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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Primary Care Services (23 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: I will answer that. During the afternoon, there was a session here on safe staffing levels in our health service. Safe staffing levels are not just to do with staff. They are mainly to do with patients. We are putting the safety of the patients in Drimnagh, that is, the elderly and people who need mother and baby care services and people with the dementia, at risk by doing this. I can...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Primary Care Services (23 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: It is disappointing there is no one from the Department of Health here. The issue for Drimnagh is the total neglect of the area. Moving nurses out of the Mother McAuley Centre on Curlew Road to Armagh Road is adding fuel to the fire. One could argue they are both in Dublin 12, so what is the problem. They are actually very separate geographical areas and there is no bus link joining the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 15. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [12866/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Gender Equality (22 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: I will be brief. I would like the Taoiseach to comment on the recently published report on stalking and harassment put together by the two doctors in UCC. It was widely publicised and was inspired by the bravery of Una Ring and Eve McDowell. There were ten recommendations in that report. They include training and education for gardaí and a new wording on stalking offences. Do we...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (22 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: Since we are on the topic of divestment of schools, we are having quite a difficult experience in Ballyfermot with the divestment and amalgamation of schools. There needs to be more forward planning about how we carry it through. When you talk to parents, the vast majority of them say they are for non-ethos based education. Schools often carry out surveys to see how the parents will...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (22 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent engagements with church leaders. [12860/23]

Reform of Carer's Allowance Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: I thank Deputy Harkin and her group for putting forward this important motion. I hope that given that we have set up an all-party committee on the role of carers, with a focus on young carers, this year and beyond we will begin to change the attitude and climate in this country towards the important role of caring for people in the family and at home. The statistics are startling and I want...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Inquiries (22 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the scoping inquiry into historical sex abuse in schools will not be restricted to Roman Catholic religious orders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14180/23]

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: I will be sharing time with Deputy Boyd Barrett and possibly Deputy Barry if he turns up.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: I start by saying something everybody in this House knows. The 1916 Proclamation promised "to pursue the happiness and prosperity of the whole nation and of all its parts, cherishing all of the children of the nation equally". The Proclamation refers to "all of the children" but Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, the Green Party and some Independents seem confused. The Proclamation did not say...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Meetings (21 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the climate action delivery board, co-chaired by his Department. [12859/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (21 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [12858/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: We will give them as much backing and solidarity as we can, and we will keep arguing in this House that the law has to change to protect tenants.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: Is the Taoiseach going to change it?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: I want to challenge the Taoiseach on a number of things he said regarding the eviction ban. First, he said earlier in response to Deputy Bacik that one thing we can all agree on is that the eviction ban will have to end some time. No, we do not. We do not agree with that because no-fault evictions are not the norm in Europe. The Taoiseach often throws the example of Europe back at us when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: Yes. We should have that conversation honestly. Looking reality in the face; the markets dominate. Governments cannot look crooked without the markets telling them what to do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. I welcome this discussion. When I was a member of the Committee on Climate Action in 2018, with which Ms O'Neill engaged, much of the emphasis was on changing individual behaviour rather than system change. The change in the conversation we are now seeing is welcome. Previously, the discussion was mainly around why we needed a carbon tax....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: There are many elements to it but it is helpful to have this.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (21 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: 99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he had any discussions on the impacts of Israel’s continued aggression and illegal occupation of Palestinian territory and its destabilising effects on the region during his recent trip to Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5133/23]