Results 21-40 of 79 for cork speaker:Bríd Smith

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (7 Jul 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...it is very good that 96% of providers have signed up to the scheme, that still leaves 4% who have not. The figures the Minister gave me referred to approximately 9,000 places in Dublin City and in Cork and in Limerick, but there are another 12,000 places nationally and the relevant providers have refused to sign up to any scheme. Those providers are then free to push up the cost to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Neutrality (28 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: 440. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views in relation to an incident in Cork harbour recently and the arrival of a foreign warship to the harbour; if he will confirm that all laws and procedures were adhered to in relation to the arrival of such vessels in Ireland's territorial waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33944/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: 128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the planned increases in bus fleet numbers in public service obligation services in Galway, Cork Limerick and Waterford city services between now and 2030, in tabular form. [32016/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Welfare (14 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: ..., Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to at least 320 birds, five seals, five hares and a rabbit that were among the animals used in experiments at in University College Cork in 2021; if they were captured from the wild; the method of capture; if licences were granted to allow same; if so, the conditions attached to the licences; the number of animals that were...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (2 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...the recent case of 60 Ukrainian refugees, including children attending school that were given less than 24 hours' notice of being transferred from their accommodation in Dublin to Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28426/22]

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...otherwise affected. Nobody watches the CCTV coverage. I do not know about rural Clare or east Galway, but that is certainly the case in big cities such as Dublin and I imagine it is the same in Limerick, Cork and Waterford. Nobody in the local authorities actually watches this stuff. The chunk of the Bill concerned with this is very worrying. It is disturbing, to say the least. We...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...ethos-based sex education that is required. The Istanbul Convention, which we signed up to, calls from one refuge place for domestic violence sufferers per 10,000 of the population. Currently, Dublin should have 135 refuge places, but it has 29. Cork, the Taoiseach’s own city, should have 54, but it has six. We are providing 29% of the Istanbul target. Those are two things...

Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2021)

Bríd Smith: .... I will quote many different people in my contribution. The first I will quote is the Taoiseach. Back in 2016, Deputy Micheál Martin spoke in favour of the LES schemes in his constituency in Cork: The reality is we're losing too many community public services. More and more is being lost and it's being driven by a Government policy that does not value communities or public...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (4 Nov 2021)

Bríd Smith: 134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has conducted a comparison of the Dublin Bikes scheme and the similar programme in counties Cork, Limerick and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53670/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (2 Nov 2021)

Bríd Smith: 742. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the desperate measures that an asylum seeker in County Cork has been driven to in order to secure leave to remain here; if she has met with this person and or the person's family; the interventions or steps she will take to compassionately grant the person leave to remain; and if she will...

Planning and Development (Climate Emergency Measures) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Sep 2021)

Bríd Smith: ...any application for an LNG terminal. We seek to do this bluntly to stop New Fortress Energy building the Shannon LNG terminal. This would also apply from the start for others in the north east and in Cork. We do so for the same reason that we moved to ban oil and gas exploration. We must leave it in the ground. We must avoid being locked into fossil fuel use for another 50 years. We...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: If the Taoiseach drives back and forth from here to Cork, he must frequently pass through Inchicore, which is in the constituency of Dublin South-Central. The constituency is a great area in which to live but also has one of the deepest socioeconomic disadvantages in the country. There has been a service, Hesed House, operating in Inchicore for people with mental health difficulties for 28...

Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: ...meeting them and their unions. The Taoiseach, Deputy Micheál Martin, was dragged, kicking and screaming, because he was ashamed of what those amazing women were doing on the picket line in St. Patrick's Street in Cork. The Government has done all it can but all that it can do is not enough. When we compare how those workers have been treated with how banks have been treated, how...

Planning and Development, Heritage and Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Bríd Smith: ...him, Deputy Kelly, and many others, have brought us to the point where if we look around some of our cities now what we see is dereliction and the neglect of buildings. I heard a piece about Cork city in that regard this morning. Around my city of Dublin, however, it would not be necessary to go far from where I live into Dublin 8 and Dublin 12 to see how strategic development zones,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonising Transport: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: Those were very interesting contributions. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan said earlier that if he stood up in the Dáil and called for the reinstatement of the west Cork railway, he would be scoffed at. I would applaud him because I think that is the future, particularly for long-term planning and freight. We have so many trucks on our roads - dirty, big, smelly and dangerous vehicles...

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (17 Feb 2021)

Bríd Smith: ..., to which he received only a very cursory reply from the Health and Safety Authority, HSA. I recently put a question to the Minister's Department regarding an outbreak at an ABP plant in Cork and was told that the Minister had been assured by the meat industry representatives that where such workers are engaged the plant is compliant with regulatory requirements. If we have not at this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (10 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views or concerns in relation to the decision of Coillte to sell a site at Ballyandrew, Doneraile Mounadowna Wood, County Cork to a private company for the purposes of erecting a mobile phone mast given that the site is a mixed deciduous woodland site and its importance to biodiversity and so on; and if he will make a statement...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: ...stores and KPMG undertook not to attempt to remove stock. KPMG has now confirmed to the media that stock has been removed from branches in Newbridge, Tallaght and Mahon Point Shopping Centre in Cork. Yesterday packers from KPMG were stacking up the stock in Henry Street. This has deeply eroded the element of trust. Both sides committed to hold off until Friday so that a resolution...

Covid-19 (Measures to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence): Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Bríd Smith: ...government should be responsible for providing, where they are needed. I refer not only to one for Carlow-Kilkenny but where they are needed. The statement from the previous Deputy regarding Cork is absolutely frightening. We need to scale up the awareness campaigns, which are very helpful, but we really need to target them, especially at men and boys in this country, because it is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Memoranda of Understanding (9 Jun 2020)

Bríd Smith: 577. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a memorandum of understanding signed between the Port of Cork and a company (details supplied) to develop Cork LNG specifically; if the memorandum is still operating; if his Department has had communication from the Port of Cork on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10128/20]