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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: That is okay; I get it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: Mr. McLoughlin is basically saying he cannot answer it because he does not know if Ireland supports it or not. That should be the answer. We are going about it in a roundabout way. Mr. McLoughlin just said that other states support it, but he cannot answer if Ireland does. Therefore, let us park that one. I want to ask Mr. McLoughlin another question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: I have that point. I have two more questions. I might get to ask Mr. McLoughlin one of them. He talked about the crisis in Ukraine giving us an opportunity to engage the public regarding the costs associated with their consumption and to look at the reduction in the use of fossil fuels. Does Mr. McLoughlin see this as an opportunity to engage the fossil fuel industry on the costs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: I thank Mr. McLoughlin.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (20 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in achieving the Istanbul Convention targets for refuge spaces for domestic violence victims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52422/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (20 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date into any developments on an independent inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52421/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 122. To ask the Minister for Health when staff in private nursing homes will receive the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52419/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (20 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 133. To ask the Minister for Health if the winter plans will result in any permanent increase in acute hospital bed numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52420/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (20 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify the position of the local employment services in Clondalkin and Tallaght, specifically the reason that 39 staff have been made redundant; if this is a direct consequence of her Department tendering out of services in local employment; the local employment services that are currently available to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (20 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a series of matters in relation to an organisation (details supplied) will be clarified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52561/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (20 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 334. To ask the Minister for Health if the independent evaluation carried out by a university (details supplied) as part of the termination of pregnancy legislation review will be made publicly available; and when this will occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52564/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (19 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: You’re a gas man.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (19 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: It is not balanced.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (19 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: It is clearly failing so it cannot be balanced if it is failing.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (19 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: The Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss heard this weekend that Ireland is not losing its biodiversity; it is haemorrhaging it. An expert told the assembly that we are one of the most nature-depleted countries on the planet. Anyone crossing Ireland will see Sitka spruce plantations and biodiversity deserts everywhere. Basically, hedgerows that should be a refuge for biodiversity have...

Mother and Baby Institutions Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Social Democrats for tabling the motion. It will be a comfort to survivors and campaigners that these issues are again being raised in the Dáil. There is an attempt by the Minister and the Government to say that outstanding issues and concerns of survivors have been dealt with, but that is not the case. It is a gross injustice that these issues are outstanding. I wish...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (19 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department or the high-level working group, chaired by the Secretary General to examine the way in which the National Educational Psychological Services can best continue to recruit adequate numbers of suitably qualified staff, intend to meet or consult with an organisation (details supplied), to inform their interim recommendations in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (19 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department or the high-level working group, chaired by the Secretary General to examine the way in which the National Educational Psychological Services can best continue to recruit adequate numbers of suitably qualified staff, intend to meet or consult with an organisation (details supplied), to inform their interim recommendations in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (19 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of educational psychologists who are currently employed by the Health Service Executive; if the HSE intends not to employ educational psychologists in primary care and CAMHS services moving forward, given that trainee educational psychologists were excluded from the new funding provided for professional psychology training...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (19 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 264. To ask the Minister for Health the number of educational psychologists who are currently employed by the Health Service Executive; if the HSE intends not to employ educational psychologists in primary care and CAMHS services moving forward, given that trainee educational psychologists were excluded from the new funding provided for professional psychology training introduced in Budget...