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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (8 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will be attending the COP27 conference in Egypt; if his attention has been drawn to the grave human rights abuses of environmentalists and climate campaigners by the Egyptian state; if he will meet with representatives of human rights organisations while there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55315/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (8 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: On Friday, young people in Fridays for Future, student organisations and Extinction Rebellion will gather outside the House as part of global action on COP27. They will not be praising the Taoiseach or the Minister for action but will be commenting on inaction. They will be carrying clocks with them to symbolise the fact we are running out of time. They are also very aware that COP27 is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (8 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Minister. I want to mention the highest-profile political prisoner in Egypt, Alaa Abd el-Fattah. He has been on hunger strike since April. He has been languishing in jail for ten years because he was an activist and an environmentalist. Since he took over the regime, el-Sisi has built a dozen prisons in ten years. There are 60,000 activists locked up. This week many people...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (8 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: The problem is, however, that the funding of human rights groups and countries that suffer the most, although it is important, will not deal with the problem of the rising CO2levels in the atmosphere. The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide has increased from 358 parts per million in 1994 to 415 parts per million today. The Minister and I understand this is hugely problematic and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: Last night, on Virgin Media television, the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, said that local authorities should buy up premises where evictions are taking place. A mass eviction will take place at Tathony House on Bow Lane, Dublin 8, which is in my constituency. On Monday night, Dublin City Council addressed the issue because an emergency motion was brought before it by our councillor, Ms...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: There is never a block of apartments that is fully dependent on the housing list or fully private.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: They are mixed.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (8 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has examined a recent report on offshore wind energy (details supplied); if recent withdrawals by named corporations from projects confirm the necessity of direct state involvement in offshore wind development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55318/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (8 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 17. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions that his Department has taken to ensure that SEAI schemes will not see homeowners forced to pay upfront the full costs of energy efficiency work undertaken by contractors from 1 January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55317/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (8 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has had any communication with the Port of Cork authorities in relation to their support for an LNG facility; if the authority is bound by Government policy in relation to the development of LNGs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55314/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has examined the recent UN report which found that globally, the world is nowhere near reaching targets of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees' Celsius, and is on course for warming of over 2 degrees' Celsius; his views on whether global failure is mirrored by Ireland’s ongoing failure to limit and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (8 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures that his Department has taken to ensure that the €200 electricity credit is received by groups who do not have an MPRN number, including persons on Traveller halting sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55319/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (8 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department is reconsidering allowing post offices to become community banks, permitting them to provide all financial services and facilities that banks currently do but with increased advantages and value for communities and ensuring the survival of these important service providers into the future; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the failure to provide services on the new BusConnects 60 route in Ballyfermot; the measures that he intends to take to ensure that persons in this area of Ballyfermot have a functioning public transport system, given that the BusConnects programme removed the old 79 route for a planned hourly...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Post Office Network (8 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 296. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is reconsidering allowing post offices to become community banks, permitting them to provide all financial services and facilities that banks currently do but with increased advantages and value for communities and ensuring the survival of these important service providers into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (8 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that owners of defective apartments in Dublin south central should take given that they have each recently received a bill for €8,500 to be paid within 30 days as the first payment for remedial work on their apartment complex; if he will acknowledge that this is an unacceptable financial imposition on these...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (8 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 415. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to reports that many owners of defective apartments are facing immediate demands for substantial payments from management companies for remedial work, and in one case in Dublin, face the loss of basement car park spaces as a result of the enforcement of safety notices; when the residents of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 609. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to recent instructions to teachers and principals to conduct assessments of educational needs on behalf of the HSE under the AON process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55322/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (8 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 697. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will publish the child maintenance review group report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55119/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (8 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 698. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has any plans to act upon the recommendations and findings, when published, of the child maintenance review group report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55120/22]