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

Bríd Smith: 332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has examined a study (details supplied); if the study and other studies will inform her policy on the advance use of electronic devices in schools especially given concerns regarding their use in aiding and hindering study and life skills; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32666/21]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: Having listened to the Minister's response, and indeed to the debate, one of the most honest contributions came from Deputy Bruton. It was honest because he let the cat out of the bag as far as the Government is concerned when he said there is no way we can look after everybody, there is no way we can guarantee people's incomes will remain the same and there is no way everybody will be...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: I want to speak to amendment No. 19, which my colleagues and I in People Before Profit proposed. The first question to consider is what we are seeking to amend. The answer is that we want to amend the Government's failure to provide a definition of just transition. There is only one mention of it in the entire Bill, even though it is one of the fundamental issues that needs to be dealt...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (16 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the most recent European Council meeting. [31403/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (16 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: I note that the EU discussions on the various foreign policy issues included a discussion about sanctions on Belarus. It is inevitable that the EU would discuss that but it is extraordinary that there has been no discussion at that level about possible sanctions on Israel. The fragile truce is now broken and, as we speak, Israeli aircraft are bombing Gaza yet again. Those 11 days of...

Planning and Development (Climate Emergency Measures) (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (16 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 in order to restrict certain developments in fossil fuels infrastructure and high energy usage data centres, to remove some developments from listing as strategic development infrastructure projects, to revise the procedure for making applications directly to An Bord...

Planning and Development (Climate Emergency Measures) (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (16 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Planning and Development (Climate Measures) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Leave to Withdraw (16 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: I move: That leave be granted to withdraw the Planning and Development (Climate Measures) (Amendment) Bill 2019.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: The Taoiseach knows that next Monday will mark a year from the tragic death of Noah Donohoe, whose body was found in Belfast and whose families have had no answers about his death. This was a teenager tragically found dead after a long search. I know the family has requested a meeting with the Taoiseach and People Before Profit stands squarely behind the family's pursuit of justice and an...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (16 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment last met. [31404/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (16 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: 38. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the duties the EU directives in relation to the transfer of undertakings imposes on all employers in Ireland involved in such a transfer; the rights currently conferred on all employees as a result of this directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32215/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: 98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reverse the FEMPI cuts to the fees of barristers contracted by the State to defend and prosecute criminal law matters; the reason such fees have not reversed while other FEMPI cuts have been addressed; if he plans to meet barristers’ representatives; his views on the impact of these cuts on the operation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (16 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: 165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if representatives of retired staff can be excluded from discussions around the resolution of actuarial deficits and the governance structure of their schemes in relation to the operation of minimum funding standards in occupational pensions schemes and the functioning of the Pension Authority; if retired staff associations...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (16 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: 166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to changes made to the selection process for members of the ESB pension scheme board of trustees and specifically that this new process now acts to exclude retired staff members who are active members of their own representative associations; if such an attempt to exclude potential trustees...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (16 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: 226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she met with representatives of barristers contracted by the State in criminal law cases over the fees paid to their members; if these fees remain the same as were paid in 2002 given that cuts introduced by the State as a result of FEMPI have not been reversed in relation to barristers but have been reversed in relation...

Pyrite and Mica Redress Issues: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: The protest today and the anger from the north west were really something to witness. I saw a lot of politicians trying to curry favour at it but many of the protestors were not very comfortable with their presence. This was mainly because these people have suffered under the legacy associated with the parties that oversaw the abuse of the system of building regulations in this country. ...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: I want to ask the Taoiseach about future planning for the use of technology in post-primary schools. The Taoiseach may not be familiar with the independent review group in Ratoath College in County Meath, which is shining a light on the problems emerging with a policy that has no uniformity and no structure across the board to deal with technology and the provision of iPads and other digital...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (15 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: The Taoiseach said officials should be congratulated for pulling together various strands of all the Departments during the Covid-19 pandemic. I am sure the process has been very challenging. Where in the name of God did the general scheme of the Garda Síochána powers Bill, published on Monday by the Minister for Justice, Deputy Heather Humphreys, come from? It was described by...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (15 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the statement of strategy of his Department. [29786/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (15 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance if married couples are facing added difficulties in applying for mortgages from the main pillar banks as a result of the criteria used to calculate couples income; if such criteria are the bank’s own or derives from the Central Bank guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31804/21]