Results 781-800 of 8,245 for speaker:Bríd Smith

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (24 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department’s Strategy Statement 2021-2023; and if he plans to update those goals. [24733/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Defence Forces (24 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the high-level action plan for the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [24735/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 33. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on a humanitarian response to Ukraine will next meet. [22825/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 21. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [22824/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [22823/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the shocking treatment of the workers in Tesco. This is a hugely profitable firm the great success of which in this country has mainly been achieved on the back of its loyal workforce. However, there has been shameful treatment of workers employed by the company prior to 1996. Effectively, these people have either driven out of their jobs because of the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: It is not agreed. On Wednesday, there is a motion that calls for the extension of the temporary business energy support scheme, TBESS, without debate. We think this is wrong. There needs to be a debate on this extension, considering that there are some very profitable companies availing of this subsidy, including high energy users such as data centres. There are no criteria around the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Poverty: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. The figures jumped out at me. The stark reports are very important and useful tools for anybody making an argument around the various questions they raise. The first point is obviously that the one-off measures the Government took in the latest budget, although welcome, did not solve the problem. Many of us argued at the time that the approach...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Poverty: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: Does Ms Petrie think the pay-as-you-go system should be reviewed as something that is not advisable? Would it be better to see more people on a plan and with supports and a better income instead of using the pay-as-you-go system? I suspect that many of the people who come to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul are using that system and that is where the trouble starts.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the numbers of applicants to date in 2023 for exceptional needs payments, by category of the exceptional need (for example, energy bills, and so on); the number of those that were successful in receiving a payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24651/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Energy Prices (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that are or will be available for older people facing higher energy bills, in particular, high gas bills; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24650/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify the responsibilities and duties of energy providers when dealing with and identifying vulnerable customers, including four particular aspects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24600/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cost of Living Issues (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware that people dependent on disability benefit are living significantly below the poverty line; the measures she will take to protect them against increases in the cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15768/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify when the familicide and domestic homicide review commissioned by the Government will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24765/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 761. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the promised return of nursing staff to Curlew Road health centre; if he will clarify whether staffing levels have increased; when the health centre will have a full complement of staff back to deliver much-needed health services to the population of Drimnagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24253/23]

Ban Private Jet Aircraft from Irish Airspace Bill 2023: First Stage (18 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to Ban Private Jet Aircraft from Irish Airspace Bill 2023. I noted the Tánaiste's earlier response to Deputy Bacik, when he said that the Government will do anything to help reduce emissions. Here is a good idea for this Government. The Bill is very simple. We have a climate emergency, both globally and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: That is a good way of putting it.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can clarify the measures that he intends to take in situations where a landlord or property owner is refusing to engage with councils or approved housing bodies on the sale of a property with in-situ tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23479/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (18 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can outline his plans to address the crisis in elderly accommodation in the private rental market in light of a recent reports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23480/23]