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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (21 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 1098. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if applications for all stages of citizenships are dealt with in chronological order in relation to when applications are made; if he will clarify that no recent applications have been acknowledged or have been processed to the e-vetting stage ahead of older applications made previously; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Agreements (21 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 1044. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he can clarify when and if Ireland will ratify the UNCRC second optional protocol on children, child prostitution and child pornography; when and if the State will act on Article 19A, the provision dealing private counselling therapy records in relation to a victim of sexual abuse; if these are made available to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (21 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 1097. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing times for citizenship applications (details supplied) in each of the years 2015 to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13617/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (21 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 1386. To ask the Minister for Health if this HSE-mandated training for home helps is mandatory for all persons working as home helps in private companies; if this training is exclusively online; if workers taking this training do so as part of their working day; if the HSE requires private companies who employ these workers, to pay them for the hours spent doing this training; if the HSE that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (9 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can clarify the additional supports or arrangements that he has in place in terms of emergency provision of beds and accommodation for those persons who face eviction in April 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11881/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Contracts (8 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm whether a contract for security work at 90 North King Street from his Department has been awarded to a firm (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11971/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (8 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify in relation to periods spent on illness benefit, or on Covid supports, such as the temporary Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme and Covid illness benefit whether such periods count in terms of paid contributions in relation to calculating a person's contributory record for the purposes of the State pension and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (8 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify, where a dispute exists between an employee and an employer as to the status of the person regarding being self-employed or an employee, how such a dispute impacts the person's contributory record if it is subsequently found that the person has been incorrectly categorised as self-employed; if the period...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (7 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 475. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can clarify in relation to the operation of Ireland's community sponsorship programme for refugees led by the Irish refugee protection programme, the reason communities seeking to welcome refugees via this programme must first fundraise €10,000; if any consideration has been given to ensuring that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (2 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport If he will examine the way the contracts for the national car testing system are awarded in light of the recent crisis at the NCT centres and the ongoing industrial relations issues at an organisation (details supplied) and the inability to retain and recruit suitably skilled staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10460/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (2 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Government intends to continue to implement reduced fares on public transport across the State; if any consideration has been given to extending that reduction or moving to providing fare-free public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10461/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (2 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can clarify the proposed progressing of the BusConnects scheme for Dublin in the coming year, specifically if the NTA intends to push ahead with existing dates for implementation, given the difficulty transport companies concerned have in recruiting and retaining staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10458/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (2 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene with the NTA in relation to the ongoing deterioration of bus services in Ballyfermot as a result of the introduction of the new BusConnects routes, specifically the collapse of services in Lower Ballyfermot as a result of the introduction of the new 60 route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10457/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pay (2 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his officials have been briefed on industrial relations issues at a company (details supplied) and proposed industrial action at the company; if he has any proposals to ensure disputes at the company do not arise as a result of lower levels of pay or conditions being imposed on drivers as a result of the way the NTA awards...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (2 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 304. To ask the Minister for Health the reason melatonin and propranolol are not covered by a student medical card while venlafex, which has been prescribed as part of a trio of medication, is; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that having to pay for these two medications is having a significant financial impact, especially when other college costs are also factored in; if there are...

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...