Results 301-320 of 3,474 for speaker:Bríd Smith in 'Written Answers'

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

Bríd Smith: 481. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a worker who has opted out of a company pension and receives an increase in salary instead is entitled to retain the same salary with a new employer under TUPE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16908/23]

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

Bríd Smith: 485. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the regulations issued by the PSA have been altered to remove the previous clause in relation to adherence to EROs; if he will clarify his Departments legal strategy in relation to the current court case and legal action that has blocked the ERO in the security sector; if the State will, and is actively contesting the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can clarify whether a school (details supplied) is among the schools affected by the stalled school building programme; if the approval letter from her Department for the proposed works at the school will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17135/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (18 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 632. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the impact of her Department’s decision to stall a much-needed second prefab block installation at Riverview ETNS; if she will acknowledge that children with additional needs are being particularly impacted as a result of building delays with the ability to provide small group teaching and other necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (18 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 791. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in relation to the proposed scheme for defective apartments and remediation works needed; the timescale for implementation of this scheme; if residents of such apartments who face immediate demands for levies from management companies to fund needed safety works will be fully compensated for any outlay they face...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 823. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when assessing income from earnings for access to a local authority social housing waiting list, if local authorities have the discretion to disregard one-off overtime earnings in any given year; if not, if such thresholds have no flexibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17648/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 824. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify current income thresholds from earnings in relation to social housing waiting lists; when these thresholds became operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17649/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 998. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware that gardaí are informing victims of racist abuse and attacks that An Garda Síochána cannot deal with such crime because of the lack of hate-speech laws in the State; if he can clarify that the Garda is aware and trained in current legislation when dealing with attacks on people that are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 1497. To ask the Minister for Health the reason healthcare assistants who come from abroad to work here, with qualifications above QQI level 5 will only be given renewed employment permits if they complete the QQI level course for healthcare assistants in Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to the NARIC Ireland international qualification comparison requirement (details supplied) that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (18 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 1533. To ask the Minister for Health when free GP-visit cards for children aged six and seven years of age will commence as announced in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17096/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 1439. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be any State-funded fertility treatment programme available in the State in the coming period; if his Department has plans in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16721/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (18 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 1810. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details (details supplied) in relation to a research centre hosted by University College Dublin. [16712/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic Violence (30 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 20. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that advocates for domestic violence sufferers are very critical of his failure to offer full pay to victims while out on leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15767/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (30 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 16. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will revisit his emergency accommodation policy published on 24 January that announced a pause in provision of emergency shelter to international protection adults arriving to Citywest; the number of international protection adults who are currently without accommodation; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (30 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 47. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what supports he will put in place for people with disabilities facing eviction after the lifting of the eviction ban this week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15765/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (30 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will detail all carbon credits purchased by the State or its agencies under any scheme since 2015 to date; if the CO2 equivalent totals of such credits and the monetary costs involved will be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15980/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (30 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for commencement and completion of the DART+ South West project and its infrastructural works; if he will provide the details of the proposal for a station in Ballyfermot; the timeframe for the delivery of same; if Irish Rail has a dedicated liaison office to liaise with residents in areas such as Kylemore in Ballyfermot...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (30 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the authors of a report (details supplied) commissioned by the NTA on fare-fee public transport can provide a figure for CO2 emission savings from a 1% decline in car usage; and if the authors can provide a figure for the total reduction in kilometres travelled by car users as a result of a 1% decline in car usage. [15981/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (30 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost of a report (details supplied) on fare-free public transport. [15982/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (30 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will itemise or detail the potential categories of internalised benefits that were not part of the report (details supplied) into fare-free public transport; the reason such benefits did not form part of the scope of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15983/23]