Results 1-20 of 3,589 for speaker:Bríd Smith in 'Written Answers'

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...

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...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (22 Oct 2024)

Bríd Smith: 352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to support the call by Education Equality for the Government to compel schools to confine religious faith formation and worship to a period outside core school hours, in order to uphold families’ human and constitutional rights to freedom of religion and belief, and to vindicate the rights of teachers who do not wish to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (22 Oct 2024)

Bríd Smith: 843. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that Department officials engaged with the Teachers Union of Ireland at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) on aligning the Youthreach programme with the second level school calendar year at their last discussion at the WRC in early June 2024; if there will be an outcome to the discussions within the lifetime of the current...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (17 Oct 2024)

Bríd Smith: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that the company (details supplied) recently awarded a lucrative contract of over €2 billion by the NTA to install ticketless operations on Irish public transport also has lucrative contracts in Israel; if his Department has examined if the company are complicit in terms of supporting Israel's apartheid separation...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (17 Oct 2024)

Bríd Smith: 102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can detail the costs of the contract awarded to a company (details supplied) for the proposed ticketless public transport system; to further detail what discussion his Department has had with the NTA on this project, and its costs; to clarify if he or his officials examined free public transport as an alternative to this costly...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (17 Oct 2024)

Bríd Smith: 153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when free travel for children under nine years will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42157/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety (17 Oct 2024)

Bríd Smith: 215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a complex (details supplied) in Inchicore has still not had a surveyor visit although this was expected to happen in June as part of the fire remediation scheme; if he will acknowledge that apartment owners are not in a position to pay for this work despite an organisation’s pressure to do so with the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposed Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Bríd Smith: 73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is intending to introduce any legislative changes or measures to improve pay and working conditions in the Irish aviation sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30464/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (15 Oct 2024)

Bríd Smith: 135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will take the address the legal weaknesses of the Government moratorium on liquefied natural gas infrastructure exposed by a recent High Court judgment. [41394/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (15 Oct 2024)

Bríd Smith: 136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he supports designating LNGs or data centres as strategic infrastructure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41395/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Deposit Protection Account (15 Oct 2024)

Bríd Smith: 348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the report on deposit protection systems will be published and the recommendations enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40920/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Oct 2024)

Bríd Smith: 448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the visa application for a person (details supplied) whose parents and siblings have lived in Ireland since 2021; if she will acknowledge and act on the fact that the person’s life is under constant threat; if she will take compassionate steps to grant the visa so the person can come to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (15 Oct 2024)

Bríd Smith: 549. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will implement the Government’s commitment to introducing an international protection child payment to children living in direct provision; to outline a timeframe for when this will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41299/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Oct 2024)

Bríd Smith: 666. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide dialysis treatment in Wicklow soon to accommodate people from the areas of Wicklow and Wexford who have to travel to access treatment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41400/24]