Results 361-380 of 3,474 for speaker:Bríd Smith in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (1 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of scheduled weekly departures that will be provided as a result of the recently announced improvements in rural transport links; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10466/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (1 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the proposed amendment to the Planning and Development Act 2020, currently before Dáil Éireann, will impact in any way on current regulations and provisions that deal with allotments and the provision of allotments by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10304/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clearly outline the rationale for the stopping of child benefit at the age of 18 years; if she will acknowledge that many children are still in full-time secondary education at this age and that their parents or guardians still rely on the payment to help with costs; if she will further acknowledge that in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (28 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify the total amount of carbon credits purchased by the State since 2019 to date; the planned purchase for the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9970/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (28 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has any concerns about the impact on the State’s climate targets from the recently announced plans by a major company to build another hyper-scale data centre in Dublin; if he has any plans to introduce a moratorium on such centres, given that this is additional to 16 confirmed cases of new data centres...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (28 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, in light of a recent report (details supplied) on global methane emissions, he has any plans to seek to reduce the State’s methane emissions from dairy and beef herds or from the potential impact from the recently approved gas-fired emergency generators or any future LNG proposals; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Wage Levels (23 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 92. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a recent survey (details supplied) showing that the vast majority of workers have not received wage rises in line with inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9251/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (23 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 95. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will amend the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 to prevent employers from treating the upper range of banded hours as a cap when additional hours are being distributed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9249/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (23 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 126. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on non-compliance by private security firms with the Employment Regulation Order for the security industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9252/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Minimum Wage (23 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will abolish sub-minimum rates of pay for young workers and ensure that all workers receive at least the national minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9250/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (23 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will meet with representatives of workers of a supermarket chain (details supplied) who have been employed there since before 1998 and who have faced numerous attacks on their status by the company, including the refusal by the company to award them pay rises given to other staff; if he can clarify the protections that are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (22 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the position of holders of free travel cards when using train services; the reason Irish Rail imposes a booking fee on some services; when this practice was first introduced; if the imposition of such fees undermines the concept of the free travel scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8995/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (21 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 93, 100, 107, and 108 of 15 December 2022 in relation to the regulation of district heating schemes and prices paid by residents, if the commercial tariff he mentioned is the reason that residents of DHS have faced such enormous rises in their energy bills; if this tariff is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (21 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the passing of SI. 350/2022, and the new role the Commission of Regulation of Utilities in regulating district heating systems, will mean that the current commercial tariff levied on residents of such systems will be removed and a standard residential rate tariff applied instead; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (21 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the commercial tariff applied to district heating systems; and the current standard residential tariff that is applied to gas users. [8392/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (21 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a homeowner (details supplied), whose property is rented to a local authority with a HAP tenant and who now wishes to sell the property and is willing to sell to the local authority concerned, has been told that the council cannot purchase the home; if this is in contradiction to the Government’s stated...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (21 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of women currently receiving State pension (contributory) but whose years out of the workforce as a homemaker prior to 1994 are not disregarded when working out the yearly average contributions for the pension. [8088/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (21 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 447. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated number of affected persons who, due to their years as a homemaker prior to 1994, have not qualified for a State pension (contributory). [8089/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (21 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her proposals to remedy the discrimination suffered by homemakers whose time out of the workforce prior to 1994 is not taken into account, and who have not qualified for a State pension (contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8090/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (15 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the timeframe for the publication of the revised wind energy development guidelines and the reason for the significant delay in publishing it; if the regulations will bring us up to EU norms with regard to distance to turbines and noise levels; whether the Government will continue to outsource the...