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Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Cabinet Committees (29 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: Because landlords would leave the market.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Cabinet Committees (29 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: The Government has never proven how it causes landlords to leave the market.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Cabinet Committees (29 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [11608/23]

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Cabinet Committees (29 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he is planning to publish a Housing for All report with the final figures of housing delivered for the whole of 2022; and when he expects to do this. [15433/23]

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Cabinet Committees (29 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: I want to point out that the Dublin Region Homeless Executive sent a circular to councillors in the last week to offer reassurance to HAP, rental accommodation scheme, RAS and other tenants who may be affected by notices of termination. The reassurance they give is that they refer the tenant to Threshold. A HAP tenant can look for alternative accommodation on the rental market. They will...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: This is the second time in a month I have had to raise this matter. I still have not got an answer from the Department or the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, who is last person I raised it with. The Taoiseach mentioned employment regulation orders with regard to childcare. There is an employment regulation order in respect of the security industry. Employment in that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (29 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Carlow will have a women's refuge in place as promised in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15577/23]

Annual Emission Allocation Units Purchase Agreement: Motion (28 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: This figure of €2.9 million gives us just a hint of the failure in this State. The fact that we can purchase credits from Slovakia gives us another hint that the entire EU trading system and sharing efforts are a form of a giant accounting trick. I think the Minister of State knows this. As someone said before, it is like a medieval indulgence that allows you to buy your way out...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (28 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: Is violence ever lawful?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (28 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: The police were not self-defending. The Taoiseach can see the footage himself.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (28 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: In his engagement with international Heads of State and Government, has the Taoiseach met or does he intend to meet President Macron of France any time soon? When he does meet Mr. Macron, will he condemn the shameful police violence that has been perpetrated on citizens throughout France who are protesting the elongation of their working lives? To be clear, their working lives are not...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (28 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: On accommodation, it is utterly shameful that there are over 400 people sleeping on the streets, and that will probably increase, at the same time as the obscenity of what has been going on in Mullingar. People ask me many questions, and I cannot answer them. How was what occurred in Mullingar allowed happen? That is the first question. How is it that a tiny group of people can deprive...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (28 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the international division of his Department. [11607/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: I want to return to the question of community healthcare services and the teams in our community which, as the Taoiseach said, will allow people to access care without being hospitalised. Less than a week ago, along with my constituency colleagues, I asked a Topical Issue Matter, to which there was a very unsatisfactory response from the Government. In fact, on this issue of community...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the most recent meeting of the Cabinet committee on health took place. [12867/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: The Taoiseach probably read the article at the weekend that told us a senior executive at the company, Applus, which is responsible for running the National Car Test Service, a service that is delivered by the State and contracted out, wrote to a number of Filipino migrant workers and told them that if they do not stop making noise in their accommodation, “I do not want you here in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: Deputy Boyd Barrett does not have to fight for his seat. We do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: I thank Senators Dooley and Ruane for letting me in ahead of them. I am under pressure due to a family commitment as well as Leaders' Questions. It is a very interesting and important discussion, as was said by others. I thank all the presenters for giving us their insights into this issue. This question has been asked in other ways but I will ask the IFA and the INHFA quite directly...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (28 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has any plans to increase welfare rates for those on disability payments in light of additional costs and rising cost-of-living pressures; if any consideration is being given to the provision of a universal non means-tested payment for those suffering from long-term disabilities; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has made any provision for an increased budget for additional needs’ payments in light of the ending of the eviction ban and the likelihood of additional expenses being faced by people made homeless; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15160/23]