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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: On the last point, Shannonwatch has reported a huge increase since October in the number of US military flights stopping over in Shannon. That means something. I do not know where the Tánaiste gets that level of confidence that there is no military use of the aircraft that are stopping in Shannon because we do not inspect them. We do not get on board and inspect the cargo, see who the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: It would be grand if the planes were inspected. We might believe the Tánaiste.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: That is what everyone is saying except the Tánaiste.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: This is ridiculous; we are talking about a genocide happening in Gaza.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: And the Tánaiste keeps slipping away from the crucial question I am asking him.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: What about the behaviour of the US as a state? What about the ironclad guarantee to Israel? Is that okay?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: An ironclad guarantee is not an assertion.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: In many shapes and forms it undermines our policy. Let us be honest about it.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: The BusConnects plan is ploughing ahead across Dublin. We in People Before Profit truly welcome improved public transport. I always advocate for free, frequent public transport as a means to alleviate traffic problems and to help climate initiatives. The Minister for Transport disagrees. Having said that, there are serious problems with how BusConnects is being implemented, mostly because...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: The Department, which takes a hands-off approach, says that the NTA deals with these matters and it does not.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: We need an intervention by the Department to tell the NTA to talk to the community.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: At the end of Covid, there was a day in the civic centre, when everybody was not coming out, to show maps etc., but there was no consultation on the infrastructure.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the significant delays in processing teachers’ service papers from abroad and the impact on teachers who have returned to teach in Ireland; if she will acknowledge the welcome return of much-needed teachers but concede to the fact that the higher cost of living and exorbitant rents, especially in Dublin and other...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 768. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to increase the current grant of €3,000 to cover costs such as flooring and white goods to help families moving out of homeless accommodation into new-build social homes which are often completely bare, in light of the increases in costs around the provision and installation of flooring, white...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (9 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 1031. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 21 March 2024, to detail the two consignment of cattle shipped to Israel specifically when these shipments were made; the number of cattle involved and the private entity that arranged it; to further clarify if Department officials inspected these consignments; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Facilities (9 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 1108. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a formal report on how it is known that asbestos is present in the Royal City of Dublin Hospital building (details supplied); and if there are other defects with the building. [14296/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (9 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 1463. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the long waiting lists to access the HIV preventative drug PrEP for those who cannot afford to obtain it privately or via the drug payment scheme; if there are plans to improve public access; if so, if he will outline these plans and provide a timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14691/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will use compulsory purchase vacant and derelict properties to address the worsening homelessness crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15713/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: On the Taoiseach's first day of Leaders' Questions, it is quite a coincidence that he is being questioned by both the previous speaker and me on the abortion legislation. Last night's programme exposed the ongoing denial of abortion rights to a significant number of women in this country six years after repeal. It was interesting that it opened with a clip of the Taoiseach in Dublin Castle...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: Marie O'Shea has said courage is needed. Will the Taoiseach use his famous slogan about new energy to implement a review immediately?