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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2024)

Bríd Smith: There is €25 billion of a surplus in the economy, with 140,000 people on the housing list, 14,000 to 15,000 people homeless and rising, 1 million people on waiting lists for health care and 700,000 people living below the poverty line. We can throw figures across the floor at each other but these are facts that the Tánaiste does not address. As a left-wing TD and a socialist, I...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2024)

Bríd Smith: So am I. I am the daughter of a busman.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2024)

Bríd Smith: So what?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2024)

Bríd Smith: I am the daughter of a busman.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2024)

Bríd Smith: So was my da.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2024)

Bríd Smith: I was the first to do the leaving certificate in my family.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2024)

Bríd Smith: But do not address the inequality. The Tánaiste can talk all he likes about his childhood but he has not addressed the inequality.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2024)

Bríd Smith: God help us.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2024)

Bríd Smith: There are 110,000 children with special needs that are not being met.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2024)

Bríd Smith: Not the inequality. Do not debate the inequality.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2024)

Bríd Smith: Tá rud amháin cinnte domsa inniu agus is é sin gurb é seo mo lá deireanach i nDáil Éireann. Ba mhaith liom a rá go bhfuil mé an-bhuíoch de gach duine a thug cabhair agus tacaíocht dom trína blianta. Tá mé an-dóchasach go mbeidh Councillor Hazel de Nortúin ina suí anseo tar éis an olltoghcháin. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Nov 2024)

Bríd Smith: 414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will fast-track besremi reimbursement approval and call for an immediate reassessment of besremi by the NCPE given the current shortage of Pegasys; if he is aware that the NHS in England has approved besremi for interim use and that there is a clear precedent that could be followed to protect patient safety and continuity of care; his views on the...

Carer's Allowance: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2024)

Bríd Smith: I really appreciate that. A few people did not take their slots so we underestimated the time. This is probably the last time I will speak in the Dáil and I appreciate being allowed to speak on this topic. I thank Sinn Féin for tabling the motion and the carers' association and all the carers out there who do the job they do. It is a job I did for two years when my mother was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (6 Nov 2024)

Bríd Smith: 145. To ask the Minister for Health if he will accept all of the recommendations of the National Radiation Therapist Review report; if he will commit to full implementation of the recommendations on adequate staffing levels to safeguard vital cancer services into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45440/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Programmes (5 Nov 2024)

Bríd Smith: 3. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the work of his Department's shared island unit. [45002/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 Nov 2024)

Bríd Smith: 15. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his visit to the United States and his meeting with President Biden. [45003/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (5 Nov 2024)

Bríd Smith: 1299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of alternative education establishments/settings (excluding Youthreach services) which operate outside of the traditional mainstream education system within the State; the geographical location of each setting; the criteria laid down for the establishment of an alternative education setting; the total number of students who...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (24 Oct 2024)

Bríd Smith: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider allowing the children of landlords registered with the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) to claim the rent tax credit; if he will specifically refer to a case (details supplied); if he will explain the rationale for excluding this cohort; to indicate if there are plans to include this group in the future, or offer an exemption if the...

Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (23 Oct 2024)

Bríd Smith: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 178(1). It is with honour, on behalf of the retired workers who have campaigned for more than a decade now and are in the Gallery today, that I move this. I am delighted to see the Bill move to Committee Stage. I thank the committee.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (23 Oct 2024)

Bríd Smith: 160. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the planned legislation to preserve privately held records relating to Ireland’s institutional past will include financial records so that important information about money made from forced labour or the fees demanded from families of unjustly incarcerated women and children, or the forced export of...