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

Bríd Smith: I am conscious of time too and I am watching the clock.

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

Bríd Smith: If the Chairman would stop talking, I would have more time to ask my questions.

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

Bríd Smith: What are we going to do to address the question-----

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

Bríd Smith: ----- of the 60 bus in lower Ballyfermot? We have written to the NTA and are looking for a meeting with the authority. What will the authority do to address the backlog in Chapelizod and to address the Go-Ahead Ireland service on route 18? I also ask the NTA whether it would agree with me that the competition in the public transport system has created that race to the bottom and that...

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

Bríd Smith: Will the NTA meet the public representatives in the meantime because people in Ballyfermot and Inchicore are screaming at us and asking what is going on? I ask the NTA at least to have a meeting and explain to the public representatives in order that we can go back and explain to the public.

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

Bríd Smith: For people waiting at bus stops for hours and hours and not having any guarantee of when a service is coming; a week is a long time, never mind a month or two months, which Ms Graham is looking for.

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

Bríd Smith: I am very sorry to hear if Ms Graham calls that improvement.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (29 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the COP27 Climate Change Conference. [57479/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (29 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: Today, a young man from UCD Ronan Browne is taking the drastic action of a hunger and thirst strike to force some action on climate change. I support that young man. The behaviour of the Irish State has not inspired the young generation who are extremely worried about the future. There is a glaring contradiction between what the Taoiseach says and what he does. I previously asked him...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (29 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: Sorry, I asked the Taoiseach about Ireland’s stance. He said that he is happy to strike a balance-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (29 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: -----but he has not illustrated what that balance amounts to.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (29 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: It does not say.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (29 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: It says that the Government supports a balance.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (29 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: Yes, finance. They are balancing the needs of finance and the needs of the planet. How do they balance that?

COP27: Statements (29 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: I want to start by being absolutely honest about COP27 from my perspective. It has been a colossal failure and nothing of real substance has been achieved. As one report noted, it will make no difference whatsoever, the fossil fuel industry will continue to expand, greenhouse gas emissions will increase and the climate crisis will get worse. As if to copper-fasten this, the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Irish Sign Language (29 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the voucher scheme for users of Irish sign language to access free ISL and English interpreting for social, educational and cultural events and services including medical and other activities and the remote interpreting on demand service, will be permanently established; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (29 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government Housing his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59344/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the correct pay scale will be applied to the salary of a teacher (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59325/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (29 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 487. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider extending the closing date for the building block improvement grant scheduled for Friday 25 November 2022 (details supplied); if he will acknowledge this difficulty and grant an extension for submission of required paperwork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58769/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (29 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 512. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has plans to review the operations and workings of the core funding model and ECCE funding to childcare providers, especially in relation to the current cost-of-living crisis impact on smaller and local community providers, specifically if he has considered any increases or additional supports in funding...