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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status and details of the progress of the GSOC investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); when the investigation will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16244/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (29 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 22 March 2022, the number of submissions received on this SI; the details of the persons or bodies these came from; the timeline involved in the finalising of the SI. Signing; the timeframe for consultation with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 25, 28 and 86 of 22 March 2022, if she will clarify any meetings that she or her Department officials had with interested parties or companies in relation to the provision of these services and specifically any lobbying on the policy decision to tender out these services; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position of trainees on further education and training courses provided in Education and Training Boards that have come off social welfare payments to attend such courses; if her attention has been drawn of trainees attending these courses having their payments reduced for various reasons to do with course attendance; the details of any...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (29 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 603. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no on-site therapists for children with special needs at a school (details supplied); if he will acknowledge that these supports are vital for children with special needs; if there are plans to ensure that on-site therapists will be available at the school in the near future; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 728. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 655 of 15 February 2022, if the figures provided include the consultation liaison CAMHS and intellectual disability CAMHS staff as recommended by A Vision for Change. [16419/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 729. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 656 of 15 February 2022, if the HSE can provide the figures for the categories of absence listed in the question, specifically the numbers suspended or on administrative leave. [16420/22]

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht), 2022: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: Our neutrality should never be confused with the idea of Ireland being indifferent or uninterested in world affairs or indifferent to the suffering of oppressed peoples globally. A constant snide attack on those of us on the left who are on this side of the House has often been how obsessed we are with far-flung conflicts and the plight of oppressed people in other parts of the world, for...

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: In 2020, 317,000 tonnes of plastic were generated in Ireland, of which 93,000 tonnes, less than 30%, were recycled. As somebody who cares about the environment and recognises that 70% of all the marine litter in the European Union is accounted for by only ten of the most commonly found single-use plastic items, I can really appreciate where this Bill is coming from. The last time we took...

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: Do you want to join?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (30 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 5. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the proposed carbon budgets will be discussed in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16747/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (30 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 164. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he intends to bring forward to deal with the ongoing intimidation of women and medical professionals outside health facilities by those opposing a woman's right to choose to terminate her pregnancy or avail of certain forms of reproductive healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17067/22]

Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: It should be myself, Deputy Gino Kenny and Deputy Barry.

Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: I am glad to speak on this plan. The first issue that jumps out at me is the reason we are discussing it, which is that women, by our physiological and psychological nature, are complex creatures and our health needs a complex response. This document makes mention of contraception, period poverty, menopause, endometriosis, breastfeeding, gynaecology, including paediatric gynaecology,...

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: No, I am taking the whole five minutes and he can get lost. He is getting none of it.

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: Something intrigues me and this is not to insult anybody. But I am intrigued that there is not a single female Member of the three Government parties here to talk about this issue. Not a single one.

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: They might all have had to go home and mind the kids. I do not know, but I think it would have been appropriate for at least one or two of them to be here to defend this issue.

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: It would have been appropriate because it is Government policy to impose this new structure on us.

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: There are women in the Government parties. They should be here to defend this position. That is the first thing I want to observe.

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: The second issue I want to observe is that the statement by the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, is extraordinary. We have been pulling teeth to get this statement here today. All of us here in the Opposition have repeatedly asked for time to debate this issue. However, we get nothing new, except omissions. Where has the Minister dropped the 99-year lease that he then announced was...