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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: Why does the Taoiseach not call it a housing emergency?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: What is the-----

Transport in Galway and Other Areas: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Independent Group for tabling this motion. How we deal with the central issues of transport, climate change and future planning for our society is important for Galway and every region and city in the country. This morning, I listened to an interview with an economist about planning our economy. He was critical of the approach taken by the Government on all levels. One example...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: I was not going to start in this way because it sounds sort of Dickensian, and it is, but having listened to some of the Government Deputies eulogise the budget, I want to start by reading a letter I got in my constituency office from a neighbour who lives on the road near me in Ballyfermot. It reads: I went to my parents’ home at 9 p.m. tonight. My mam had the bottle gas fire...

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: The Taoiseach knows that the Bill to which I am referring would change the law.

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: It would change the law.

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: But the Minister is extending licences to drill more.

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: No, I am saying we should take responsibility for ourselves.

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: I am talking about actions at home to keep emissions down. The Taoiseach knows that was my question.

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: I am sorry, that is the answer to Deputy Bacik’s question, not mine. I asked the Taoiseach why the Government issued licences for drilling.

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: Yes, but the direct question I asked was the irony of giving licences for drilling.

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if a climate action unit has been established in his Department. [54846/22]

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: The Government says it wants more ambition on the limit of 1.50C at COP27 but that loss and damage was a major achievement. The real story of COP27 is the failure of measures to limit global temperatures. It is like saying to the people of east Africa, "We can starve 40,000 of you and give you a few bob" or to the people of Pakistan, "We can cause catastrophic flooding for 30 million of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: I would like the Taoiseach to look at the promised cost-of-living reduction of €1,000 in third level fees. There is a cohort that is not going to get this reduction, namely, students who have to repeat a year. In many cases, these students are more economically vulnerable and may have to work part-time to keep themselves in college. Can the Taoiseach explain why this extraordinary...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: The Government is looking at it.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the violation of the right to adequate housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57950/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Irish Sign Language (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 483. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if clarification will be provided in relation to a statement (details supplied) regarding the delay in publishing the first report on the operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017; the legal matter that is holding up the publication of the report; if his attention has been drawn to reports that members of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 641. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the reason that an aspect of an agreed programme of care and rehabilitation for a person (details supplied) with a brain injury has been withdrawn thereby compromising their best chances of a full recovery; if efforts will be made to ensure that this phase of their rehabilitation will be reinstated; when the next phase will take...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: I thank the witnesses. I came in with a set of questions based on having read one of the submissions and I have completely different questions now. I have found the meeting interesting. This is all connected. We seem to be in trouble with our land use and we urgently need to do something. I appreciate the optimism, particularly from Dr. Moran, about how we can do this and what we can do....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: This question is a bit like asking how long is a piece of string. It is worrying that we either need legislation or we need to incentivise farmers and those who live on the land in a proper way, and it does not seem that either of these things are being done. We seem to be hanging somewhere in the middle. Perhaps we need a bit of both approaches.