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Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (8 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 to provide for abortion on request prior to foetal viability; to abolish the 3 day waiting period for abortion on request; to allow for abortion on grounds of fatal foetal abnormality that are likely to lead to the death of the foetus either before or...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (8 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: On behalf of People Before Profit we send our solidarity and sympathy to the victims of the earthquake in Türkiye and Syria. The death toll has risen to 11,000 and the World Health Organization has warned that it could rise to 20,000. I want to raise the question of aid to this very desperate area in this desperate scenario. Aid has always been weaponised and there have been sanctions...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (8 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the State, which funds private schools, has any input or control over their enrolment policy; if the practices reported at a school (details supplied) constitute a breach of State guidelines or are in keeping with present rules and criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5604/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (8 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 472 of 30 November 2021, if he will clarify when the review will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5735/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (8 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if allowing a named individual to enter a dog in a greyhound race in Shelbourne Park on 20 January 2023 while the individual is the subject of an exclusion order imposed by Rásaíocht Con Éireann for multiple serious doping offences undermines the integrity of the greyhound industry (details supplied); and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (8 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing stud greyhounds registered with the Irish Coursing Club in each of the years 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5697/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (8 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of mating certificates for non-coursing dogs obtained from the Irish Coursing Club in each of the years 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5698/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (8 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing litters registered with the Irish Coursing Club in each of the years 2021 and 2022, in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5699/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (8 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing dogs tattooed and microchipped with the Irish Coursing Club in each of the years 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5700/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (8 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of naming forms for non-coursing dogs obtained from the Irish Coursing Club in each of the years 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5701/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (8 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing dogs named with the Irish Coursing Club in each of the years 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5702/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (8 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing dogs for whom markings were put on their identity book by the Irish Coursing Club in each of the years 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5703/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: It is rare that this happens but yesterday some areas of Dublin got good news. The people of the Liberties learned that Dublin City Council has directed the immediate commencement of a process that will enable it to carry out preservation works of the historic Iveagh Markets. It is, however, short in its budget and has said it will be calling on the State to provide funding to preserve this...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: It is very new news.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Union (2 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he or other Ministers have sought or looked for legal advice in relation to Ireland's participation in EU battlegroups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5134/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (2 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions or arrangements that occur with her Department or local schools in cases in which children, as refugees or asylum seekers, in primary and secondary schools are moved, with little formal notice to the parents or staff involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5246/23]

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: I do not mind repeating some of the things I said the last time I spoke about this. I support this amendment wholeheartedly on the basis that it gives us a meagre opportunity to address the issues on behalf of the 24,000 survivors who were cold-heartedly excluded from the scheme. I do not know if the Minister thinks that way or if he thinks he needs to give them a reason but he has never...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on his most recent engagement with political representatives and groups from Northern Ireland since he returned to Oifig an Taoisigh. [4423/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: As Lá Fhéile Bríde is being recognised for the first time by the State today and with the bank holiday next weekend, I can think of no better day to amplify the urgency for action on violence against women and girls. Unfortunately, this is a pandemic of violence and last year was one of the worst years we saw for the numbers of people affected. Some 15 women were killed...