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Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Today marks the fifth anniversary of the magnificent repeal referendum vote. Thankfully, the situation for pregnant people in this country has improved massively since people voted overwhelmingly to trust women and repeal the eighth amendment. Abortion is available on request up to 12 weeks of pregnancy and, beyond that, in very limited...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: Today marks the fifth anniversary of the repeal victory, a categoric and historic victory of a campaign that was run and led in particular by young women but by men and women throughout this country, the length and breadth, and east to west. That campaign really forced the politicians to sit up, wake up and smell the coffee. What people said at that time was, mostly: give women a choice and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: I understand that you do not turn a ship around overnight but, seriously, it took us decades to get to the point where we had a referendum to repeal the eighth. The review was commissioned, it was delayed in being published, and it is categorically clear in its recommendations. For example, the criminalisation of abortion in the law is the only aspect of medicine that is criminalised - the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: I am not attacking it. My colleague is on the committee.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (25 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); the status and expected date for publication of the scoping report; the actions he intends to take; if he will clarify the reason for the ongoing delays in acting on the wishes of the person's family for a full public inquiry; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Construction Industry (25 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department has any responsibility to ensure the safety or environmental integrity of residents from the effects of construction works in their area; if the EPA has any statutory or legal role in ensuring construction works operate in a safe and environmentally...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (25 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify his Department’s position on four housing issues (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25393/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (24 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 28. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [24734/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (24 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department’s Strategy Statement 2021-2023; and if he plans to update those goals. [24733/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Defence Forces (24 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the high-level action plan for the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [24735/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 33. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on a humanitarian response to Ukraine will next meet. [22825/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 21. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [22824/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [22823/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the shocking treatment of the workers in Tesco. This is a hugely profitable firm the great success of which in this country has mainly been achieved on the back of its loyal workforce. However, there has been shameful treatment of workers employed by the company prior to 1996. Effectively, these people have either driven out of their jobs because of the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: It is not agreed. On Wednesday, there is a motion that calls for the extension of the temporary business energy support scheme, TBESS, without debate. We think this is wrong. There needs to be a debate on this extension, considering that there are some very profitable companies availing of this subsidy, including high energy users such as data centres. There are no criteria around the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Poverty: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. The figures jumped out at me. The stark reports are very important and useful tools for anybody making an argument around the various questions they raise. The first point is obviously that the one-off measures the Government took in the latest budget, although welcome, did not solve the problem. Many of us argued at the time that the approach...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Poverty: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: Does Ms Petrie think the pay-as-you-go system should be reviewed as something that is not advisable? Would it be better to see more people on a plan and with supports and a better income instead of using the pay-as-you-go system? I suspect that many of the people who come to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul are using that system and that is where the trouble starts.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the numbers of applicants to date in 2023 for exceptional needs payments, by category of the exceptional need (for example, energy bills, and so on); the number of those that were successful in receiving a payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24651/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Energy Prices (23 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that are or will be available for older people facing higher energy bills, in particular, high gas bills; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24650/23]