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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: It is not agreed. On Wednesday, there is a motion that calls for the extension of the temporary business energy support scheme, TBESS, without debate. We think this is wrong. There needs to be a debate on this extension, considering that there are some very profitable companies availing of this subsidy, including high energy users such as data centres. There are no criteria around the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the shocking treatment of the workers in Tesco. This is a hugely profitable firm the great success of which in this country has mainly been achieved on the back of its loyal workforce. However, there has been shameful treatment of workers employed by the company prior to 1996. Effectively, these people have either driven out of their jobs because of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [22823/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 21. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [22824/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 33. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on a humanitarian response to Ukraine will next meet. [22825/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Poverty: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. The figures jumped out at me. The stark reports are very important and useful tools for anybody making an argument around the various questions they raise. The first point is obviously that the one-off measures the Government took in the latest budget, although welcome, did not solve the problem. Many of us argued at the time that the approach...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Poverty: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: Does Ms Petrie think the pay-as-you-go system should be reviewed as something that is not advisable? Would it be better to see more people on a plan and with supports and a better income instead of using the pay-as-you-go system? I suspect that many of the people who come to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul are using that system and that is where the trouble starts.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Defence Forces (24 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the high-level action plan for the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [24735/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (24 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department’s Strategy Statement 2021-2023; and if he plans to update those goals. [24733/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (24 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 28. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [24734/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can clarify, in relation to delays with certain school building projects, when a project is at the stage where a tender report is under review by her Department; if consideration is given during this review of the possibility of builders or other contractors pulling out of the project because of protracted delays; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (16 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide clarity on three issues concerning legislation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23131/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (16 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can clarify whether the TFI Real Time information app will have the same coverage and scope as the current Dublin Bus app; if he will further clarify whether route-60 will have real-time information on the TFI app; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23140/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (16 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify the position on defective building materials; the agency responsible for oversight in this area; if he will further clarify the protections that are available to new homeowners in terms of current house building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22424/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (16 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to increase the rate of pay for those working on jobs initiative schemes in light of significant increases in the cost of living, given that most of these workers are doing substantial work in their communities and are struggling to make ends meet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23082/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Foreign Conflicts (16 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 481. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he can clarify, given the crisis in Sudan, the pathways that exist for family reunification for Irish citizens with family members still trapped in Sudan; the efforts being made to support the relatives and families still there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22395/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: Today marks the fifth anniversary of the repeal victory, a categoric and historic victory of a campaign that was run and led in particular by young women but by men and women throughout this country, the length and breadth, and east to west. That campaign really forced the politicians to sit up, wake up and smell the coffee. What people said at that time was, mostly: give women a choice and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: I understand that you do not turn a ship around overnight but, seriously, it took us decades to get to the point where we had a referendum to repeal the eighth. The review was commissioned, it was delayed in being published, and it is categorically clear in its recommendations. For example, the criminalisation of abortion in the law is the only aspect of medicine that is criminalised - the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: I am not attacking it. My colleague is on the committee.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Today marks the fifth anniversary of the magnificent repeal referendum vote. Thankfully, the situation for pregnant people in this country has improved massively since people voted overwhelmingly to trust women and repeal the eighth amendment. Abortion is available on request up to 12 weeks of pregnancy and, beyond that, in very limited...