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

Bríd Smith: I have written to the Minister. We need to do something about it.

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024)

Bríd Smith: Mar is eol do chách, tá daoine agus ár dteanga ag fulaingt go géar mar gheall ar an ngéarchéim tithíochta sa Ghaeltacht. Tá sé ag éirí níos measa gach uile lá. Cé go bhfuil líon na gcainteoirí taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht ag fás de réir a chéile, níl sé sin mar atá sa Ghaeltacht...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Waste Management (11 Jul 2024)

Bríd Smith: 25. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the recent threats by residential waste management companies to increase waste removal prices due to the loss of profits; if he is considering price controls or other measures to mitigate further increases in the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30465/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (11 Jul 2024)

Bríd Smith: 29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is planning further legislative changes to the minimum rates of pay and work conditions for security officers in the security industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30467/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (11 Jul 2024)

Bríd Smith: 287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it has been drawn to her attention the distress and hardship that much-needed migrant workers suffer as a result of not being able to bring their families to live with them; that the family reunion policy has been under review for the past 12 months, and this delay is compounding the distress of working migrants; if she...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Sep 2024)

Bríd Smith: 627.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason work on a school (details supplied), has not yet commenced despite a promised date of week beginning 19 August 2024; will she acknowledge the urgency and pressing need for this work to begin; to clearly outline what the delay is; when this vital work will start; and if she will make a statement on the matter.[35104/24]

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

Bríd Smith: 925.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has plans to reintroduce the household benefits package for carers, many of whom are struggling to make ends meet, while carrying out invaluable work; if there are also plans to scrap means testing for those applying for carers allowance; if there are any further supports planned for those engaged in this important...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 Sep 2024)

Bríd Smith: 1699.To ask the Minister for Health the stage reached in developing ADHD services for CH0 7t; if these services are now operational given it was stated that they would be by quarter 3 of 2023; the services that are now available; if further services are planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34351/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Sep 2024)

Bríd Smith: 1805.To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify when non-medical job opportunities at the new Children’s Hospital will be advertised so that local people can apply; will there be a reserve of positions for local people and will he indicate when and where the positions will be advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35105/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Sep 2024)

Bríd Smith: 1888.To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who urgently needs surgery for a severe coronary issue will receive same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35610/24]

Disability and Special Needs Provision: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2024)

Bríd Smith: I thank those in the Gallery who have come here today and who consistently campaign for their children, all our children and all of us with the work they do. I congratulate Greg from Ballymun and his missus, Celine, because they have fought like tigers in Finglas and got their son a place when, up to the last minute, he had not got one. Likewise, to Nicola O'Dea. I do not think she is here...

Disability and Special Needs Provision: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2024)

Bríd Smith: Let me come to that. She does not address how she is going to engage the 375 extra clinicians that the HSE says we need to clear that waiting list for assessment of need. There is not a word about that. Nor do we hear, as Deputy Boyd Barrett pointed out there, about the 110,000 children waiting for therapies. There is a 30% overall void in the number of therapists available. The Minister...

Disability and Special Needs Provision: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2024)

Bríd Smith: Problem solved.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Bríd Smith: The Tánaiste categorically rejected that the planes went through the country's airspace.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Jul 2024)

Bríd Smith: 2047.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the Expert Review Body on Nursing and Midwifery recommended that the CNM2 salary scale would be extended by the addition of one further scale point and the introduction of a long-service increment; if he is aware that to date this has not been applied to that grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31210/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Jul 2024)

Bríd Smith: 2048.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the vital role that clinical nurse midwife specialists play in the public health services; when they can expect recommended incremental pay increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31211/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Services Provision (18 Sep 2024)

Bríd Smith: 375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, under section 26 of the Disability Act 2005, each public body is required to have an access officer; the number and which local authorities have employed local access officers to improve public services for people with disabilities; if she will encourage local authorities to fill these roles immediately; the way local...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (18 Sep 2024)

Bríd Smith: 638. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to ban the use of commercial sunbeds, given that research has shown the increased likelihood of melanoma in those who use them; if he is aware that An Tánaiste has recently said they should be banned; the steps being taken to do so; to provide a timeframe for the ban; if there plans for a public awareness campaign as to the danger of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Oct 2024)

Bríd Smith: 210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants and special needs teachers working under her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38923/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)

Bríd Smith: Pass the occupied territories Bill.