Results 141-160 of 553 for children speaker:Bríd Smith

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...the Minister for Health the number of qualified educational psychologists currently working within primary care services; the number of qualified educational psychologists currently working within children and adolescent mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52899/22]

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

Bríd Smith: ...outplay of a society at the time; these were worked for, planned for, defended, known at the time and justified by both the church and the State. They were resisted and fought against at the time by some by some women and children and even by many on the outside. Even some civil servants campaigned against them. Those who saw and knew and implemented what was happening were responsible...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (18 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 565. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will intervene in the case of a number of Ukrainian refugees who are currently accommodated in Killarney attending a college (details supplied) and are completing courses for progression to third level, who have received two days’ notice that they will be moved to another hotel in County Mayo; the...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 109. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the widespread anger at his recent decision not to engage an international legal expert to review testimonies given to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50631/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (13 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 95. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that the Government has not ratified the optional protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which would provide a mechanism for people to challenge when their rights are not being upheld; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51023/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Irish Sign Language (13 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 165. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish the final report by the National Disability Authority on the operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 that was provided to the Minister in July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50632/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (13 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 328. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the increase in the childcare subsidy for parents from €0.50 to €1.40 per hour will affect those currently on means tested childcare supports or just those on the universal scheme who do not receive means testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51015/22]

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (11 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...lives and advocate strongly for what needs to be done for people with disabilities. I refer to the press release issued last May by FUSS Ireland before a huge protest it held. It stated: Every day, we watch our children regress. We watch them miss out on school places. They sit in pain in equipment that is too small or unsuitable. We watch them disappear from their communities and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...out of control, yet from 1 January the SEAI will make it more difficult for them to do something about that. I am dealing with people in that situation. For example, there is a lone parent with two children who lives in a corner house on Ballyfermot Parade and earns €35,000 a year. The one-stop shop is no good to her as she does not have the money to go to it. The warmer homes...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (6 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 306. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions that he plans to take, to provide those who were subjected to differential treatment in childcare institutions with effective remedies, through the mother and baby institutions payment scheme, in particular to provide redress for the harms caused due to racial discrimination and systemic racism; and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: DNA Database (6 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 291. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the database in relation to the mother and baby homes that will hold samples of family members’ DNA will be established; when the gathering of the necessary DNA of extended family members will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49208/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Contracts (5 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 264. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of any contracts or services procured by his Department with top security, including any that are subcontracted to top security; the value of such contracts since 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48990/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...to get female candidates for the local elections. We should start looking at the question of the right to maternity leave for councillors. We have a councillor in Ballyfermot who has had two children since she was elected and during both tranches of leave she received no allowances from the council. She does not have another job; she is not a solicitor, a publican or barrister who has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: 239. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of specialist, multidisciplinary treatment and care for children with long-Covid; the reason there are currently no long-Covid clinics for children in Ireland, given those affected are being treated by general paediatricians and general practitioners without the necessary level of expertise to manage this...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (27 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: 340. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he or his Department will intervene in relation to the suspension of childcare provision at a community centre (details supplied) in which dozens of families have faced disruption to essential childcare provision; if he will contact Tusla to attempt to expedite the inspection and certification of an...

National Retrofit Plan: Motion [Private Members] (20 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...many years before and anyone seeking support now will be refused. That is just one example of where we are failing in this area. Another example is people on the median wage who are not on social protection and are not well off. A single parent with two children who came to me during the week is being asked for €15,000 upfront to have the wraparound done on her home. That is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...her stairs because she is worried about using electricity. So she needs to register as vulnerable but does not realise that and people who use electric chairs, hoists or special equipment for their children think that if they turn on anything they will be in trouble. Dependency is definitely vulnerable. The other definition for vulnerability concerns age, mental health and all the rest....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...have reported up to eight unfilled teaching posts, and that principals and staff have significant concerns about the increasing difficulty of delivering the expected level of education to the children in their schools; the measures that schools are expected to take during the coming months as teacher absences increase; the immediate steps she is taking to rectify the teacher shortage...

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Commission of Investigation Report: Statements (14 Sep 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...schemes. Far from St. Moritz and Davos, the bill has ultimately been paid by the people of this State, and it continues to be paid by them. Let me end by remembering some of the measures from which we are still trying to recover, for example, housing and health, including waiting lists for operations for children crying in pain. Consider the measures that the State, through the budget,...

Rent Reduction Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...no alternative to capitalism, no alternative to the market, no alternative to mass unemployment or to the devastation of people's living conditions. I believe the Government and its Deputies are the children of Thatcher’s politics, which is the political and economic view that says we cannot interfere in the market or in the need of corporations to make profits. Today we say...