Results 121-140 of 8,061 for speaker:Bríd Smith

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (16 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who is self-employed and has made sufficient contributions to qualify for a State pension (contributory) when reaching 66 years of age, could retire from their occupation at 65 years and claim jobseeker's benefit for the year before reaching 66 years in the same way as other workers can under present...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (16 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 4,822 non-coursing greyhounds who were registered on Rásaíocht Con éireann's RCETS at microchipping stage, but who have never been raced on an RCE-licensed track (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16181/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Unions (16 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 757. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that a students’ union (details supplied) recently launched a petition calling for the Government to provide free period products in all higher education institutions, which has now almost 3,000 signatures; if he will commit to increasing funding in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16323/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: The BusConnects plan is ploughing ahead across Dublin. We in People Before Profit truly welcome improved public transport. I always advocate for free, frequent public transport as a means to alleviate traffic problems and to help climate initiatives. The Minister for Transport disagrees. Having said that, there are serious problems with how BusConnects is being implemented, mostly because...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: The Department, which takes a hands-off approach, says that the NTA deals with these matters and it does not.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: We need an intervention by the Department to tell the NTA to talk to the community.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: At the end of Covid, there was a day in the civic centre, when everybody was not coming out, to show maps etc., but there was no consultation on the infrastructure.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: On the last point, Shannonwatch has reported a huge increase since October in the number of US military flights stopping over in Shannon. That means something. I do not know where the Tánaiste gets that level of confidence that there is no military use of the aircraft that are stopping in Shannon because we do not inspect them. We do not get on board and inspect the cargo, see who the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: It would be grand if the planes were inspected. We might believe the Tánaiste.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: That is what everyone is saying except the Tánaiste.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: This is ridiculous; we are talking about a genocide happening in Gaza.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: And the Tánaiste keeps slipping away from the crucial question I am asking him.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: What about the behaviour of the US as a state? What about the ironclad guarantee to Israel? Is that okay?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: An ironclad guarantee is not an assertion.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: In many shapes and forms it undermines our policy. Let us be honest about it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: A statement made by Joe Biden to the effect that Israel has an ironclad guarantee of US support is making headline news today. We should all acknowledge that this is no surprise whatsoever. Israel has always had an ironclad guarantee of US support. The US has always had Israel's back, particularly during the genocide in Gaza. The only thing the US has ever done is urge Israel to be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: We do not know whether the hardware being used to kill women and children in Gaza is being brought through the airport. It is a disgraceful compromise in the context of our position of neutrality to allow that not just to happen but to happen more frequently.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: The Government needs to make a statement on ending the use of Shannon Airport by the US military.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will use compulsory purchase vacant and derelict properties to address the worsening homelessness crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15713/24]

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Second Stage (10 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: I also think it is a good idea to prepare for an unexpected future. On the surface, these two proposed savings funds provide some sense of security for the future. They take the form of refurbished rainy day funds, but what the Government is unable to and incapable of recognising is that it is already raining heavily for many people. We need access to the windfall tax revenues to which the...