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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Energy Prices (26 Jan 2023)

Bríd Smith: 198. To ask the Minister for Finance if community clubs and halls are eligible to apply for the temporary business energy support scheme; if he plans to provide specific supports for such facilities in dealing with the current energy price crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3752/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (26 Jan 2023)

Bríd Smith: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure that young persons, especially in schools and colleges, are not exposed to indirect advertising by drinks companies; if she will ensure that an organisation (details supplied) is not permitted in secondary schools; if she will ensure that there is a prohibition on alcohol industry funded programmes in Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Energy Prices (26 Jan 2023)

Bríd Smith: 333. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports that are available for community halls and clubs from her Department, especially in relation to energy costs and the current high energy costs incurred by many clubs and halls in keeping their facilities heated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3753/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (25 Jan 2023)

Bríd Smith: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clarification will be provided in relation to the proposed amalgamation of three secondary schools into one complex (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3633/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Bríd Smith: The last couple of sentences summed up what I wanted to say. I ask those present to pardon me as my voice is a bit compromised. Since I have got to know this group of people who are working on the need for their voices to be heard, it really has brought things home to me. An awful lot of these people are public sector and semi-State workers who saw their pensions hit so hard, particularly...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (24 Jan 2023)

Bríd Smith: 17. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of actions in the 2021 climate action plan which have not been enacted to date; the numbers of high-impact actions which have failed to be enacted or that are delayed; the high-impact actions that remain to be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62712/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (24 Jan 2023)

Bríd Smith: 21. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the work of the climate action delivery board. [3411/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (24 Jan 2023)

Bríd Smith: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the growth in the number of millionaires in the State, identified in a recent report that showed the two richest people in the State have more wealth than the poorest 50% of the population; and his views on whether Government policy has driven or is responsible for this trend. [3106/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Jan 2023)

Bríd Smith: 161. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will re-examine the proposal for a wealth tax in Ireland in light of a recent export on wealth and inequality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3105/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Sector Pay (24 Jan 2023)

Bríd Smith: 404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will immediately arrange a date to meet the WRC in relation to the pay claim that community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors have submitted through their respective unions; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there have been no wage increases for these workers since 2008 and in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (24 Jan 2023)

Bríd Smith: 482. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ever-rising costs of nursing home care, with relatives reporting significant extra costs in addition to the basic contribution they make in addition to the fair deal scheme contribution; the Government’s plans to reduce this burden on relatives of nursing home patients; if the Government plans to increase...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (19 Jan 2023)

Bríd Smith: 5. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct the NTA to meet with residents and representatives in the Ballyfermot area to discuss the service on the new G spine and specifically the collapse of services in the lower Ballyfermot area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2375/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (19 Jan 2023)

Bríd Smith: 29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the BusConnects proposals due to be introduced in Dublin in 2023 will face delays as a result of driver shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2374/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (19 Jan 2023)

Bríd Smith: 62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the impact current driver schedules, pay and rosters are having in the retention and recruitment of drivers in Dublin Bus, a company (details supplied) and Bus Éireann, which is resulting in frequent cancellation of services across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2377/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (19 Jan 2023)

Bríd Smith: 94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure the NTA does not award routes to companies on the basis of lower labour costs in the future under its competitive tendering processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2378/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (19 Jan 2023)

Bríd Smith: 171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Government has formally abandoned targets for 1 million private electric vehicles on the roads by 2030; if so, the way he plans to reach the targets for cuts to emissions in transport; if he will re-examine proposals for free public transport in view of such a change in Government transport climate policies; and if he will make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Bríd Smith: I am sorry - my voice is very compromised. Thankfully, most of the questions I wanted to ask the witnesses have been asked and answered very well. I thank them for their work. The following is just a comment on the curtilage issue. There are some buildings where services are provided in respect of which the definition of 100 m from the entrance still does not satisfactorily address the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Bríd Smith: At the moment Mr. O'Connor does not think it is a concern.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Bríd Smith: Is it not done under the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Bríd Smith: That would not cover protestors going down to the centres and-----