of the national net zero by 2050 goals are ambiguous and vague; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53667/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 Nov 2021)

Bríd Smith: 101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA imposes different criteria on a company (details supplied) against Dublin Bus in relation to the meeting of performance targets in the provision of bus services in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53674/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (4 Nov 2021)

Bríd Smith: 116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has signed the statutory instrument that gives effect to changes in the CIÉ regular wages scheme pension; the changes that will take effect retrospectively for workers who have retired since June 2020; when these were accepted by the workforce in CIÉ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53672/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 Nov 2021)

Bríd Smith: 167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress on the implementation of the Dublin area BusConnects programme; if he will clarify the plans the NTA has to tender out for competitive tendering any of the routes designated in the BusConnects system or plans it has for future tendering of these routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53673/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (4 Nov 2021)

Bríd Smith: 134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has conducted a comparison of the Dublin Bikes scheme and the similar programme in counties Cork, Limerick and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53670/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2021)

Bríd Smith: On 1 January 2022, the legislation governing the termination of pregnancies will be three years old and the Minister will be obliged to conduct a review of its operation. There are approximately seven weeks left to the end of the year, yet I have been told in the reply to a parliamentary question, as I read it, that the lead person who will conduct the review has not yet been appointed....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2021)

Bríd Smith: This is not good enough.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2021)

Bríd Smith: We need that review because there are violations of human rights embedded in the legislation.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2021)

Bríd Smith: Nothing happened.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (9 Nov 2021)

Bríd Smith: 179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost to EirGrid of funding wind farm operators for times when there is a curtailment or dispatch is down, for example, in cases in which more electricity is produced than can be consumed at that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54085/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (9 Nov 2021)

Bríd Smith: 533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the review of Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017; the expected completion and publication date, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54469/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Nov 2021)

Bríd Smith: 661. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the portal for Irish passport holders who were vaccinated outside of Ireland and the UK to obtain an EU digital Covid certificate is still not accessible although the gov.ie website states it would be live from 21 October 2021; when the portal will be fully functional; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54599/21]

Rising Costs and Supply Security for Fuel and Energy: Motion [Private Members] (10 Nov 2021)

Bríd Smith: I am sharing time. I often feel as though I am in an echo chamber here, particularly on this issue. In 2019, at a meeting of the all-party Joint Committee on Climate Action, we passed a motion committing the Government to conducting a review of energy poverty throughout the population. As the Society of St. Vincent de Paul research that is mentioned in the motion before us shows, energy...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (10 Nov 2021)

Bríd Smith: 177. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company contracted to run a direct provision centre in Salthill, County Galway has been reported as serving food for asylum seekers in plastic bags; his views on whether this is dehumanising and completely inappropriate given the State funding of such...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (10 Nov 2021)

Bríd Smith: 202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a promised review took place following the conviction of a person (details supplied) for rape; the details of the outcome of the review; if the review will be published; the cost of the inquiry surrounding this particular case incurred by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54950/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Nov 2021)

Bríd Smith: As we speak there is a major crisis in our hospitals. There is the term "bed blocker", which is very offensive and derogatory, used to describe people who have no choice but to stay in hospital because there is no social or care package in place for them. As we speak, Ms Mary Corrigan, a woman in her 60s from Ballyfermot, is discharging herself against medical advice from St. James's...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Nov 2021)

Bríd Smith: What do you do about bringing in workers?