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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee dealing with housing will next meet. [34845/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: My question concerns the importance of social dialogue. I want to say that it is ironic that the State continues to treat many groups of workers appallingly. One key group is that of school secretaries, who do a myriad of jobs and who, during Covid, were heroic in keeping the schools open and being on the front line. Yet, questions remain unanswered about how social dialogue is treating...

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: It feels as if each summer, at least I think it is each summer, we reach the part of the Dáil session in which a motion to support post offices and keep them open is before the House. It has been a regular feature in the Dáil since I was elected to the House. Support for urban and rural post offices is shared across all parties and appears to unite all colours of political...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 133. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to act on the recommendations of the Special Oireachtas Committee on Covid-19 Response and commission an inquiry into the deaths that occurred in long-term residential nursing homes from Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30442/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 191. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place to vaccinate those who could not avail of their vaccination slot through no fault of their own (details supplied); the steps they can take in order to obtain the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30602/21]

Ban on Rent Increases Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: In answer to the last question, on why the Government has to wait 12 months to do anything, it parks everything for 12 months no matter what we bring before the House. I welcome the Bill and thank Sinn Féin for introducing it. Watching the ongoing housing crisis, specifically the issues in the private rental sector, including those concerning tenants' rights, security of tenure and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (6 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the new social dialogue unit of his Department will next meet. [33406/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination last met; and when it will next meet. [34689/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (6 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 65. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has read the recent report on deaths in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36225/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (6 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 73. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if children taken into care are being accommodated in hotels in recent months; if this is a regular situation; the steps he plans to take to ensure children in such situations are provided with appropriate care and accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36226/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Programme (6 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 376. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 has not yet been fully enacted over five and a half years later; the definitive timeline for its enactment given the human rights implications of the anachronistic Lunacy Regulation Act 1871 which is still being used; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ombudsman for Children (6 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 472. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the important work on the issue of period poverty carried out by the youth advisory panel with the ombudsman for children; if he will acknowledge the indignity experienced by young people who cannot afford appropriate period products every month and the statement made by the UN Committee on Rights of the Child’s...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I missed most of the spoken submission but I looked at the written submission. I will follow up with Mr. Gannon on the question of out-of-market options. "Out of market" is another word for publicly-run options, where the State takes ownership and runs something rather than relying on the market. Does Mr. Gannon agree that given the scares we had recently about the national grid and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I have two more short questions. I have been waiting for a long time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: After the lockdown last winter, an upfront payment of €100 was given by the State to people who use prepaid meters for their gas. However, it was taken back in large chunks with no regard or consideration for members of the poorer sections of our society who could not afford to pay it back. Did the CRU have any role in intervening on that? Can the representatives comment on it? ...

Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I join colleagues in complimenting former Senator, Colette Kelleher, on her work in this area, along with Oein DeBhairduin, Senator Flynn and, in particular, Deputy Pringle, who has brought forward this Bill. As has been noted, it is a short Bill to promote understanding of the culture and history of the Traveller community. The question that strikes me is why we have to do pass legislation...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (1 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: It is very disappointing that the Minister of State comes to the House to address this issue but has not read the report and is only now hearing the testimonies I have given him. I am very disappointed and, again, I echo what the Tánaiste said in his last two criticisms of responses from Ministers, or those who advise them, as inadequate. I ask the Minister of State to cast his mind...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (1 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I raise the issue of housing conditions at the Oliver Bond complex because the House will be aware that it made headline news yesterday when a report was published about the conditions in which the residents live. I congratulate those behind the report and indeed the residents and campaigners who have been working on this for years. The campaign related to the promise of regeneration...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (1 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her position on the choice of devices selected by secondary schools for students; and if guidelines around type, costs and usage of same will be further developed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34945/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of discussion with representatives of school secretaries; if further discussion is planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34946/21]