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Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: The Taoiseach knows that the Bill to which I am referring would change the law.

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: It would change the law.

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: But the Minister is extending licences to drill more.

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: I was not going to start in this way because it sounds sort of Dickensian, and it is, but having listened to some of the Government Deputies eulogise the budget, I want to start by reading a letter I got in my constituency office from a neighbour who lives on the road near me in Ballyfermot. It reads: I went to my parents’ home at 9 p.m. tonight. My mam had the bottle gas fire...

Transport in Galway and Other Areas: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Independent Group for tabling this motion. How we deal with the central issues of transport, climate change and future planning for our society is important for Galway and every region and city in the country. This morning, I listened to an interview with an economist about planning our economy. He was critical of the approach taken by the Government on all levels. One example...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: This Saturday, at 1 o'clock in Parnell Square, tens of thousands of people will gather to march under the Raise the Roof banner to demand action on the housing emergency. The Government consistently refuses to call what we are living through a housing emergency. Ten years of failure by consecutive Governments on this issue have created the alienation and despair we are now witnessing...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: Why does the Taoiseach not call it a housing emergency?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: What is the-----

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Bodies (15 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 311. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Ireland plans to engage with the IMF on its policy of austerity, with particular concern for the way that this policy is impacting on the public sector wage bills, education, especially girls' education and development outcomes in lower-income countries benefitting from Ireland's foreign aid; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (15 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 589. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a scheduled procedure for a person (details supplied) was cancelled at short notice; if his attention has been drawn to impact that this has had on the person's physical and mental health; when the person will receive the necessary procedure; if he will provide the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56665/22]

Abuse at Certain Educational Institutions: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: On behalf of People Before Profit I express our solidarity to the victims. I thank those who came forward to raise this issue and brought it into the public eye. We owe them a deep debt of gratitude. There was something different about this particular revelation. We have been heaped with revelations of abuse of men, women and children by clerics and the churches over recent decades. What...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the violation of the right to adequate housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57950/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Irish Sign Language (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 483. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if clarification will be provided in relation to a statement (details supplied) regarding the delay in publishing the first report on the operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017; the legal matter that is holding up the publication of the report; if his attention has been drawn to reports that members of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 641. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the reason that an aspect of an agreed programme of care and rehabilitation for a person (details supplied) with a brain injury has been withdrawn thereby compromising their best chances of a full recovery; if efforts will be made to ensure that this phase of their rehabilitation will be reinstated; when the next phase will take...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: I thank the witnesses. I came in with a set of questions based on having read one of the submissions and I have completely different questions now. I have found the meeting interesting. This is all connected. We seem to be in trouble with our land use and we urgently need to do something. I appreciate the optimism, particularly from Dr. Moran, about how we can do this and what we can do....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: This question is a bit like asking how long is a piece of string. It is worrying that we either need legislation or we need to incentivise farmers and those who live on the land in a proper way, and it does not seem that either of these things are being done. We seem to be hanging somewhere in the middle. Perhaps we need a bit of both approaches.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: I thank Dr. Moran.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: I enjoyed our guest speakers’ presentation and that of Dublin Bus, in particular, because I was struck by the fact that the advertisement it brought out for recruitment was very relevant. It showed all of these drivers being thanked and the slogan was to ask what other job could one do in which one is thanked hundreds of times a day. It is true, as Dublin is unique in that people do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: I address my first question to the NTA and I wish to address a further question then to that body.