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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Maternity Hospital (3 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: We do not want a church-controlled one.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Maternity Hospital (3 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: I am not worried about the cost.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Maternity Hospital (3 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: Has the Minister listened to the Bishop of Elphin?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Maternity Hospital (3 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: That is good.

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: Amendment No. 3 in my name and in the names of my colleagues in People Before Profit-Solidarity states: To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following:“notes:— that maternity hospitals are not just for supporting women through childbirth but should provide the full range of reproductive health services, with due respect to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (3 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 31. To ask the Minister for Health If he will examine delays in parents accessing speech and language therapy for their children in the Crumlin area of the HSE specifically in the case of a person (details supplied); and his plans to ensure vulnerable children at a key developmental age are not left without key services such as these. [20803/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (3 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 34. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he has taken to address the significant shortfall in OT and SLT therapists to provide the inputs for children with disabilities outlined in the service statement under the Disability Act; the way he plans to remedy this staff deficit, including the increased deficit which would occur if statutory deadlines were kept; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (3 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 71. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he has taken to address the significant staffing deficit leading to failure to keep to statutory deadlines for assessment and reporting on needs under the Disability Act; the way this staff deficit will be remedied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20804/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (3 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 104. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason children are being sent to private assessment services, such as from a particular company (details supplied); the reason after this initial assessment the HSE refuses to offer crucial follow up tests in the face of advice from the private companies it has employed to carry out initial assessment; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (3 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the hardship caused by the current limits placed on visas for persons visiting family members here (details supplied); if she will consider altering this or introducing a discretionary duration for visas in certain circumstances. [21032/17]

Rural Equality Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: Is that the Ceann Comhairle making it up or is it me?

Rural Equality Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: It was the Ceann Comhairle. I find it highly ironic that I am probably the only Dub in the House. I do not know about the guys working here, but I certainly feel like asking whether there any Dubs in the House at all. It is always made to look like there is an urban-rural divide behind this. However, most of the rural Deputies are from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael and it is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (4 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 36. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider putting in place a community led afforestation project coordinated by local authorities as part of a programme to tackle climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21113/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Lands (4 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 38. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the Coillte and South Dublin County Council plans for a location (details supplied); his views on whether this may be an inappropriate intervention in these important forest areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21112/17]

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: That is not what the Taoiseach said.

Priority Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (9 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he plans to take to achieve targets on greenhouse gas emissions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21824/17]

Priority Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (9 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: There are some in this world who will deny that climate change is actually a problem. Some of them control the most important and powerful countries in the world.

Priority Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (9 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: Indeed. In case people did not hear Deputy Stanley, he referred to County Kerry. I am astonished at the lack of urgency from the Minister and the Government. There is no sense that we are in trouble. In fact, the estimates for the scale of possible fines for not reaching our targets by 2030 are in the region of between €3.5 billion and €5.5 billion. If the estimate of...

Priority Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (9 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: Do I not get to come back?

Priority Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (9 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: I believe more energy is spent on looking for greater flexibility in how we can measure our targets rather than actually reducing them. I will offer two examples. One has already been mentioned and it relates to transport. We have a budget of some €10 billion for transport and we intend spending two thirds of it on roads. That does not deal with what needs to be dealt with, which...