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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (26 Sep 2023)

Bríd Smith: 571. To ask the Minister for Health if he will agree to the automatic provision of medical cards to people with a spinal cord injury based on certified medical needs, rather than means; if he will extend the review cycle for medical card holders with a spinal cord injury to ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41385/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia (13 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 14. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether Bord Bia should be funding climate disinformation about the supposed 'sustainability' of Irish milk, given the state of the climate and biodiversity crises (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34761/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hare Coursing (13 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 16. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he will support a ban on coursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34760/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (13 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 23. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action is being taken by Government to reduce emissions and prevent even further biodiversity loss in the context of extreme sea temperatures that have been seen this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34758/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality (13 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action is being taken by Government to tackle the continued extreme deterioration of our water quality driven by increased nitrates and our industrial agriculture model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34757/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (13 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 532. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to scrap the detaining of asylum seekers in Cloverhill Prison, or any prison, prior to deportation as soon as possible given that they have not committed a crime; her views on the criticism of this practice by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 574. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds who were microchipped and registered in the Irish Stud Book whose year of birth was 2021, reminding him that Rásaiocht Con Éireann has the power to request this information from the lrish Coursing Club under Section 26 (1) of the Greyhound lndustry Act 1958; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Inquiries (12 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 23. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the progress of the public inquiry into nursing home deaths during Covid 19, which he promised in January 2023. [32555/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (12 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify if there are plans to amend section 19A of the Criminal Evidence Act 1992 as amended by section 39 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 so that a sexually abused child or adult will not have their private counselling or therapy records made available to the accused abuser; if she will clarify the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (12 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 280. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to undertake a review of the fair deal scheme; if he will detail the precise terms of reference that would underwrite such a review; if he intends either within the context of such a review or independently of such a review to establish the level of charges that nursing home residents are incurring from their disposable income for daily...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ukraine War (11 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 80. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants for international protection who have applied from Ukraine since the Russian invasion; if applicants who were not in Ukraine at the time of the invasion are accepted into the temporary protection to persons fleeing the war in Ukraine programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25934/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (11 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify if an older couple with medical issues (details supplied) who have rented a three-bedroomed property for the past ten years which the landlord has offered to Dublin City Council to purchase under the tenant-in-situ scheme, can be approved for this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33661/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (11 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify whether the tenant-in-situ scheme includes properties in which tenants are considered 'overaccommodated' (details supplied); if not, if he will provide details of the number of properties that local authorities have refused to purchase on this basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33674/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 660. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has been approved for the €1,000 pandemic payment; when they will receive same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33481/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (6 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can detail the number of people currently in emergency accommodation; the numbers who have been there for over 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33038/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (6 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can detail the number of purchases of properties by local authorities and approved housing bodies under the tenant-in-situ scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33068/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (6 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children who will receive a hot school meal in the new school term from September; and the number planned for the following year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31600/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (6 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason there is such a delay in providing Dublin City Council with the funds to complete the upgrade work that is so urgently needed in the Labre Park halting site; the reason there is a delay in providing the funds required to commence the regeneration of the Labre Park halting site; the cause of the delays in providing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Women's Resource Centres (6 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify if any of the 98 further women's refuge centres announced in priority locations by 2025 will be located in Carlow (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33253/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (4 Jul 2023)

Bríd Smith: 256. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the case of four workers (details supplied) who have been dismissed by a company for trade union activity; if he will meet with these workers and their representatives; if he has plans to introduce legislation to protect workers in these situations and strengthen the right to collective bargaining and trade union...