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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (16 Feb 2022)

Bríd Smith: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised by the Exchequer in each of the years since 2010 by the application of VAT on home energy heating bills, that is, electricity and gas; the projected figures, if actual figures are not available, for VAT returns from the rising bills over recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8583/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Energy Policy (16 Feb 2022)

Bríd Smith: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland will oppose or support proposals to include gas and nuclear projects in the EU taxonomy as suggested by the EU Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8586/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Feb 2022)

Bríd Smith: We are all aware of the controversy surrounding the decision of the National Women's Council of Ireland, NWCI, regarding its platform for the International Women's Day protest on 5 March. We have differing views on it and I do not do not want to go into those views here. However, I seek from the Minister and Government reassurance that the NWCI, or any other NGO which takes a view that is...

National Retrofitting Scheme: Statements (17 Feb 2022)

Bríd Smith: I put it to the Minister and Minister of State that there is no debate about the importance of the retrofitting programme. It is a key step to Ireland reducing its emissions in the dramatic and radical way required. The technical possibility exists for us to have huge cuts in emissions caused by home heating. Like the possibility of free public transport, for example, there are other huge...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Commission for Regulation of Utilities Strategic Plan: Discussion (15 Feb 2022)

Bríd Smith: Can you hear me okay, Chairman?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Commission for Regulation of Utilities Strategic Plan: Discussion (15 Feb 2022)

Bríd Smith: I thank Ms MacEvilly for the presentation. My first question is on energy prices, which have been a big political issue. We know that they have quadrupled in recent months. Can the CRU explain why the prices are so much higher than the EU average? I have some figures. In 2019, for example, the price of gas to the household was 12% above the EU average and the price of electricity was 11%...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Commission for Regulation of Utilities Strategic Plan: Discussion (15 Feb 2022)

Bríd Smith: Do we still get quite a chunk of our gas supply from Corrib? This argument of having to pay for transport does not stack up when it is coming from Corrib. Will the witnesses return to this? The witnesses' answers are very convoluted for ordinary people, including ordinary Deputies such as me, who are trying to understand. Why are they separating the idea of a rise in profits from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Commission for Regulation of Utilities Strategic Plan: Discussion (15 Feb 2022)

Bríd Smith: I have loads more questions but I am not getting answers that I can accept as being reasonable in light of the crisis we are facing. Therefore, I am kind of giving up at this stage. I will go back and talk to the people who are suffering the most and try to mobilise a bit of attention on what the Government and the CRU are doing - or not doing - to help them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Commission for Regulation of Utilities Strategic Plan: Discussion (15 Feb 2022)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Chairman. I want to go back a bit over old ground. We have had a discussion with Deputy Costello and Senator Boylan about the prepay and the protection of customers. I have just had a text from a prepay customer who tells me the standing charge for one of these prepay meters has gone up in the past couple of weeks from €1.20 a day to €1.50 a day. That might sound...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Feb 2022)

Bríd Smith: I am sure the Minister will agree with me that a commitment made by a senior politician should be delivered on. Almost 18 months ago, Leo Varadkar made a commitment that he would end the discrimination against school secretaries and caretakers in respect of their pay, pensions and conditions. Talks have again stalled in Workplace Relations Commission, WRC. I spoke to some of the...

Carbon Tax: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Feb 2022)

Bríd Smith: I will speak first, followed by Deputies Boyd Barrett and Barry. I think I am the only Deputy here who sat for months on the Committee on Climate Action in 2019. We looked at this issue for weeks. We heard from all sorts of experts and witnesses and we received all sorts of data on the question of carbon tax. I was particularly struck by the witnesses from the Society of St. Vincent de...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (17 Feb 2022)

Bríd Smith: 171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that motorcycle tests are taking much longer to obtain than car driving tests (details supplied); the steps that his Department is taking to speed up the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8829/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (17 Feb 2022)

Bríd Smith: 186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position in relation to bus services provided by a company (details supplied) operating in Dublin; the routes which currently operate reduced services that is, Saturday schedules from Monday to Friday; the length of time this has been happening; the actual amount of the reduction in scheduled departures compared to a regular...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (17 Feb 2022)

Bríd Smith: 200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in relation to the RTÉ pension scheme; if he plans to sanction a rise for pensioners whose pensions have been frozen since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8950/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2022)

Bríd Smith: 220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the allocation of SNAs for 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8826/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Feb 2022)

Bríd Smith: 238. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify details in relation to the way that the once-off transition fund will work for community after-school projects and in particular services in Dublin 8 (details supplied); if it will be based on the employment wage subsidy scheme model; the way that the core funding will work; the expected...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (17 Feb 2022)

Bríd Smith: 248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider including persons whose EU treaty rights visas have been revoked and who are now living here on precarious temporary visas in the undocumented scheme; if she will acknowledge their contributions in areas such as healthcare, hospitality, information technology, transport and engineering and their deep...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (17 Feb 2022)

Bríd Smith: 249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the upset and distress that persons who have been in Ireland for over five years in the international protection system that received their final decision in 2019 and 2020 will not be included in the undocumented scheme; if she will reconsider their exclusion and make the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (17 Feb 2022)

Bríd Smith: 320. To ask the Minister for Health the expected BER rating standard for the completed building of the new national maternity hospital; the difference between such a rating and a near zero rating in terms of energy efficiency; if this is in conflict with EU regulations relating to new public buildings; if current planning permission allows a build to such a standard; the estimated cost of any...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (22 Feb 2022)

Bríd Smith: 161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 15 February 2022, the way that the additional funding in the recently announced plans will be spent given that these figures reference a €1 billion a year spend while the figures in the reply reference projected spending of less than half that; and if he will make a...