Results 281-300 of 3,474 for speaker:Bríd Smith in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (3 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 474 of 8 February 2023, if an exclusion order against a named person (details supplied) remains in place; if it was in effect on 3 February 2023 when the person was photographed at Shelbourne Park Stadium with a representative of Greyhound Racing Ireland after their greyhound finished first in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (3 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 461. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to introduce legislation in the area of safeguarding for vulnerable adults; the status of the legislation; when it will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20654/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (27 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will call in the Israeli ambassador to Ireland to establish the steps that are being taken in relation to the escalating violence by Israel on Palestinians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19618/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (27 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify reports on the Government support for LNG of some sort in the State and specifically how such a proposal is compatible with the State's climate obligations and targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19782/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (27 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if current Government policy which sees large tracts of the State licensed for mining for rare elements and minerals in order primarily to facilitate the electrification of the private car fleet is sustainable or environmentally sound; if any reappraisal of the one million EV targets would result in a changed policy...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (27 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can detail proposals to increase the staff numbers and expertise working in the Commission for Regulation of Utilities specifically in order to deal with the administration of a proposed windfall energy tax on profits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19786/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (27 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if recent statistics released by the SEAI on retro fitting programmes are compatible with the targets for deep retro fitting previously announced by the Government; if he has any concerns on the nature of most of the work that has been carried out; if such work will result in any substantial or verifiable reduction in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (27 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will explain the rationale for granting ten prospecting licences to an Australian mining corporation in east Mayo in view of the potential negative impacts this could have on water quality in the area. [19783/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (27 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 241. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has been notified about proposed layoffs at a company (details supplied) in Dublin; if he will meet with representatives of the company in relation to these layoffs; the supports available for the workers facing redundancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20145/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (27 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 299. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made on proposed new legislation which would give workers who have been laid off a higher rate of jobseeker's allowance depending on their previous income in the period following their loss of employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20146/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (27 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 314. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1097 of 21 March 2023, if the e-vetting of applicants for 2023 is being processed ahead of applicants for 2021 and 2022; the reason this is happening; the length of time the e-vetting process will take for 2021 and 2022 applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20111/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (27 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 340. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can clarify the reason an application for the building blocks grant from (details supplied) was rejected; if such service providers have any right to appeal such decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20132/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (27 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 341. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can detail in relation to the building blocks grant scheme, the total number of applicants who applied for these supports; the number of applicants who failed to receive the grant; the number of successful applicants, in tabular form, per county council area; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that a park (details supplied) has been promised regeneration since the first Traveller Accommodation Plan was introduced 23 years ago in 1999; the status of a funding application for the regeneration of the park which was made by Dublin City Council to his Department on 3 December 2022; if a response to DCC...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (20 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 18. To ask the Minister for Health if he can report on the review of the legislation on the Termination of Pregnancy Act; if he will bring proposals to Cabinet on foot of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17654/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 33. To ask the Minister for Health if he can detail the position in relation to public health teams; if the number of public health doctors have been increased; the plans to ensure same are resourced to deal with any future public health crisis such as a pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17655/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he can clarify, in cases where a Border Management Unit decides to refuse permission to an intending visitor to this State, and the visitor has all the appropriate documentation for such a visit, what rights to appeal or to question such decisions exists; how such refusals are recorded and documented; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he can clarify the procedure in relation to decisions by the Border Management Unit to refuse permission to board for visitors intending to come into the State, specifically if the Garda National Immigration Bureau keeps a record of such refusals; the reason for such refusals; and if he will detail the number of such...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (18 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total number of homes that had retrofit work undertaken supported by SEAI grants under the various schemes operated, in each of the years 2015 to 2022, and to date in 2023; the number of homes that as result of SEAI support reached a B2 BER in this period, in relation to recent figures which show over 27,000 homes...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (18 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 480. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in relation to transfer of undertakings protection offered to workers who are changing employer as a result of such transfers, if current legislation guarantees that such workers being transferred to a new employer shall suffer no diminution of their pay or conditions in the first year after such a transfer takes place; if he can...