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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: We do not know whether the hardware being used to kill women and children in Gaza is being brought through the airport. It is a disgraceful compromise in the context of our position of neutrality to allow that not just to happen but to happen more frequently.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: The Government needs to make a statement on ending the use of Shannon Airport by the US military.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (11 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will use compulsory purchase vacant and derelict properties to address the worsening homelessness crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15713/24]

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Second Stage (10 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: I also think it is a good idea to prepare for an unexpected future. On the surface, these two proposed savings funds provide some sense of security for the future. They take the form of refurbished rainy day funds, but what the Government is unable to and incapable of recognising is that it is already raining heavily for many people. We need access to the windfall tax revenues to which the...

EU Police Co-operation: Motion (10 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: This motion is a piece in a jigsaw. It does not really do anything on its own. It is part of a wider jigsaw and relates to the EU migration pact that probably will be voted through later today. We have quite a few problems with it. When the rhetoric is stripped away, what is going on here is the strengthening of fortress Europe and increasing the power of Frontex and others to keep...

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: As the youngest Taoiseach at the age of 37, good on the Taoiseach that he can afford his own home. That is good for the Taoiseach and for anybody who can, but what about the tens of thousands of people of the Taoiseach's age group who cannot and who are, like the Taoiseach acknowledges, forced into the boxroom of their parents? Now the Taoiseach says he will move heaven and earth to get...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the significant delays in processing teachers’ service papers from abroad and the impact on teachers who have returned to teach in Ireland; if she will acknowledge the welcome return of much-needed teachers but concede to the fact that the higher cost of living and exorbitant rents, especially in Dublin and other...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 768. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to increase the current grant of €3,000 to cover costs such as flooring and white goods to help families moving out of homeless accommodation into new-build social homes which are often completely bare, in light of the increases in costs around the provision and installation of flooring, white...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (9 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 1031. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 21 March 2024, to detail the two consignment of cattle shipped to Israel specifically when these shipments were made; the number of cattle involved and the private entity that arranged it; to further clarify if Department officials inspected these consignments; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Facilities (9 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 1108. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a formal report on how it is known that asbestos is present in the Royal City of Dublin Hospital building (details supplied); and if there are other defects with the building. [14296/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (9 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 1463. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the long waiting lists to access the HIV preventative drug PrEP for those who cannot afford to obtain it privately or via the drug payment scheme; if there are plans to improve public access; if so, if he will outline these plans and provide a timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14691/24]

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Bríd Smith: That is not what any of the reports say. It is brand-new information to us that there is asbestos in the hospital. Until now, all we have been told is that the State does not own it. It is owned by the HSE, which, it transpires, is the biggest land hoarder in the State, with over 300 empty properties, some of which I know of in my constituency. People have been described as racists and...

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Bríd Smith: On the same theme, I was out earlier with Martin Leahy who comes up from Cork every Thursday to sing his song, "Everyone Should Have a Home", outside the Dáil. I want to let people know that on 18 April, after we return from the Easter break, it will be his 100th week. All of us who are concerned with homelessness and the crisis of immigration and the homelessness of immigrants should...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (21 Mar 2024)

Bríd Smith: 260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if cattle are still being exported to Israel from Ireland; if so, how this is appropriate, given that the people of Gaza are being starved and face famine; if the Government has any intention of halting the export of cattle and other foodstuffs to Israel in the face of impending famine in Gaza; if he accepts that this is seen by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Mar 2024)

Bríd Smith: 276. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that there are currently very long delays in obtaining an appointment for a blood test at the Mater Hospital, with reports of nine weeks to be seen by a phlebotomist; his plans to address these delays, given the importance of blood tests in early health interventions; the reason for the delays; the timeframe for their significant reduction;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 2024)

Bríd Smith: 281. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the lack of developmental screening for children in the Dublin 8, 10, 12 and 20 areas, and that parents are being sent questionnaires in place of screenings; if he will acknowledge that this is not an appropriate replacement for face-to-face developmental screenings with trained professionals and that parents often feel unequipped to be...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Bríd Smith: A Government Deputy said earlier that Ireland has been most staunch on the question of Gaza. That may be true, but it would not be very hard because Europe has been so poor on the issue. In fact, the image of Ursula von der Leyen running into the arms of Benjamin Netanyahu after 7 October and declaring her undying love for him and his regime will remain with all of us right-minded and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Mar 2024)

Bríd Smith: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (20 Mar 2024)

Bríd Smith: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied), a Palestinian lawyer and human rights defender, who was arrested by Israeli forces on 19 January 2024, and whose detention has been strongly condemned by Front Line Defenders and the International Observatory of Lawyers at Risk; if he will raise their case at the highest diplomatic...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2024)

Bríd Smith: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will acknowledge the impact that operating out of temporary accommodation for a prolonged period of time has placed on the children/young people, families and teachers at a school (details supplied); if she will also acknowledge the demonstrated need and urgency for the commencement of a permanent ETSS in Dublin 6 and that planning...