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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (24 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: I heard the Minister of State speak about this in the media and earlier in the House. Frankly, she sounds more like an observer than somebody who has responsibility for it. We are facing a huge crisis in child and adolescent mental health. It is in the news every day. People are constantly ringing radio programmes, such as Joe Duffy's radio programme, about the crisis being faced. ...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (24 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: The Minister of State says she was informed on 11 May that there was a problem with staffing. She was probably informed on 11 May but the Department and the HSE had known that there was a problem with staffing. As I said earlier, it is like Groundhog Day. We can go right back to 2017 to a replica with the same number of beds and the same period of time. The question is: what will the...

Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: The members of the MLSA in the Gallery are very welcome. They have come from the picket line to the Dáil. That is how democracy should be. We are delighted to have their issues aired here. I hope the debates will help MLSA members understand how the system works and better equip them to be able to argue against what they are hearing. There is an idea in ecology of a keystone species,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: On 18 May, the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, welcomed that 92% of early learning and care and school age childcare providers had signed up to the transition fund which would allow for a freeze of parental fees. That means that 8% of providers have not signed up to it. We do not know how many childcare places those 8% represent. It means that many are forcing parents to pay increased fees....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: What about the 8% who have not signed up, not the 92% who have?

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (25 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: I am sharing time with Deputy Barry. Liz Truss said recently: "We will not rest until those responsible for atrocities, including military commanders and individuals... have faced justice." I deliberately left out four words, namely, "in the Putin regime". What type of hypocrisy is this coming from the mouth of the British Government? The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: 431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the lack of autism classes in secondary schools in the Dublin 12 area; her plans to increase the number of available places for autistic young people in post-primary education; the expected timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26259/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave (24 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: 487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the extension of parent’s leave from five to seven weeks scheduled for July 2022; when this will commence; if the details will be provided in order that parents can start to make plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26454/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when, the way and the reason that the National Council for Special Education’s new rule regarding professional reports advising on a suite of options for children with special needs in relation to their education will now no longer meet the criteria for enrolment in an ASD class; the consultation that took place in advance of this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Disputes (26 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: 42. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his plans to resolve the current dispute with staff who are members of a union (details supplied); the steps that he has taken to ensure that testing services operate during this dispute; the way that he plans to recruit and retain the required number of workers in this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26871/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (26 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: 98. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed new testing laboratory at the Coombe Hospital will be completed and operating; the number of medical laboratory scientists who are required to fully staff the facility; the estimated percentage of the CervicalCheck programme that this facility will conduct when fully operational; the locations in which the remaining testing for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ukraine War (26 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: 149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of meetings that have been held and the plans of the National Fodder and Food Security Committee in relation to threats to food security as a result of the current war specifically the plans to deal with costs and supplies of fertiliser; and the take-up of schemes to increase the planting of tillage crops; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (26 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: 187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the latest figures for the licensed slaughter of young dairy calves which show that 30,000 animals were killed in 2021; and his plans to stop this practice and to reduce these figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26874/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (26 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: 293. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the rationale that was used by his Department in 2000 when the decision was taken to commence the direct provision system; if he will detail and supply the studies, risk assessments and policy deliberations and so on that were conducted by his Department at the time (details supplied); the advice that the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (26 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: 314. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers who have signed up to the early childhood care and education scheme but who choose not to accept the affordable childcare scheme; the steps that his Department is taking to deal with the numbers of providers who will not accept the affordable childcare payments; the assistance...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Investigations (26 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: 367. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the progress on any investigation or report into the practice of the misuse and incineration of the organs of deceased babies; the steps that his Department is taking to ensure that this practice is not repeated; the meetings or consultations that are taking place with parents who have been affected with his Department or HSE...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: Exactly.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: No, a Cheann Comhairle. I was just asking for a glass of water. I have nothing to say.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: We are all aware of the many cheerleader Deputies who want to see liquefied natural gas, LNG, terminals built, but I want to come at this from a different angle. The Taoiseach was recently lobbied by Wesley Edens of New Fortress Energy, and only last week the same company distributed leaflets in the Shannon and Clare area promoting the use of liquefied natural gas and quoting all three...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: So the future is dependency on fossil fuels.