Results 41-60 of 550 for children speaker:Bríd Smith

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (6 Dec 2023)

Bríd Smith: 156. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently on the waiting list to be seen by the Children’s Disability Network team in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; the length of time they have been waiting; the number of vacancies on the CDNT currently; if the recent HSE staff embargo means that these vacancies are not being...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (30 Nov 2023)

Bríd Smith: ...will clarify why there is a shortage of the ADHD treatment medication tyvense; if he will acknowledge the impact the scarcity of this medication is having on people who are prescribed it, especially children with autism and ADHD, who without the drug are unable to go to school, function at home or have quality of life; if he will outline the steps he is taking to secure a regular and...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Bríd Smith: I will go first, followed by Deputy Kenny and then Deputies Murphy, and Barry. Our full solidarity, sympathy and our hearts go out to the children, their families, the carer and her family, and all in the community who were deeply affected by this horrible and unspeakable act. There are certain grounds for women and children in this country to be fearful of violence because they have...

Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Bríd Smith: ...Hamas is about to free. The lie is already sinking in. The Minister of State has almost been guilty of it because he condemns the taking of hostages. When did he condemn the fact that thousands of children and women have been taken hostage by the Israeli state because they fired a stone or dared to stand up to the IDF when their homes were being pulled apart by settlers? Never. ...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Bríd Smith: ...anti-abortion views. Scraping the barrel by making a comparison with Gaza is the lowest thing the Deputies have done tonight. If they care all that much about life, they should please scream out about the children who cannot have incubators in Al-Shifa Hospital tonight.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (14 Nov 2023)

Bríd Smith: 410. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify why there is currently only one part-time social worker at the children’s disability network team on Armagh Road, Crumlin, Dublin 12; if he is aware that this situation is causing a serious backlog for children with special needs requiring services; if he will clarify what the staffing...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (14 Nov 2023)

Bríd Smith: 440. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on progress in the extraction of information on St. Gerard's home from the larger Saint Patrick's Guild file received by Tusla in 2017 following a statement in January 2021 that St Gerard's records were 'not fully processed' at that time; if he confirm if the extraction of records relating...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Nov 2023)

Bríd Smith: 578. To ask the Minister for Health to outline what is currently being done to address discrimination against autistic children in mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49855/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Nov 2023)

Bríd Smith: 579. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm if the current approach to launching the CAMHS hubs pilot be amended so that autistic children with a moderate to severe mental health issue will also have access on a par with their neurotypical peers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49856/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Nov 2023)

Bríd Smith: ...the Minister for Health if he will commit to the implementation of the Mental Health Commission’s 49 recommendations and take immediate action to address the discrimination against neurodivergent children and lack of service for children with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49857/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Oct 2023)

Bríd Smith: .... I would describe it as a hate fest. This group is made up of people like those in Giorgia Meloni's party, which is currently restricting the rights of gay parents to have full rights over their children and is waging war with NGOs that try to rescue people from the Mediterranean. The group includes the Bulgarian wing of a far-right party that is trying to bring a constitutional...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Oct 2023)

Bríd Smith: It is not a fact. I defend the Taoiseach's right to be a gay man, to get married and have children. These people are shutting down that right.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (24 Oct 2023)

Bríd Smith: 471. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of a person (details supplied) with a disability who had been placed in a nursing home for a convalescent short-term stay, but who remains there 14-weeks later due to the lack of funding at their original residence to provide for a necessary member of night staff; if he will acknowledge that...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (24 Oct 2023)

Bríd Smith: 494. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) with developmental delays and speech and language difficulties will be seen at a particular clinic, given the urgency of their needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46722/23]

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Bríd Smith: ...in this country and it has failed utterly to deal with them. As I said, the devil will be in the detail over the coming months and we will see what comes out, but most of all, it is ignoring poverty and homelessness among children. At the same time, the Minister of State, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, tells those children to wait until 2035, when there will be windmills and more radiation....

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Bríd Smith: ..., because there are muddled messages out there as to why we see such a high level of sexual and gender-based violence in our society. One of the messages is that the biggest threat to women and children comes from the foreigners or the refugees, particularly those who are not from Ukraine, who, it is said, come into this country and are a big threat to us all. It is said they are...

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2023)

Bríd Smith: ...on this and the costs of doing it will be detailed in that submission. I will not go into them here but those details are important. The lack of affordable and accessible childcare is a real barrier for parents, communities and children themselves. Early years education is the single biggest barrier to women participating fully in life and in work. I say "women" because we are still...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (3 Oct 2023)

Bríd Smith: 549. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a company (details supplied) has signed up to the core funding model for childcare, and in doing so, agreed to freeze fees at 2021 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42571/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (3 Oct 2023)

Bríd Smith: 550. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if recent moves by a childcare provider (details supplied) are a breach of any undertaking given not to increase child care fees under the core funding model; if the attempt by the company to increase childcare fees for 2023/2024 by designating the previous year's (2022/2023) fees as an introductory fee...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Bríd Smith: ...have another 24 spaces. Many counties do not have any spaces at all and the truth is that many people continue to live with their abusers because they cannot go into homeless accommodation and put their children into hotels and bed and breakfast accommodation for years on end. I know many families who have been in homeless accommodation for two and three years. I repeat that I would...