Results 1-11 of 11 for sligo speaker:Bríd Smith

Retained Fire Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2023)

Bríd Smith: ...of what they are trying to do. The one thing that strikes me is that every county in the State is desperately trying to recruit new firefighters because of the chronic shortfall, be it Wexford, Waterford or Sligo, and everybody can talk about his or her own area. However, this crisis is not new, and that is for sure. It is telling that the resources and supports are so low down the...

Transport in Galway and Other Areas: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...we do not have that much time, but what it could look like in the next five or ten years. We have to think big for climate and for our future and see the western rail corridor extending beyond Sligo to Letterkenny and on to Derry. For all the talk we have about a united Ireland, an attempt at providing the infrastructure on the ground that could join the two jurisdictions in a real way...

Retained Firefighters: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...recently. What comes up is that almost every county in the State is desperately trying to recruit members because there is a chronic shortfall in staffing, whether it is in Wexford, Kerry, Waterford, Sligo, Mayo or Donegal. All of the counties are all chronically short-staffed. This is not anything new; two years before they died, Mark O'Shaughnessy and Brian Murray took part in a local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (10 Nov 2022)

Bríd Smith: 31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to recent fare increases affecting Bus Éireann services in Sligo, specifically routes Nos. 23 and 64, and single journey fares; why such increases are permitted in light of the current policy of a 20% fare reduction across public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55705/22]

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: ...offices across the country. According to an Oireachtas committee, there are now 944. There have been many motions in the Dáil and all have been passed as far as I can recall. There were campaigns in counties Sligo and Kerry, west Limerick and parts of Dublin such as Rialto to keep local post offices open. Those local campaigners have been fighting for years to keep them. There...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Bríd Smith: ...remembers were when she had to go into the laundry room, where she felt the shadow of the generations of the women who went before her. Mr. Gino O'Boyle, a councillor for People Before Profit in Sligo, lost his father at the age of 56. His father, Seamie, had been a councillor and had no access to his medical history. He was raised in Nazareth House, which is in the Sligo region. Since...

Covid-19 (Measures to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence): Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Bríd Smith: ...my city or in another part of the country. In fact, that was probably one of the first campaigns that any councillor ever elected for People Before Profit was involved in, be that in Wexford, Sligo, Dún Laoghaire, where there is currently no refuge, or indeed in Carlow, where the councillor is fighting to have a refuge provided. The people of Carlow who need to flee domestic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Independent Expert Panel Review into Cervical Screening: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Bríd Smith: ...laboratories are now accredited, including Beaumont/Rotunda, RCSI, St. James's Hospital through its connection with Antrim and Altnagelvin Hospital, which has looked after the needs of Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim. St. Luke's is also mid-way through the process. Having pointed out all that, he said: "This call for action obviously fell on deaf ears". He continues to say that instead of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: ...fears of Deputies. Years ago, there used to be loads of rural bus and train links. When the country had very little money, it had railway tracks to every lpart of east Cork, Kerry, Donegal and Sligo. We destroyed them and made a bags of public transport as the State developed. We could get them back by implementing these amendments. In rejecting them on the basis of fear we are not...

Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Motion (21 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: ...to you in regard to the report above that is to be discussed in the Dáil tomorrow. I am a wheelchair user from Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal. I have applied to do a degree in Applied Sports with Business in Sligo IT. Bus Éireann customer service has told Sligo IT that it has no accessibility on the route between Ballyshannon and Sligo. I would like to ask that you will speak on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Data (16 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: 586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers to be located in the cities and counties of Dublin, Cork, Galway, Waterford and Sligo in 2018. [1672/18]