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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Bríd Smith: Not for data centres, however.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Bríd Smith: That was not the question. I asked about the increased demand for energy, the 9%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Bríd Smith: My question is really whether we are exceptional or different and whether this is normal or unusual.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Bríd Smith: It would be very helpful to get an answer on the comparisons.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Bríd Smith: I wish to clarify a point. I did not ask Mr Foley what his job is. Rather, I said there was a completely different tone and set of arguments in his May 2021 report compared with the submission he made today. Data centres were mentioned 16 times in that report. He explicitly said that pressure was being put on the system by increased demand from data centres.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Bríd Smith: I thank Mr. Foley.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Bríd Smith: 15. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether food production policy in Ireland needs to be revised given the recent report by an organisation (details supplied) on the state of food security and nutrition in the world; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38602/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Bríd Smith: 105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the meetings that she or her officials have had or plan to have with representatives and workers in Local Employment Services who have had or are in danger of having their jobs replaced as a result of the current policy of tendering out these positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38522/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (14 Jul 2022)

Bríd Smith: 108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the fuel allowance who have been removed from access to the allowance for exceeding the income thresholds in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38521/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (14 Jul 2022)

Bríd Smith: 149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants who were refused the fuel allowance in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38520/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Bríd Smith: 138. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the companies that have won new contracts for the provision of local employment services; the amount of funding involved in each case; and the duration of the contact; the current providers of Local Employment Services that have lost their contracts for public employment services a as result of his tendering out process;...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Bríd Smith: 143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to research (details supplied) which suggests that procuring public employment services through performance-based contacting will result in community sector organisations losing out to larger cash-rich firms with detrimental impacts on the unemployed who rely on the services; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Bríd Smith: 524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to bring any proposals to Cabinet ahead of the October 2022 budget to change the current rates of household benefit package that relate to gas and electricity costs; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that these rates have not altered in many years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34916/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Bríd Smith: 521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will meet with representatives of workers affected by the loss of contacts for local employment scheme services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34913/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (14 Jul 2022)

Bríd Smith: 522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to research that suggests changing the local employment scheme services from their current model to a target and profit driven model as currently envisioned by her Department will and has in other jurisdictions have profoundly negative effects on the unemployed and the services provided...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (14 Jul 2022)

Bríd Smith: 523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will commission an independent inquiry (details supplied) into the record, outcomes and overall impact of contracting out employment services to agencies such as Seetec and Turas Nua; if so, if the inquiry will include a survey of the experiences of those unemployed who have passed through the system; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (14 Jul 2022)

Bríd Smith: 525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the protocols that are in place to assist hearing impaired customers who are unable or inhibited by Covid restrictions and concerns from personally attending social protection offices; if staff have specialised training in the way to deal and respond to such impaired customers; and if she will make a statement on the...

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (13 Jul 2022)

Bríd Smith: I am well aware of that. I was merely pointing out-----

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (13 Jul 2022)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Minister of State for his introductory remarks. I repeat the same thing I have heard said many times this week by quite a number of Teachtaí Dála and Opposition Members, that is, what is happening here with legislation and last-minute changes shoehorned into Committee and Report Stages in the Seanad is deeply disturbing and an attempt by the Government to bypass the...

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (13 Jul 2022)

Bríd Smith: I will read briefly from an email I received from a whisteblower. We are disappointed to report that the Protected Disclosure Amendment Bill 2022, as currently proposed by Minister McGrath ..., is deficient and defunct. ... Legal Advice recently informed that this framework is inappropriate and not suitable for the intended purpose. ... The Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill fails to...