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Report on Commission on Pensions: Motion (3 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: The committee report has exposed arguments and underlying assumptions behind near hysteria over a pensions time bomb, which the report has shown to be a false narrative. Since the recession in 2008, there has been a constant clamour from economists and employers to tackle the rising cost of State pensions. We heard it from the Minister of State tonight that "this must be done", "it is a...

Committee Report on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community: Statements (3 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Seanadóir Flynn as a bheith anseo agus as na focail a dúirt sí linn inniu. I thank the Senator very much for the report. It was very interesting to work with her. Well done to her. I was very interested in what Deputy Ó Cathasaigh was saying about the curriculum in the schools. The report is a really useful tool. It is a rich collection...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: I wish to ask about what the UN General Secretary, António Guterres, had to say about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, report. He called it "an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment of failed climate leadership.” He warned that "As current events make all too clear, our continued reliance on fossil fuels makes the global economy and energy...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: I would like an explanation on the delay. Deputy Ó Broin made a point about making St. Michael's a pilot project for cost rental. That commitment was made when the former Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Eoghan Murphy, visited the estate back in 2018. The local consultation is an issue of concern. Yesterday, we received a WhatsApp message about events being held...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: Deputy Ó Broin's last point is a very important one. We met and worked with many young people in the community who were trained, had been to college or worked in IT, and who were on reasonably decent wages, but could not afford to live in the area and have their own families there. The point about keeping the rents at a level where the community is sustainable, so those who were...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the planning application submission delays for the Emmet Road development since the agreement to proceed with the project in July 2018; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, apart from those engaged with the consultative forum, local persons have not been kept informed of developments since March...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (3 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 2. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commission a study into the provision of free public transport that examines the costs and benefits of such a policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12313/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (3 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the requirement of some bus routes to meet specific timing points across Dublin as part of the National Transport Authority's minimum performance standards and the impact these are having on the services provided to passengers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12060/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (3 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commission a study to examine the impact on CO2 emissions of the delivery and production of one million electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12056/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (3 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commission a study into the impacts and benefits of moving to the provision of fare free public transport across the country, specifically its impact on transport greenhouse gas emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12057/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (3 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the National Transport Authority's competitive tendering process for public service obligation bus services; and if he will examine alternatives ahead of future tendering processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12059/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (3 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the causes of the cancellation of bus services provided by a company (details supplied) in the Dublin area; if he will examine whether this is a result of an inability to retain staff; if this is impacting on plans to improve public transport services generally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12058/22]

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

Bríd Smith: 163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to put in place a dedicated 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...

Comóradh Sheachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (2 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: In ainneoin an laghdaithe ar líon na ndaoine a labhraíonn Gaeilge in iarthar na hÉireann, tá méadú ar líon na ndaoine a labhraíonn Gaeilge inár mbailte agus inár gcathracha. Is nuacht an-dearfach é seo. Is é sampla amháin den dul chun cinn seo ná mo cheantar i mBaile Formaid. Le déanaí, tá naíonra...

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

Bríd Smith: I was all ears in listening to the concerns that Deputy Cairns raised. They were very detailed. I look forward to the Minister’s response to them. On their way in 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...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (2 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality 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 protection nor received...

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

Bríd Smith: I am replacing Deputy Gino Kenny who cannot be here because he lost his mother this week. I am trying to catch up and familiarise myself with all the reports and so on from this committee in the past. Following on from Deputy Hourigan's questioning, the answers seem to imply that a team will function properly where there is a consultant and overmedication, such as what happened in Kerry,...