Results 121-140 of 553 for children speaker:Bríd Smith

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 100. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can clarify his Department's recent communication on accommodation and support for refugees; the reason that it discriminates between different refugees and specifically offers less support to international protection refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6068/23]

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]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (1 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: ...and mould, sewage and other problems. When one goes into one of these estates, the problems run deeper. There is rat infestation and playgrounds are not updated and are slippy and dangerous for children. In the case of Emmet Buildings, there is no proper emergency access for ambulances or fire brigades. There is a huge amount of absolute negligence. The fact that Ireland was...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (1 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: ...of State these photographs. They are incredible. I happened to be with a local school teacher who teaches in St. Brigid's National School in the Coombe. She mentioned to me the level of absenteeism and children being unable to attend school because of the impact that mould and damp has on their health. I have statements here from the World Health Organization and the National Health...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (1 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 165. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the niece of a deceased woman (details supplied) who spent time in a mother and baby home is eligible to access the redress scheme; if this negates the claim for compensation if the child of the deceased woman was adopted on the mother's behalf; and if so, if this then allows the next of kin, a niece make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (18 Jan 2023)

Bríd Smith: 626. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that he is taking to stop the imminent expulsion and forced transfer of over 1,000 Palestinians, including 500 children, by the Israeli Government in clear violation of international law; if will he acknowledge that the forcible transfer of such people in Occupied Territories is a war crime under international law and that the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (18 Jan 2023)

Bríd Smith: 981. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has any plans to include education as a future ground for discrimination in the Employment Equality and Discrimination Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1255/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (30 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...a child (details supplied); when they will be seen; the steps he is taking to clear the substantial waiting lists for these services; if his attention has been drawn to the impact this is having on children with additional needs and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59599/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (29 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 487. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider extending the closing date for the building block improvement grant scheduled for Friday 25 November 2022 (details supplied); if he will acknowledge this difficulty and grant an extension for submission of required paperwork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58769/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (29 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 512. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has plans to review the operations and workings of the core funding model and ECCE funding to childcare providers, especially in relation to the current cost-of-living crisis impact on smaller and local community providers, specifically if he has considered any increases or additional supports in funding...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (29 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 513. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will re-examine the position of providers who have not signed up to the core funding model in view of the current cost-of-living crisis and the difficulties faced by small providers of childcare services, and specifically the possibility or revisiting the issues around higher capitation and the PSP for...

Abuse at Certain Educational Institutions: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...it into the public eye. We owe them a deep debt of gratitude. There was something different about this particular revelation. We have been heaped with revelations of abuse of men, women and children by clerics and the churches over recent decades. What was different about this was the sense of shock across society that it involves a school such as Blackrock College in a middle class...

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...

Dublin City Safety Initiatives and Other Services: Statements (17 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...from tourism and foreign students who have plenty of money to pay for dear accommodation and getting them spending. There is another part of city life and this is the people who live in it: the children, old people and people who grew up there. They have very limited, if any, space in which to play, participate in sports, hang out together or sit in parks and squares. If they do have...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (17 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 85. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the Irish Refugee Council Report titled "Accommodation Crisis 2022: Response and Recommendations" published in October 2022, that states that the Irish protection system is in crisis, that there has been a serious and unprecedented breakdown in Ireland's reception system and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...which allegedly comes once an hour but does not, and probably comes once every two hours. This is really hurting the local population. Elderly people cannot get to mass or to shops, nor can women with their children. This is very much damaging the relationship between Dublin Bus and the services around that area and it is not fair to them. It happened overnight in the knowledge, where...

Social and Affordable Housing Supply: Motion [Private Members] (26 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...Ronan McDonnell who has made millions out of this block of flats. He is evicting 35 families. Those families are not just Irish. They come from all corners of the planet but they all work here and are rearing their children here. They are all very scared about what is going to happen to them. I wrote to Dublin City Council, DCC, immediately and said that this is in its area and we...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (25 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 499. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a situation in a centre for Ukrainian refugees in Cork (details supplied), in which parents and their children have reported being very cold and requests to turn on the heating have been met with threats of eviction and foul language; the policy regarding heating in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (25 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 504. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will investigate allegations of unacceptable behaviour by management of a hostel for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will outline the person or body that is responsible for and the way oversight of these centres is being carried out and maintained; and if he will make a...