Results 181-200 of 3,485 for speaker:Bríd Smith in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Inquiries (12 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 23. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the progress of the public inquiry into nursing home deaths during Covid 19, which he promised in January 2023. [32555/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (12 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify if there are plans to amend section 19A of the Criminal Evidence Act 1992 as amended by section 39 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 so that a sexually abused child or adult will not have their private counselling or therapy records made available to the accused abuser; if she will clarify the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (12 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 280. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to undertake a review of the fair deal scheme; if he will detail the precise terms of reference that would underwrite such a review; if he intends either within the context of such a review or independently of such a review to establish the level of charges that nursing home residents are incurring from their disposable income for daily...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ukraine War (11 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 80. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants for international protection who have applied from Ukraine since the Russian invasion; if applicants who were not in Ukraine at the time of the invasion are accepted into the temporary protection to persons fleeing the war in Ukraine programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25934/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (11 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify if an older couple with medical issues (details supplied) who have rented a three-bedroomed property for the past ten years which the landlord has offered to Dublin City Council to purchase under the tenant-in-situ scheme, can be approved for this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33661/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (11 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify whether the tenant-in-situ scheme includes properties in which tenants are considered 'overaccommodated' (details supplied); if not, if he will provide details of the number of properties that local authorities have refused to purchase on this basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33674/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 660. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has been approved for the €1,000 pandemic payment; when they will receive same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33481/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (6 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can detail the number of people currently in emergency accommodation; the numbers who have been there for over 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33038/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (6 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can detail the number of purchases of properties by local authorities and approved housing bodies under the tenant-in-situ scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33068/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (6 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children who will receive a hot school meal in the new school term from September; and the number planned for the following year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31600/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (6 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason there is such a delay in providing Dublin City Council with the funds to complete the upgrade work that is so urgently needed in the Labre Park halting site; the reason there is a delay in providing the funds required to commence the regeneration of the Labre Park halting site; the cause of the delays in providing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Women's Resource Centres (6 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify if any of the 98 further women's refuge centres announced in priority locations by 2025 will be located in Carlow (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33253/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (4 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 256. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the case of four workers (details supplied) who have been dismissed by a company for trade union activity; if he will meet with these workers and their representatives; if he has plans to introduce legislation to protect workers in these situations and strengthen the right to collective bargaining and trade union...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Relations (29 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail any proposals or plans to deal with the issues regarding the representative rights of retired workers; if he will support the passage to Committee stage of the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31601/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (29 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 54. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will bring forward or support new legislation in view of events at a company (details supplied) recently that will protect workers; his views on whether current legislation is sufficient to prevent abuses of workers in cases of examinership and so on; if his Department is investigating the actions of management at the company;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (29 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide additional supports for parents who must purchase devices such as a tablets and so on, for the new school year; if her Department has plans to purchase centrally such devises on behalf of schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31599/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (29 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can detail the funding streams under the remit of his Department that can be used or are available to local authorities for the retrofitting of social housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31734/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (29 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to detail the funding from his Department for the retrofitting of local authority housing units in each of the years since 2016; and the number of units affected, in tabular form. [31735/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (29 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of journeys lost / failed to operate on the 150 Dublin Bus service as a result of driver shortages, failure to show or other reasons over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31830/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (29 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: 300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail the funding granted to local authorities from his Department for the retrofitting of local authority housing in each of the years since 2016; and the number of units affected, in tabular form. [31736/23]