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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Nov 2020)

Bríd Smith: I am sorry. I have just arrived. I was at a discussion on aviation, which is not unrelated to this issue. I apologise if Mr. Carroll has already answered these questions. Could Mr. Carroll elaborate on what he means by "climate neutral"? It appears more progressive on one level than "carbon neutral". It seems to encompass all greenhouse gases but it relies heavily on offsets, market...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Nov 2020)

Bríd Smith: Will Mr. Carroll clarify something for me? The basic contention of the article is that although we in the European Union are moving away from damaging practices, we are entering into massive trade deals with countries which continue to implement such practices. The idea is that we get food and produce imported into the European Union without damaging our CO2 or carbon emissions or our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Nov 2020)

Bríd Smith: I just want Mr. Carroll to comment on what I have just said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Nov 2020)

Bríd Smith: Would it be too much ask a busy man like Mr. Carroll to read the article and give us his comments in writing, if that is possible?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Nov 2020)

Bríd Smith: Good. I thank Mr. Carroll.

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Bríd Smith: We have no doubt where this debate is going. The conduct of it is quite shocking. Those on the other side of the House who believe they are debating a Sinn Féin motion, as they repeatedly said, are wrong. We are debating their motion and the outcome of it is clear. After tonight, normal people will look back and say, "He got away with it again". I refer to normal people like a young...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Company Liquidations (10 Nov 2020)

Bríd Smith: 44. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his engagement with the liquidators appointed to a company (details supplied); his plans to ensure the workers currently in dispute with the company will receive a just redundancy package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35083/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Bríd Smith: 83. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of inspections by the HSA of meat plants since level 5 Covid-19 restrictions were put in place; the measures taken to ensure the safety of workers in this sector and that there is no renewed outbreak or clusters in the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35082/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Bríd Smith: 110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied with the reliance on technological fixes for carbon removal in the climate action Bill; the division of labour he anticipates between same and emissions reductions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35109/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (10 Nov 2020)

Bríd Smith: 122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will amend the climate action Bill to include sanctions or consequences for missing five-year climate targets. [35108/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (10 Nov 2020)

Bríd Smith: 123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure the climate action Bill is compatible with a just transition and environmental justice. [35110/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Bríd Smith: 128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the evidence given by a person (details supplied) to the Joint Committee on Climate Action that a significant and sustained reduction in methane will have a greater impact in helping Ireland achieve the Paris Agreement targets than a comparable reduction in carbon dioxide. [35111/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Bríd Smith: 153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will amend the climate action Bill to a binding target of net zero by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35107/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (10 Nov 2020)

Bríd Smith: 330. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company can send a worker who is in receipt of the wage subsidy scheme or the employment support scheme to another EU country to work during the period they are on the scheme even in cases in which the other EU country was not their original or usual workplace in the period prior to been placed on the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (10 Nov 2020)

Bríd Smith: 331. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies on the list of companies published in receipt of the temporary wage subsidy scheme; the number of employees who while in receipt of the subsidy had their incomes topped up by the company concerned; and the amounts of these top-ups as a percentage of the employees normal weekly income. [35434/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (10 Nov 2020)

Bríd Smith: 333. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason numerous nursing homes have availed of the wage subsidy scheme for employees; the number of employees in the sector who were placed on the scheme; if these employees worked throughout the period in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35436/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (10 Nov 2020)

Bríd Smith: 332. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to seek the reimbursement of the amounts of wage subsidies given to companies in cases in which these companies return to profit by the end of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35435/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (10 Nov 2020)

Bríd Smith: 501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 6 October 2020, if her Department is reimbursing providers for the free travel scheme that are also operating the same services under the LocalLink or rural transport programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34748/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Maternity Leave (10 Nov 2020)

Bríd Smith: 561. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the detrimental impact that the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns have had on new parents on maternity leave; if he will consider starting the additional three weeks of parental leave at the earlier time of January 2021 in recognition of the negative effects on parents mental, physical and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Nov 2020)

Bríd Smith: 660. To ask the Minister for Health the healthcare providers with whom contracts or service level agreements were signed between 2014 and 2016 by the HSE or his Department or health services of any form in which funding came from the State by year and company in tabular form. [34580/20]