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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: Regardless?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: Is it also the case that all of the people who fall under the categories of vulnerability will never be cut off because they depend on equipment, such as an electric chair, a hoist for their child, etc. Will they never be cut off?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: Yes, of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: Yes, but for non-payment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: Last, is there a timeframe for the piece around the district heating system?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (20 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: 69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which future supports for people to deal with energy costs will be administered in view of the fact that some groups such as Travellers were unable to access the previous grants in the same manner as most people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45739/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (20 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: 89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the sectoral ceilings for greenhouse gas emissions as announced are compliant with the Climate Act 2021 and with the states obligations under the Paris Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45737/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (20 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: 102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will examine the current liberalised energy system and its impact on energy prices; if his department will look at the policies of other States that have moved to some forms of renationalisation of energy generation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45740/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: 98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify the policy in relation to building a liquefied national gas terminal here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45736/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: 115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has examined reports on the use of the current energy crisis by the fossil fuel industry to expand its growth and infrastructure; if he is concerned about this trend in relation to the state’s climate targets; and if the advocacy for liquefied natural gas within the Government poses a threat to Ireland's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: 326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many schools have been unable to fill their allocated teaching posts and some schools have reported up to eight unfilled teaching posts, and that principals and staff have significant concerns about the increasing difficulty of delivering the expected level of education to the children in their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: 497. To ask the Minister for Health if firefighters in Dublin Fire Brigade are entitled to the €1000 pandemic bonus payment for frontline workers; when they and staff in private nursing homes may expect payment; the number of workers who are entitled to this payment and who remain unpaid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45529/22]

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: There is no doubt we are facing a real crisis. It is a crisis that has millions of people fearful of their next bill with thousands more being pushed into that situation daily, who are not being officially recognised. We have hundreds of thousands of people officially recognised as living in energy poverty, but hundreds of thousands more are not recognised. By the end of the crisis,...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: -----if Liz Truss decided to turn it off. Repeatedly over the years reliance on British gas has been held up as a reason for not finding our own oil and gas. I will repeat again what many have confirmed, which is that there is no threat to our gas supplies from Britain.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: There is no threat to our gas supplies from Britain. Reliance on Britain would only be replaced by reliance on North American fracked gas or LNG from Qatar or another similar dictatorship. I am in favour of eliminating our reliance on British and North Sea gas. The quicker we do it the better but we should not replace it with reliance on a different source of oil or gas. The war in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (21 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: 53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 14 September 2022, the way that the twin goals of sustainable communities and long term tenancies are advanced in the case of a tenant who has resided in a council home for over 30 years and who has recently married, yet now finds that they are barred and delayed from availing of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to support the proposal of the board of management of a school (details supplied) to use the already sanctioned ASD class for students with an ASD diagnosis already enrolled in the school and on their own waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46233/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: 17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position in relation to new BusConnects routes and scheduled implementation of same in Dublin given the difficulties in recruiting and retaining drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45703/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: 43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will detail the shortfall in bus driver numbers in all public service obligation service providers including Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus and Go Ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45694/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: 89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the current difficulties in Bus Éireann in relation to the retention of drivers and its impact on services across Ireland; if he has any plans to raise these shortages with the National Transport Authority or company management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45696/22]