Results 241-260 of 3,473 for speaker:Bríd Smith in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (30 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the guidelines or regulations, if any, that are issued by his Department or the National Transport Authority when liaising with schools involved in the ‘safe routes to school’ programme around the use of cargo bikes by parents to transport children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25842/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (30 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he can clarify in relation to a public sector worker (details supplied) who has suffered a critical illness and having returned to work, is diagnosed with a second, separate critical illness within months. [25609/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she can detail the supports that are available for a public sector employee diagnosed with a serious illness (details supplied) who does not qualify for any payments from their employer, the HSE, because of previous use of critical illness benefit, and who has paid PRSI contributions; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (30 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 610. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will change policy to ensure that all refugees will in future be provided with accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26002/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (30 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 612. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current position in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to end the direct provision system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26005/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Regulatory Bodies (30 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 642. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to include athletic therapy in the CORU regulation process and in the provision of HSE care services; when this will happen; the rationale for its exclusion to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25550/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (30 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 663. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the drug vyepti (details supplied), following its completion of the approval process; if he will acknowledge that there are many migraine sufferers who are resistant to current drugs available and who are desperate to access this new drug in an effort to relieve their pain; the proposed timeline for the drug to be available to those...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (30 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 788. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the HEA contribution towards graduate entry medicine tuition fees by €5,000 and €10,000 per student, respectively based on the latest available student numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25552/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (25 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); the status and expected date for publication of the scoping report; the actions he intends to take; if he will clarify the reason for the ongoing delays in acting on the wishes of the person's family for a full public inquiry; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Construction Industry (25 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department has any responsibility to ensure the safety or environmental integrity of residents from the effects of construction works in their area; if the EPA has any statutory or legal role in ensuring construction works operate in a safe and environmentally...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (25 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify his Department’s position on four housing issues (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25393/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the numbers of applicants to date in 2023 for exceptional needs payments, by category of the exceptional need (for example, energy bills, and so on); the number of those that were successful in receiving a payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24651/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Energy Prices (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that are or will be available for older people facing higher energy bills, in particular, high gas bills; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24650/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify the responsibilities and duties of energy providers when dealing with and identifying vulnerable customers, including four particular aspects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24600/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cost of Living Issues (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware that people dependent on disability benefit are living significantly below the poverty line; the measures she will take to protect them against increases in the cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15768/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify when the familicide and domestic homicide review commissioned by the Government will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24765/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 761. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the promised return of nursing staff to Curlew Road health centre; if he will clarify whether staffing levels have increased; when the health centre will have a full complement of staff back to deliver much-needed health services to the population of Drimnagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24253/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can clarify the measures that he intends to take in situations where a landlord or property owner is refusing to engage with councils or approved housing bodies on the sale of a property with in-situ tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23479/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (18 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can outline his plans to address the crisis in elderly accommodation in the private rental market in light of a recent reports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23480/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: After-School Support Services (18 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 419. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 532 and 533 of 9 May 2023, if he can detail the steps his Department takes in cases where a service provider has beached the terms of the core funding agreement; If a company (details supplied) has broken the terms of core funding by imposing a charge on parents for...