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

Bríd Smith: Could the Tánaiste just run through it again, please? Before he answers, what is the purpose of meeting them all if the point of this was to address the concerns of the Women of Honour?

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

Bríd Smith: Could the Tanaiste-----

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

Bríd Smith: I might flesh out the question a bit more. On the terms of reference, the Women of Honour group presented the Tánaiste with what it recommended as terms of reference, which should be broader and would make an inquiry more transparent and open. It wants it to be more public. Does meeting the group to deal with its terms of reference, choices, queries and preferences mean that if the...

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

Bríd Smith: I do not want to draw this out. I am trying to work it out in my head as well. The Tánaiste shared the draft terms of reference with everybody. The Women of Honour came back with their suggestions on them, which included 15 grounds that an inquiry should investigate, and asked for openness and full transparency. We know, very publicly, that Women of Honour came back with its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonisation of the Heat Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: This is fascinating stuff and there have been very good submissions from everyone. I do not know enough about it to be able to challenge any of it but I do not think it is challengeable. It is very interesting and positive. It does look like it will be the future for heating buildings, particularly in the context of the measures we have to take to reduce our emissions, and it is very...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: We want to express our full solidarity and support for the workers in Iceland in Coolock who have gone in this morning and occupied their store. The Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, met with Naeem Maniar, the new owner of the Iceland chain of stores in this country, which employs 344 people. We are now seeing a pick-off effect with stores being closed. As it happens, staff in the two...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: Will the Minister express solidarity with those workers who were locked out of their jobs today? Having shown respect to the employer by meeting it, will he meet the workers-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: -----and find out what myriad of opaque operations are going to be put in place in another Debenhams-style closure?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: Does this sound a bit like another Debenhams to the Minister? It does to me.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (21 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the first progress report for the first quarter of 2023 of the climate action plan. [29546/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (21 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: The context for this discussion is that report on the climate action plan and its progress. It is remarkable to hear a report from the Taoiseach that did not mention that the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, recently told us the first two carbon budgets will not be met. Not only will they not be met, they will not be met by a significant amount. The EPA predicts at best a 29%...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 18. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will next meet. [29547/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: Any serious economy will depend on workers to function. This is why I keep raising the question of workers' rights, as I did this morning on the issue of Iceland workers who have been locked out of their jobs. I will raise another such issue, namely, that of the security workers who were awarded a relatively tiny increase in their pay more than a year ago, which has been blocked by the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 30. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the meeting of the European Political Community on 1 June 2023. [29548/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (20 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to clarify if a social welfare claimant selected for participation in a programme (details supplied) is obliged to sign a PPP; if they do not, if there can be any sanctions applied by her Department; if the claimant has the right to appeal such sanctions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29640/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she can clarify if Seetec have been awarded the contract for operating the JobPath programme; the costs of this award; the length of time the company will operate it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29665/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Grant Payments (20 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 554. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Pobal will provide details on the reasons a grant application was refused for a child care facility (details supplied) in Dublin 10; if an application for this grant can be made again or when it can be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29739/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (21 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can detail what progress has been made on signing off on the promised pension increase for An Post workers; if he can further clarify the timeframe for same, given the length of time retired workers have been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30007/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (21 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he can detail the position in relation to the implementation of the security sector ERO, specifically, when the case will be heard in the High Court; the State's position on the current injunction against the ERO by some employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30008/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (21 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he can clarify whether his officials will attend the next hearing of the High Court into the injunction taken by employers against the security sector ERO; if he has discussed this issue with his officials or legal team; if he has sought the advice of the Attorney General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30124/23]