Results 1-20 of 7,972 for speaker:Bríd Smith

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: In the same week that thee was another serious warning about climate change from the EU’s Copernicus programme, which told us about the catastrophic challenge we were facing, is it not extraordinary that the Green Party’s leader – a member of the Government – would take a legal challenge against the Swiss women activists who won a court case and showed that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (25 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to employ more staff or take additional steps to deal with the significant backlog of applications for visas, renewals and extensions that are taking a long time to process (details supplied); the steps her Department will take to reduce the unacceptable waiting times; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (23 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 552. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide advice to the mother of a young child (details supplied) who has been on the waiting list for an assessment of need for almost eight months with no indication of when they will be assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17745/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 620. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that Ireland currently screens newborn babies for fewer diseases than 75% of EU member states; if he is aware that only one new test has been delivered in the intervening years since the establishment of the Newborn Screening Advisory Committee in 2019; if he will agree to a comprehensive newborn screening programme that is adequately...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Elections (23 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 648. To ask the Minister for Health if a HSE worker who is currently employed at the grade of general dental surgeon: 1597, is eligible to run for local election; if there is a list of specific grades which are ‘designated by order of the Minister for Health and Children’; if so, to outline what they are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17857/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (18 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 93. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how he is ensuring that workers in the technology sector facing redundancies are protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17048/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (18 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 115. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to improve job quality and pay in the childcare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17046/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Process (18 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 122. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ensure the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021 will progress through Committee Stage; if not, how he will ensure the rights of retired workers are protected when their pensions are being altered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17047/24]

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: I am sharing time with Deputy Mick Barry.

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: What did you call me?

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: In that case, I thank Bríd for her contribution. More seriously, the last point the Minister of State made about the optional protocol was very much Civil Service-speak. I refer to this being a matter of complexity, the need to progress the issue, have meetings and all the rest of it. How many years have disability campaigners, like those outside the gates now, been campaigning?...

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

Bríd Smith: 67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the apartment blocks and duplexes in Dublin South-Central currently eligible for the interim remediation scheme for the funding of emergency fire safety defect works; when the legislation to support the remediation of defects in apartments and duplexes will be introduced; and if he will...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: Could I not take half a minute?

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: So the Ceann Comhairle wants me to shut up now and come back and do six minutes tomorrow.

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: Would it be okay to speak for two minutes now and not come back tomorrow?

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: Compared to an hour, two minutes is nothing.

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: My very last point is on the retired workers themselves. I have introduced a Bill to amend the Industrial Relations Act to give retired workers the right to be represented where their pensions have been interfered with. It is shocking to think that they can say nothing, as happened during the austerity years to all our public sector workers, particularly those in the semi-States. In goes...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: As my mother used to say, brave are the chancers. You are some chancer.

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: This is something I have been talking about on behalf of various workers since I came in in 2016 and as workers' spokesperson for People Before Profit. There has been a real war on pensions, particularly defined benefit pensions, over the past ten years or so. The narrative is that we are living too long, and we cannot afford this, so we have to tackle it. Therefore, instead of longevity...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 26. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent Munich Security Conference. [15187/24]