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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (13 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 339. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is aware of insurers writing to consumers on the issue of the danger of having homes underinsured, and so on; if the companies are now using the issue of potential underinsurance as a mechanism to reduce potential pay-outs to tenants for certain claims; if any regulatory authority under his Department has received any complaints or...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 379. To ask the Minister for Finance if he can clarify (details supplied) in relation to the residential zoned land tax. [27918/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if changes made by his Department now require a tenant to have resided in their home for ten years before accessing this scheme in relation to the tenant purchase scheme for local authority tenants, or if years previously spent on social housing supports, and so on, count towards this ten-year period; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Pollution (13 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his Department have had any correspondence or discussion with officials from Northern Ireland in relation to defective slurry/effluent tanks built and operated in Northern Ireland which discharge into waterways feeding into the South; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27109/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Pollution (13 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can detail how compliance with EU nitrates directives and other environmental protection regulations are enforced or monitored along the Border counties when potential harmful discharges into waterways may be occurring in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27111/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Pollution (13 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can detail in the event of pollution and damage being caused to waterways in the Republic of Ireland from effluent originating in Northern Ireland the actions his Department or the State can take at EU level or with UK authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27113/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 761. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a series of matters (details supplied) will be clarified in relation to the tenant in situ purchase scheme in cases in which a local authority is interested in purchasing a house that is for sale with tenants on social housing supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28105/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 792. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify if there is a limit on the amount of savings a person can have if they are to be successful in obtaining an additional needs payment; if she will clarify what this limit is; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27254/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (13 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 1082. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can detail the procedures and systems in place in the Citywest centre for IPO applicants, specifically in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28078/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (13 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 1242. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to establish a formal agreement to address the following: the pay disparity of Section 39 organisations; a multi-annual, sustainable funding model for voluntary organisations; a review of the out-of-date Health Act 2004, which does not reflect the reality and essential nature of services provided by Section 39 organisations; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (15 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can detail the actions that the Climate Action Plan for 2024 will take that will address the projected overshoot in the first carbon budget identified in the Environmental Protection Agency projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28757/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (15 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has plans to ensure the Commission for Regulation of Utilities will regulate the prices charged to consumers on district heating systems; if he has plans to change the current charging system that apply to district heating systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28759/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (15 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify when his Department will issue a money message or a reasoned response for the Petroleum and other Minerals Development (Climate Emergency) Amendment Bill; if he can clarify why this has taken his Department this length of time to issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28758/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (15 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 253. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will investigate the reason that an autistic person's home support hours have been reduced by an autism support service (details supplied); what process to appeal this reduction is open to the person affected; if this person's care plan can be unilaterally changed like this; if the HSE will ensure that...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: I want to raise a separate matter. Last week, the Taoiseach agreed with me that we should have a debate on data centres. At that time, we did not have the report from Bitpower, which tells us that there are now 82 data centres operating in the Republic. Last July, the figure was 75. We know that data centre usage is taking up 18% of our national grid at the moment, and that figure will...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: The Taoiseach recently told The Irish Timesthat he was happy to have led a Government that repealed the eighth amendment. However, he is not so happy to make changes to the legislation that are clearly needed. He said he would have to think long and hard before making any changes to the legislation. The Bill I put to the House that passed Second Stage here has now been referred to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet [29537/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Data (20 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland, overseen by his Department [29538/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Equality Issues (20 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 26. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department’s public sector duty equality and human rights assessment. [29539/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: This question is pretty similar to the previous one. If the Tánaiste does not mind, rather than repeating the question, I will just follow on the train thought of the discussion he has just had with Deputies Nash and Cronin. I ask him to repeat what he said about the groups he met. He said it very quickly. He said he met various groups in the Defence Forces, retired members of the...