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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]

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

Bríd Smith: 112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has any plans to change the eligibility criteria for CE schemes to include persons in direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15164/23]

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

Bríd Smith: 134. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify that people in district heating systems who have faced large increases in their energy bills can access additional needs’ payments; if any instruction has been issued from her Department to community welfare officers in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15162/23]

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

Bríd Smith: 146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify the last occasion when there was an increase in the energy part of the household benefit package; if she has any plans to raise this allowance in light of the ongoing energy crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15163/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (28 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the cost of installing an electronic timetable with real-time arrival times at bus stops that currently only have a sign; the estimated cost of installing a roofed shelter at bus stops that currently only have a sign; if he will clarify the process for applying for both, for a particular bus stop; if he will outline...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (28 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 494 of 21 March 2023, if he will provide more specific information on the existing internal complaints and appeals systems within local authorities, particularly in relation to appealing decisions regarding medical priority for housing applications; if he will consider implementing a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (28 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify why the procurement process for a contractor for a school (details supplied) has been halted; if she will acknowledge the need for an ETSS in this area to accommodate the significant number of children who want to continue their education in an ETSS; if she will reconsider the stoppage on the procurement process and allow...

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

Bríd Smith: 466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will acknowledge the importance of encouraging young people to participate in the democratic process by becoming a registered voter; if she is aware of some of the difficulties young people have in trying to become a registered voter for the first time (details supplied); if there are plans to streamline the process...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 658. To ask the Minister for Health if he has listened to and consulted with the trans community in relation to their healthcare needs and the provision of that care currently; if he will consider reviewing the National Gender Service in terms of international best practice and how it is currently working from the trans community’s perspective; if he will listen to the trans...