Results 421-440 of 8,245 for speaker:Bríd Smith

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

Bríd Smith: I just got off the phone in the last hour to a couple in my constituency who have a diagnosis at 22 weeks of a fatal foetal anomaly. They have a two-and-a-half-year-old child and, at a multidisciplinary team meeting this morning, they were refused a termination on the grounds of fatal foetal anomaly because it is "impossible", in the words of Marie O'Shea, who spoke to the health committee...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

Bríd Smith: -----with this Government to do something about it. The Government has a comprehensive report------

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

Bríd Smith: -----coming back to it next week from Marie O'Shea. It can legislate on the grounds-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

Bríd Smith: -----of at least fatal foetal anomaly and decriminalising abortion so it does not act as a chill factor in decisions that should be made for the care of women and not for the constitutionality of it.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

Bríd Smith: I want a comment on the legislation.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2023)

Bríd Smith: It sounds like you are afraid of the Israeli Government and afraid to deal with them-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2023)

Bríd Smith: You go after their citizens but not their State.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (13 Dec 2023)

Bríd Smith: They are not, however, and that is why I raised this as a Topical Issue.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (13 Dec 2023)

Bríd Smith: The problem we have is that all of this sounds great on paper. The data may show things are improving and capacity is improving. I know, for example, the late-night buses are a big attraction and capacity on them has improved and people are taking them up. Some of the routes are definitely better. However we are still dealing with a lot of traffic congestion in the city. For example,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (13 Dec 2023)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Minister of State for taking this question at the last minute. I do not think he is responsible for this area but he may well be familiar with it as a Minister of State from the Green Party who should and would, I think, have an interest in developing public transport systems to take cars off the road, to decarbonise our economy and to improve public transport. In general, then,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Special Educational Needs (13 Dec 2023)

Bríd Smith: 214. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the much-needed therapists for ASD children at a school (details supplied) will be in place; when a nurse will be recruited for the school, given that some children cannot attend a full day at school due to the lack of a nurse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55674/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Bríd Smith: What about the recruitment embargo?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Bríd Smith: What about the recruitment embargo in health?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Bríd Smith: It is stopping babies from getting specialist care.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Bríd Smith: Last Thursday members of the Fórsa trade union walked out of several hospitals, one of which was CHI at Crumlin, the national children's hospital. I received calls yesterday from parents in different parts of the country who were personally extremely distressed that there was a serious lapse in their children's care. Young babies could not get IV lines into their arms because of a lack...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Dec 2023)

Bríd Smith: 228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of recent changes to bus routes in the Dublin 12 area and the cancellation of some routes; whether there has been an increase in scheduled bus departures and in bus-carrying capacity as a result of these changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55252/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Dec 2023)

Bríd Smith: 229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will seek an explanation from the NTA for the decision to remove services from parts of Crumlin under the new BusConnects plans, and the decision to leave residents in Ballyfermot with no direct link to the Rathmines area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55253/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (12 Dec 2023)

Bríd Smith: 392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm when a decision about supplying Dublin City Council with funding for the upgrade of the bays in Labre Park will be made; if he will acknowledge that this upgrade has been promised since the outbreak of Hepatitis A on the site in January 2021 and that after this outbreak in which numerous children and adults were...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (12 Dec 2023)

Bríd Smith: 393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that although some work was carried out in Labre Park, half the site is still living in conditions akin to that experienced in developing countries and that this negates the work that has been carried out, as everyone living in Labre Park is still exposed to the risk of Hepatitis A and many other viruses; if...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Industrial Disputes (12 Dec 2023)

Bríd Smith: 485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify the reason tripartite talks between her Department, ILDN and Tús co-ordinators have been cancelled repeatedly by a principal officer (details supplied); when urgently needed talks will resume to address the 15% disparity in pay between Tús and CE supervisors, who have been eager to resolve this...