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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the UN General Assembly. [51717/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (25 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [51716/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (25 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 20. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the international unit of his Department. [51718/22]

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 1: To insert the following after "reduce the cost of travel for commuters currently excluded": "— public transport fares to be abolished from the start of 2023, including for commercial bus and rail operators, and investment to ensure free public transport is also fast and frequent". I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion. It is good to...

Social and Affordable Housing Supply: Motion [Private Members] (26 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: When the Minister, Deputy Noonan, walked in here this morning I asked him why he was here and not the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy O'Brien. He said he had pulled the short straw, and indeed he has. I have noticed that the Minister, unusually, has put in an amendment to our motion. We have been listening to Private Members’ motions for months now where...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland (26 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the shared island dialogue All-Island Women's Forum civic initiative. [53233/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (25 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average annual cost of electricity and gas charged to households since 1990 to date; and the way that the cost relates to the average annual EU prices for same in tabular form. [52753/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (25 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has undertaken any research into the effects of the liberalisation on energy prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52754/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (25 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the Commission for Regulation of Utilities ceased to have any role in setting prices for household gas and household electricity prices; his views on whether this move was good policy; if he plans to introduce such a role for the Commission in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52755/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (25 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 283. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are plans to host a reception for the Irish women’s football team following their success in getting to the World Cup finals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52944/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Marine Environment (25 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on Ireland’s marine protected areas [53276/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (25 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 343. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a recent speech by a person (details supplied) in which they compared Europe to a garden and the world to a jungle; his views on whether these comments were inappropriate and insensitive; his plans to call for a retraction of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52941/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (25 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 499. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a situation in a centre for Ukrainian refugees in Cork (details supplied), in which parents and their children have reported being very cold and requests to turn on the heating have been met with threats of eviction and foul language; the policy regarding heating in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (25 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 504. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will investigate allegations of unacceptable behaviour by management of a hostel for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will outline the person or body that is responsible for and the way oversight of these centres is being carried out and maintained; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 603. To ask the Minister for Health the number of qualified educational psychologists currently working within primary care services; the number of qualified educational psychologists currently working within children and adolescent mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52899/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (25 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 767. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the UK-Australia beef trade deal and the effect that it will have on Ireland [53275/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (25 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 768. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the way that Ireland’s agriculture sector will reach it’s emissions reductions goals [53277/22]

Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: Much has been said about this issue, not because we have had plenty of time to discuss the Bill, but because we have been kicking back and saying we are not willing to forgo pre-legislative scrutiny and that we do not have enough time to discuss the detail of the Bill. This is setting a very bad precedent, in particular for the Green Party. At the first sign of the crisis, the Government...

Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: I will speak briefly to amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive. On amendment No. 1, it has already been said that it looks like we are effectively tearing up the Planning and Development Act by pushing this and scrapping environmental impact assessments and habitat directives. At the very least we need to be sure that this applies only to the existing suggested industrial power generation sites...

Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 2: In page 4, to delete lines 21 to 25 and substitute the following: “(3) The designated development is a project not likely to have significant effects on the environment in this or another state.”.