Results 181-200 of 553 for children speaker:Bríd Smith

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (26 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: 314. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers who have signed up to the early childhood care and education scheme but who choose not to accept the affordable childcare scheme; the steps that his Department is taking to deal with the numbers of providers who will not accept the affordable childcare payments; the assistance...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...ask the Minister for Education and Skills when, the way and the reason that the National Council for Special Education’s new rule regarding professional reports advising on a suite of options for children with special needs in relation to their education will now no longer meet the criteria for enrolment in an ASD class; the consultation that took place in advance of this decision;...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (28 Apr 2022)

Bríd Smith: 236. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of childcare costs for each provider (details supplied), in tabular form. [21632/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 Apr 2022)

Bríd Smith: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the demand for school places for autistic children in the Dublin 12 area; her views on the lack of places in local schools (details supplied); her plans to provide and or increase places for autistic children in local schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21312/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (5 Apr 2022)

Bríd Smith: 564. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a home (details supplied) is included in the mother and baby homes redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18319/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (29 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 603. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no on-site therapists for children with special needs at a school (details supplied); if he will acknowledge that these supports are vital for children with special needs; if there are plans to ensure that on-site therapists will be available at the school in the near future; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: Yesterday I attended a protest at the Department of Justice for a woman. She and her husband have three children, one of whom was born in this country. She lived eight years in direct provision. She is from Pakistan and has just completed her degree in early childhood education. She has a deportation order hanging over her head. As somebody who believes in a world sans frontièresfor...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (22 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the impact that the lack of social housing is having on lone parents and their children (details supplied); when he expects that these parents who have been waiting for many years will be offered a social home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14705/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (22 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 650. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if we will examine the possibility of Ireland and the European Union initiating a refugee programme for Tibetan refugees who are currently in India but who are facing appalling conditions with little prospect of safely returning to their homelands soon; if he will support a European Union response to their...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (9 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 152. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress in bringing forward legislation for redress of victims of the mother and baby homes; when this legislation will come before Dáil Éireann; if interim payments will be available for survivors who may be in poor health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13212/22]

Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...the State treats its most vulnerable. Since I came into the Dáil in 2016, I and my colleagues here have had countless constituents coming to us in exasperation and despair about trying to get their children the care and supports they need. The first obstacle in a long list is the assessment of needs process. Those who are forewarned can simply go private or, most often, struggle to...

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...in Ukraine, Yemen, Afghanistan and Palestine, and, indeed, Syria and beyond. Wars, like all emergencies, be they related to housing, health, poverty or climate change, always affect women and children disproportionately. Of the 365 days in the year, we focus on this incredible inequality on only one. It is remarkable how inequality has been perpetuated down through the decades and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (3 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...housing policy to address the hidden homelessness identified in a report by an organisation (details supplied); his views on the impact that the lack of housing options has on women and their children in abusive situations who often have little choice but to remain with the abuser; the action he intends to take in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12045/22]

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...here, I am sure most Deputies will have noticed that, yet again, Sheila is outside the gates with her display on the mother and baby homes and the suffering that went on. In that, she mentions the 9,000 children who are alleged to have died across the 18 homes. Sean Ross Abbey is mentioned, as are Bessborough, Castlepollard, Dunboyne and more. This reminded me of what happened about...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (2 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 143. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average waiting time for persons in emergency accommodation centres for asylum seekers to be issued with an appointment or invitation to the International Protection Office; the number of asylum seekers that are in emergency accommodation and Balseskin, Dublin who have not yet formally applied for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...and overmedication, such as what happened in Kerry, would not happen. I ask for a comment on that implication. Are there any cases where consultants are in a situation where the overmedication of children is a regular occurrence? I am looking at the notes from the reports of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Future of Mental Health in 2018, which referenced a 2011 report from Mental...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...where a consultant is in situation, over-medication could be a problem within CAMHS? Was the HSE asked by the Minister to review what was happening with the over-use of psychiatric medication in children in April 2015 and what was its response? Those two questions have not been answered or addressed. In the small bit of time we have left, could the witnesses please attempt to answer them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: If it was, one would imagine that Ms O'Connor would be aware if the Minister requested the HSE to review the medication of children in CAMHS.

Health Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: .... We should remind ourselves that every one of those numbers represents somebody who needs care. These people are waiting for treatment that would be life changing were they to receive it. Some people, such as the 649 children awaiting orthopaedic surgery who were highlighted recently, are waiting so long that their condition may become inoperable, and often they are condemned to live a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...to be specifically and highly trained. In Dublin South-Central, there is one such dentist for the entire constituency, which results in parents having to access very painful treatments for their children privately, which costs a fortune. Is the Minister of State aware of the lack of specifically trained dentists for young people living with autism and will she address the issue?