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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: There is a view, and it might be argued by the Ministers here, that if you give people a rise in their income, it leads to spiralling inflation. That is nonsense. There has not been a decent rise in income for most workers in this country for years. The ICTU reckons that over the past two years, workers have lost about €2,500 of their income because of inflation. The Tánaiste...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: What about taxing profits? There should be an increase in tax on profits.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: Abdullah al-Howaiti was a 14-year-old boy when he was arrested and tortured until he confessed to a crime he could not have committed. In November 2021, the Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia overturned the decision to kill him. On 13 June 2022, only three days ago, the court of appeal upheld the death sentence. Will the Tánaiste call on this despotic regime, which he recently visited, to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: I will send the Tánaiste the petition.

Special Educational Needs: Statements (16 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: I wish to draw a parallel. I attended at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Gender Equality this morning at which there were presentations from groups involved in care work and some academics. It was interesting that the same issue arose about not knowing the full extent of the care needs, the numbers of carers and those who undertake care work in the country. It is, therefore, difficult...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (14 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the recent report on the roll-out of electric vehicles in the State; and the measures that he intends to take to ensure greater provision of charging facilities and greater access to electric vehicles among the general population. [30737/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (14 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to ensure that public transport providers such as Dublin Bus or a company (details supplied) have dedicated electric vehicle chargers at their depots to encourage staff to use electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30738/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (14 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: 80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commission a study to examine the impact of fare reductions and the provision of greater fare-free travel on public transport in view of recent moves in Germany and elsewhere to reduce monthly fares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30735/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (14 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: 98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any contact or discussion with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the signing of a S.I. to give effect to changes in the regular wages scheme of CIÉ workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30739/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Law (14 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: 165. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the position in relation to section 357 of the Companies Act of 2014 will be clarified, specifically in relation to the exemption which allows each subsidiary to submit the financial statements of the parent company instead of its own as in the case of a company (details supplied). [29006/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (14 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: 179. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021; if he intends to support the referral of the Bill to Committee Stage in advance of the anniversary of the Second Stage reading of the Bill on 30 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29743/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (14 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: 180. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will publish or make available to the public any submissions made to his Department in relation to the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29758/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (14 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: 238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of environmental permits issued by the Environmental Protection Agency; the dates of issue of same for industrial and greenhouse gases to operators of data centres; the total annual purchase of emission allowances through the European Union emissions trading system from these permits in tabular form; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Usage (14 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: 239. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the new Eirgrid restrictions on data centre connections to the national grid relate only to new applicants or those already approved by Eirgrid for connection; the number of approved but unconnected applications from data centre developments that Eirgrid expect to connect in the coming years; the locations of new...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (14 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: 293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 176 and 178 of 12 May 2022, if he can specify the actual number of lost or missed departures from each terminal where a scheduled departure did not happen on the route concerned and not just the average of lost kilometres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30009/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Statutory Instruments (14 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: 434. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects to make a decision on the proposed statutory instrument, S.I. that relates to the regular wages scheme of CIÉ workers; the expected timeline for signing-off on the proposed S.I.; the discussions and potential difficulties with the proposed S.I.; if his Department has held discussions with other bodies in relation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Welfare (14 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: 523. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of licences that have been issued in the past ten years for the capture and killing of protected wild birds and animals for educational or scientific purposes; the species and numbers of birds and animals affected; the nature of the educational or scientific purposes; the method of capture; the number that were...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Welfare (14 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: 524. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to at least 320 birds, five seals, five hares and a rabbit that were among the animals used in experiments at in University College Cork in 2021; if they were captured from the wild; the method of capture; if licences were granted to allow same; if so, the conditions attached to the licences;...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Data Centres (14 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: 531. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of operative data centres in the State at present; the number of centres approved but not yet built; the number awaiting planning approval; the number of those in the process of being built if these are not captured in the previous categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30318/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (14 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: 898. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the plight of two persons (details supplied) on hunger strike in Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly and with the Israeli authorities. [31003/22]