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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: I thank our guests for coming in and for their presentation. I want to refer back to district heating because we discovered last week as part of the energy and cost-of-living crises that the existing district heating schemes are not regulated by the CRU. Did the SEAI know that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: So Ms McCarthy was aware that district heating schemes are not regulated by CRU. The cost to the individual homeowner is about three times the cost she or I would pay, plus they cannot go to bonkers.ie and move to another supplier because they are tied in. Was she aware of all of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: Because we are all stuck for time, I want to make the point that the definition of one versus the other should be clarified because thousands of people, particularly those living in apartments, are being subjected to punitive rates of energy costs and they do not have the option to go to bonkers.ieand move supplier, which is serious. If the SEAI can make any progress in developing that, it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: Yes. I am baffled by the decision of the SEAI in that regard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: That is not what I am referencing. This contractor has been informed by the SEAI - I have this in writing here in front of me - that changes to the individual energy upgrade grants to come into effect on 1 January 2023 will mean that the homeowner is liable for the full cost of the works upfront. That is what I am referencing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: I can send Mr. Randles a copy of this letter. It clearly states that changes to the scheme are forcing this contractor to refuse to apply for the grant on behalf of homeowners.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: I have to go. I thank the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2023 (13 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 43. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if applicants for the fuel allowance under the new threshold guidelines announced in Budget 2023, who will now qualify for the payment from 1 January 2023, will receive the additional grant support of €400 announced for fuel allowance recipients; if not, the additional supports which she intends to provide for such...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (13 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the current tendering out of a service (details supplied) will be subject to any review or oversight by her Department in terms of its effects on the unemployed and their access to services, or the effects in terms of those employed in providing these services; if the process has resulted in any deterioration in terms of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Irish Sign Language (13 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 165. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish the final report by the National Disability Authority on the operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 that was provided to the Minister in July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50632/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (13 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 174. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will clarify his Department's response to the current impediments placed on the ERO for security workers; if he intends to take action on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50801/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (13 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 211. To ask the Minister for Finance if the names of the companies that access the temporary business energy support scheme will be published by his Department; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50800/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Energy Policy (13 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date that the social welfare double payment will be distributed; when the €500 payment for persons with a disability will be made; when the first €200 electricity credit will be applied to bill payers' accounts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50804/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (13 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 328. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the increase in the childcare subsidy for parents from €0.50 to €1.40 per hour will affect those currently on means tested childcare supports or just those on the universal scheme who do not receive means testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51015/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (12 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 58. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 5 October 2022, if funding from her Department to the National Aquatic Centre was used for services provided by an organisation (details supplied); if so, if she will provide the details; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50461/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (18 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 204. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in relation to Question 131 of October 6 2022, if he will provide the actual timeframe for work being completed / commenced and the number of applicants awaiting the work to be done, as distinct from the approval time for any work (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51573/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (18 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 281. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the €1,000 cost-of-living payment being made by two banks (details supplied) to their staff; if he will make inquiries as to the reason that staff of other banks are not being included in such a payment scheme; if he will encourage these financial institutions to follow suit; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (18 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 491 of 11 October 2022, if those in receipt of illness benefit will not be receiving the autumn bonus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51949/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (18 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 565. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will intervene in the case of a number of Ukrainian refugees who are currently accommodated in Killarney attending a college (details supplied) and are completing courses for progression to third level, who have received two days’ notice that they will be moved to another hotel in County Mayo; the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 719. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 6 October 2022, the reason that the Government is funding one cohort of trainees but not another, even though both are eligible for the same posts in child disability and psychology services post-qualification; the rationale behind this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51327/22]