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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (5 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. [48987/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (5 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 382. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of any contracts or services procured by her Department with top security, including any that are subcontracted to top security; the value of such contracts since 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49004/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: I wish to challenge some of the comments that are being made here about the profiteering of the company and how that is somehow immoral in the context of an energy crisis. Would the witnesses agree that the ESB as originally structured was an absolutely perfect model for a society because it did not have a for-profit mandate and it generated, ran and distributed the energy on what some would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: I thank Mr. Fenlon. I suppose it was a bit unfair of me to ask him what his political opinion was, but I guess I am using it as an opportunity to talk about something I am very passionate about, which is nationalising the energy sector to deal with both the climate and the cost-of-living crises; I think it would have that double whammy for us all if we did that. In the limited constraints...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: I thank Ms Ward but it is really a drop in the ocean-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: The Society of St. Vincent de Paul would give out more money than what Electric Ireland has given out to people who are vulnerable in energy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of plans to establish an ASD class in schools (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48355/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capital Expenditure Programme (4 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital expenditure that has been incurred for the building, equipment and furnishing of post-primary schools in areas (details supplied); the expenditure for the acquisition of sites; the expenditure that has been incurred for the transportation to school of students attending schools in temporary locations during such building; the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (4 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if those on job initiative schemes are now eligible for the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48480/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (4 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: 525. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a master's degree obtained in 2015 after which a stamp 2 graduate visa from 2015 to 2016 was issued can be included as reckonable in a citizenship application given that Stamp 1G is now reckonable, while acknowledging that Stamp 1G did not exist in the period mentioned; her views on whether it would exclude the...

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

Bríd Smith: I thank the Minister for coming in. I refer to the previous discussion about the difficulties in trying 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...

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

Bríd Smith: Clearly that is the challenge in every country that has it, and most EU counties have the right to be recognised once it represents over a certain percentage of the workforce. We do not.

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

Bríd Smith: It helps a lot.

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

Bríd Smith: It helps a lot-----

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

Bríd Smith: It does. I know from my own working life it helps a lot to be able to sit down and say "These are the problems. Will you sit down and talk to us?" and not be told "No, we're not talking to you. We don't have to talk to you."

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

Bríd Smith: They have a legal obligation to talk to your trade union representative if they look for a meeting.

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

Bríd Smith: That is not it. There are processes after that.

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

Bríd Smith: I look forward to the report being published. The Minister said October.