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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (10 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to expand the help-to-buy scheme to include help with the purchase of second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6499/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (10 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected amount of outstanding tax owed by PAYE workers as a result of the operations of the temporary wage subsidy scheme and employment wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6505/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (10 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 194. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a write-off of tax liability accruing to workers as a result of the operation of income and wage supports during the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6506/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 562. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to ensure front-line workers can access childcare and crèche facilities in a situation in which their usual provider is unable to offer them a place or the facility is currently closed (details supplied); if his Department or another body can organise alternative places for parents caught in this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (10 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 609. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will be given permission to work; if the application for a work permit will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6441/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 806. To ask the Minister for Health if those who are considered very high risk by the HSE if they contract Covid-19 and have been told to remain home from work following an occupational health assessment are a priority in the vaccine schedule; when persons with sarcoidosis on the lungs with pulmonary fibrosis will be vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6794/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 951. To ask the Minister for Health the length of the wait time for a woman to avail of a mammogram; if the wait time is improving or worsening; his plans to reduce these waiting times; the reason it is possible to get a mammogram in the private sector with a general practitioner referral letter in a much quicker timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7388/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Imports (10 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: 1030. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure consumers use less imported beef products and greater amounts grown locally especially during the recent crisis and delays in imports and the implications that importing and exporting beef has for climate concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7178/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the ESB (9 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: I thank Mr. O'Rourke for his presentation and for coming to the committee today. One of my questions is on something I have observed. The Global Legal Action Network has written to the committee. Will Mr. O'Rourke comment on the details of the abuses suffered by workers and others in coal mines in Columbia? Does the ESB still have contacts with that mine? Does the ESB still do business...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the ESB (9 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: Working through the coal and human rights point, has the ESB decided to move away from importing coal from Cerrejón entirely?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the ESB (9 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: Where is the ESB getting the coal from now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the ESB (9 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: If we are to try to achieve a target of 70% renewables by 2030, that is nine years away.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the ESB (9 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: And Mr. O'Rourke also thinks that we are going to have to rely on a supply of gas for that period.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the ESB (9 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: I thank Mr. O'Rourke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the ESB (9 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: Okay. I want to move on to a more general climate question. Does Mr. O'Rourke believe that the ESB mandate as it currently exists is in line with Ireland's commitments under the Paris Agreement? How does Mr. O'Rourke see it going forward with our commitments to the new climate Bill, which I am sure ESB has had some discussion or feedback on? Given that the ESB still has a mandate for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the ESB (9 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: With some 15 years left in the Corrib field, does Mr. O'Rourke think it is necessary for the State to allow the drilling for more gas off Barryroe, for example?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: I am filling in for Deputy Gino Kenny, who is staying away because he has to have a Covid test. I thank the witnesses. It is humbling to hear about the superhuman sacrifices our healthcare workers have made. That rings hollow because we could spend half a year clapping them and then spend the next year and a half insulting them with the sort of letter they got yesterday stating that...