Results 161-180 of 358 for long speaker:Bríd Smith

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (29 Sep 2020)

Bríd Smith: ...when the change to the presence on-site of a gerontologist and a registered nurse took place; the person or body responsible for the change in regulations relating to the care of the elderly in long-term residential care identified by the expert panel report on page 96; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26368/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (Resumed) (16 Sep 2020)

Bríd Smith: ..., for-profit nursing homes. Some of the points made by the expert panel and in other reports support that view. The fact is that we have 80% of all beds in the private sector where there are long hours of work, precarious employment and low pay, as well as a skills shortage and a push to cut costs. That is the reason we saw the restrictions and lack of early use of PPE among other...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Bríd Smith: .... The second conclusion that we need to start moving towards, which this committee is going to have to deal with sooner rather than later, is that the State needs to ensure that the provision of long-term care of our elderly is brought under public control and that oversight and legislation arming HIQA and others are required to end what is happening here and to develop a nursing home...

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Cancer Screening: Motion [Private Members] (8 Sep 2020)

Bríd Smith: ...it helps to shift the emphasis of the political class to where it should be. How are we going to address the balance and tension between our economic survival and health services? This motion goes a long way towards pulling towards the latter, which is necessary. It is vital that we protect ourselves and, particularly, our health workers. It is also vital that we signal to the...

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: ...facing companies during the Covid-19 pandemic. I also congratulate the Government on all the efforts made over the past few months with much difficult legislation, some of which was over 100 pages long and very complex. This proves that where there is a political will, there is a legislative way. I submitted a very short amendment to this Bill that has been ruled out of order. A similar...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: ..., for the State and for the economy at large? I am in favour of helping workers in both airlines but we should remind ourselves that the model in the aviation industry is unsustainable in the long term from the point of view of climate and the environment. We need connectivity and a functioning airline industry. Our guests submissions include many figures but what they have left out are...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: ...northern side of the Border were forced out of the EU against their will? They have suffered the pandemic like the rest of us. They straddle the Border in their economic activity, as workers have long done, and they were let down in respect of the Covid payment. Will businesses that operate on both sides of the Border also be left out in the cold? That hugely important question needs...

Maternity Leave Benefit Extension: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2020)

Bríd Smith: ...women and babies. I remember acutely how we sat in the Chamber discussing the repeal the eighth campaign and trying to reach a position of consensus with the Citizens' Assembly and then having long arduous hours of arguments about women's right to choose. That choice is about being able to have a child as much as choosing not to have a child. Here are women who have had children and...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (23 Jun 2020)

Bríd Smith: .... That high level of public investment also leads to better security and better returns for the parents and a higher level of maternal workplace engagement. It would probably have gone a long way towards helping to solve the problems we had with front-line workers. The fees are lower for parents and in general the outcomes are much better. I emphasise that I am not opposed to those in...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Bríd Smith: ...has declined by 12% over the past decade. We know from the UN report that, globally, this is the biggest ever decline in history. More than 500,000 species on land have insufficient habitat for long-term survival and are likely to become extinct within decades. I say all this because I am listening to the Minister's plans for action and her comments on the studies and reports that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Jun 2020)

Bríd Smith: ...to the fact that a home (details supplied) is one of the few residential care homes in the Dublin area which managed to ensure no residents fell victim to Covid-19 and that many residents there are long-term with specific needs in relation to visual impairment; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that HIQA reports quoted in recent media reports found issues only regarding...

Covid-19 (Sport): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Bríd Smith: .... Can he imagine, as we try to move back to what may be the new normal, hundreds adults and children from these clubs travelling on public transport, whether it is on Dublin Bus or Bus Éireann, on short or long journeys and without proper protection? The Government is being utterly hypocritical because there is much talk that masking should be used and that it is advisable. We...

Covid-19 (Transport, Tourism and Sport): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Bríd Smith: ...was €1.02 billion. Last year the DAA recorded a profit of €133 million. It seems, however, that eaten bread is soon forgotten by the CEOs, shareholders and directors of these companies, who are rushing headlong into throwing their workers on the scrapheap. As we know, these companies are claiming under the wage subsidy scheme for their workers so effectively, the State is...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Bríd Smith: ...direct provision centre and alternatives provided. That would be the solution to this horrendous mess and the inhumane conditions these people are being forced to live under, and God knows for how long more. None of us knows when this pandemic is going to subside or become a thing of history.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Bríd Smith: ...are multiple cases in Cahersiveen. In last week's debate the Minister said to me that there would be 19 response teams across the country, led by senior nursing supports, to assist nursing homes and long-term residential care facilities. Will he now send such response teams into direct provision centres and ensure those who are seeking to be moved out of them will be moved out? I know...

An Bille um Bearta Éigeandála ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail (Covid-19), 2020: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2020)

Bríd Smith: ...a disaster. It was life-threatening for many people who were the victims of it. People have died in our streets because of homelessness and people have suffered badly because of overcrowding and long waits on lists. These measures should be seen as the first steps in trying to utterly change the housing system that we have in the future. The rent freezes are very welcome, but like...

An Bille um Bearta Éigeandála ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail (Covid-19), 2020: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2020)

Bríd Smith: ...the HSA to stand over the health and safety of workers and the conditions in which they work? I was also asked to raise another anomaly concerning lone parents. Lone parents applying for a lone parent payment are in a long queue already. Part of the application involves the visit of an inspector to applicants' homes to check out the details. That is not going to happen when we all...

European Council Meeting: Statements (5 Mar 2020)

Bríd Smith: ...country recently over the location of direct provision centres, in the main the arms of the Irish people were open to those who were misfortunate enough to have lived in Syria through the worst prolonged war on the edge of Europe for a long time and to those who lived in conditions of famine, drought and climate change who have been forced to seek refuge in Europe. It is shameful that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: ...similar size workforce. I say all of that because I honestly believe that what is going on with the Bord na Móna workers will sow the seeds of bitterness and discord among the workers and their families for a long time unless it is addressed. In an email I got from a relatively young employee of Bord na Móna he stated that he had to look hard at his options for the past 12...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (17 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: ...cannot affiliate to trade unions without the consent of the Minister. The question is why the Minister is not willing to consent. We need to tease that out because this has gone on for a very long time. In the meantime, the Defence Forces are haemorrhaging members and finding it very difficult to retain them. Figures on the number of people who left the Defence Forces in this year...