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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: This is a defining moment for the Taoiseach.

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: I am sharing time with Deputy Barry. I thank the Social Democrats for the motion. It is really important that we discuss this. No doubt lots more facts, figures and realities will emerge over the next period. After all, it is only less than a week ago when, to the alarm of everybody, we discovered that the Government shared the concerns of the Opposition on this issue. Much has emerged...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (23 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: 197. To ask the Minister for Health if the significant impact that the pandemic and public health restrictions have had on young person's mental health will be acknowledged; if requests by secondary school students for the provision of a counsellor to schools to help address the mental health and emotional issues during and post public health emergency will be viewed favourably; and if he...

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: I agree that the constant use of arguments around a demographic timebomb to justify a tax on pensions and the retirement age in general is outrageous. The attempt by the State to push out the pension age has had widespread political support and was first designed by the Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government and put into legislation by the Fine Gael-Labour Party coalition and it was part of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment last met. [31404/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: On the same issue, it is extraordinary that within five days the national discourse on this has utterly changed. In recent years I have asked the Taoiseach; the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly; the Minister of State, Deputy Butler; and the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, about this issue and on each occasion I have been assured that I can move on as there is nothing to be seen or worry about....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: Five Deputies have asked about this issue. The Taoiseach has not given us an answer.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: If the issue of ownership is addressed, so is that of control.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (22 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: 336. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will propose a call for a global ban on fracking at the United Nations General Assembly on climate mitigation, public health, environmental protection and human rights grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33125/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: I cannot accept the guarantee that full reproductive rights, including gender realignment, will be available because the constitution of the new holding company states that its core values are identical to those of the St. Vincent's hospital holding group. That constitution needs to change. I accept the Tánaiste is concerned about some of the things we are concerned about. Ideally,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: The Tánaiste knows as well as I do that when one fights hard for something one does not give it up easily. The Tánaiste fought hard for the leadership of Fine Gael; he will not walk away from it. All my adult life I, and tens of thousands of women in this country, have fought very hard to be free from the shackles of the Catholic Church over our reproductive rights. We won that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Oireachtas Committees (17 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: 52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to act upon the recommendations of the recent report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport on decarbonisation and public transport; if the process of examining the provision of free public transport will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32212/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (17 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: 75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to proposed changes to routes operating out of Clontarf garage as part of the proposed BusConnects plans and that the proposed rostered and schedules connected with this first phase of BusConnects represents a severe diminution of drivers existing rosters and schedules; if it is not the intention of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (17 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: 116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to engage with trade union representatives advocating a four-day working week; if he will consider such a proposal for the civil and public sectors; if he has examined similar proposals in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32214/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (17 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: 145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in relation to remote working arrangements for civil servants and other public sector workers; if the results of the recent survey among civil servants in relation to remote working will be taken on board by his Department in the months ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32213/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Contracts (17 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: 195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process under which sea air rescue services are intended to be procured in 2023; if there is a review into the operation of the previous contracts; if the Defence Forces will have a role in its future operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25106/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (17 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: 328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the report on the compulsory use of electronic devices at a school (details supplied); if the findings of the report will inform her policy on the use of electronic devises at secondary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32662/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (17 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: 329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full budget allocated by her Department in each year since 2010, to secondary schools for the purchase and use of devices by students such as a device (details supplied) and tablets, laptops and so on or other forms of devices in tabular form. [32663/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (17 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: 330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a policy or plans to adopt any proposal on the usage of electronic devices in secondary schools; her views on the issue of which device should be preferred for junior certificate students; if a uniform approach will be implemented across all schools; and if a uniform platform such as the use of applications (details...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (17 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: 331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce a grant aid scheme for parents in schools that enforce a compulsory use of device policy (details supplied) especially in schools in deprived areas and with low income households; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32665/21]