Bríd Smith

People Before Profit-Solidarity · Dublin South-Central

Activity on Community — 154 events (5 lobbying · 148 questions · 1 votes) full profile →

• 2026-01-21
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  Community Platform Finance

  • Emailed all Ministers, TDs and Senators with a copy of the Community Platform’s Four Tests for Budget 2026 asking them to support these proposals in the run up to the announcement of Budget 2026.
• 2025-01-22
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  Merchants QuayIreland Ltd Community

  • Proposals re drug treatment, homelessness, mental health and related matters
• 2025-01-21
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  Local Development Companies Network CLG Community

  • Oireachtas Members were invited to an event highlighting issues of interest to disadvantaged communities
• 2025-01-21
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  Oxfam Ireland Community

  • Pre election as part of hustings event sent manifesto
• 2024-09-26
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  National Traveller MABS Finance

  • An copy of NTMABS research report into financial literacy in the Traveller community was sent via email to all T.D.'s and Senators
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Enterprise

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in relation to the Dublin Simon Community 100 bed health and addiction care facility located at Usher's Island, Dublin 8, if he can now confirm that the operational funding required will be in place before the opening of this critical and much needed development in Dublin city centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25118/24]
• 2024-04-16
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024 (No.22 of 2024) has ignored the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands' pre-legislative scrutiny recommendation number 15, which states that the investment funds be prohibited from investing in fossil fuels or the arms industry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16047/24]
• 2024-03-20
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  Asked Education

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education 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 permission was granted almost two years ago; if she will commit to the immediate construction of the building following the conclusion of the tender process this year and if she will take steps to ensure that there are no further project delays, while at all times keeping the school community updated of all progress and developments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11685/24]
• 2024-01-31
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  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he agrees that appropriate community infrastructure should be included within the geographic bounds of a regenerated Oliver Bond House and that this would not affect Dublin City Council’s ability to honour any prior arrangements regarding the delivery of community services in the wider area; the steps he will take to ensure that this will be accommodated within the regenerated Oliver Bond complex; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4560/24]
• 2024-01-31
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  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider making funding available for a housing officer function to be delivered by a local community organisation; if he will acknowledge that this function would have ten key separate KPIs and that this proposal can be provided to him at his request; if he will signal his support for such a proposal and make funding available to DCC to disburse to a relevant community organisation for this purpose under circular N11/2007 issued by his Department to County Councils entitled ‘Policy Framework for Regeneration of Local Authority Estates’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4563/24]
• 2024-01-30
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  Asked Rural

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline the total funding for local community development committees for each of the past five years; if she will commit to significantly increasing it this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4009/24]
• 2024-01-30
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  Asked Rural

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is satisfied with the level of resources available to local community development committees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4010/24]
• 2023-12-12
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the reason tripartite talks between her Department, ILDN and Tús co-ordinators have been cancelled repeatedly by a principal officer (details supplied); when urgently needed talks will resume to address the 15% disparity in pay between Tús and CE supervisors, who have been eager to resolve this disparity for the past 18 months; if she will acknowledge the work that Tús supervisors do in supporting essential community services and its similarity to the work of CE supervisors; if she will recognise that a proposed deadline of 8 December 2023 is imminent and that further industrial action is likely in the event of a failure to engage immediately and fully; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54867/23]
• 2023-10-24
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  Asked Children

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of a person (details supplied) with a disability who had been placed in a nursing home for a convalescent short-term stay, but who remains there 14-weeks later due to the lack of funding at their original residence to provide for a necessary member of night staff; if he will acknowledge that placing people in inappropriate settings at which their needs are not and cannot be met is in contravention of Article 19 of the UNCRPD; if he will commit to authorising the necessary funding in order that the person can return to their original community setting appropriate to their needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46202/23]
• 2023-10-04
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  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider commissioning a new consultation process in line with the Government’s Guide for Inclusive Community Engagement in Local Planning and Decision Making regarding Waterway Ireland’s proposed revisions to the canals by-laws, in light of the profound and highly disruptive changes which these revisions will effect to the housing security of existing houseboat dwellers, ranging from exponential increases in mooring and-or houseboat permit fees to eviction and homelessness on the Grand Canal, Royal Canal and Barrow navigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42860/23]
• 2023-06-27
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  Asked Justice

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice when a prisoner is due for a release under the community return scheme as a result of a Ministerial order; if such an order can be delayed or stopped by the intervention of a third party as appears to have happened in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31154/23]
• 2023-06-21
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  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the meeting of the European Political Community on 1 June 2023. [29548/23]
• 2023-05-04
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the reason that the community neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO7 has not progressed, despite funding being made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20937/23]
• 2023-03-28
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify that people in district heating systems who have faced large increases in their energy bills can access additional needs’ payments; if any instruction has been issued from her Department to community welfare officers in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15162/23]
• 2023-03-28
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he has listened to and consulted with the trans community in relation to their healthcare needs and the provision of that care currently; if he will consider reviewing the National Gender Service in terms of international best practice and how it is currently working from the trans community’s perspective; if he will listen to the trans community’s call for an informed consent model that is led by GPs in local communities and respond accordingly; if he will consult with the trans community, in addition to consulting with medical professionals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14817/23]
• 2023-03-21
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  Asked Children

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will acknowledge the huge work, support and solidarity shown by communities around the country in welcoming Ukrainians into their homes and wider communities; if he will listen to these voices of support and, in particular, a community group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12638/23]
• 2023-03-07
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  Asked Children

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can clarify in relation to the operation of Ireland's community sponsorship programme for refugees led by the Irish refugee protection programme, the reason communities seeking to welcome refugees via this programme must first fundraise €10,000; if any consideration has been given to ensuring that such funding is provided by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11290/23]
• 2023-02-09
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the total allocation of extra funding to community welfare officers to deal with applicants for additional needs' payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6073/23]
• 2023-01-26
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  Asked Finance

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Finance if community clubs and halls are eligible to apply for the temporary business energy support scheme; if he plans to provide specific supports for such facilities in dealing with the current energy price crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3752/23]
• 2023-01-26
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  Asked Rural

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports that are available for community halls and clubs from her Department, especially in relation to energy costs and the current high energy costs incurred by many clubs and halls in keeping their facilities heated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3753/23]
• 2023-01-24
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will immediately arrange a date to meet the WRC in relation to the pay claim that community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors have submitted through their respective unions; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there have been no wage increases for these workers since 2008 and in view of the substantial increases in cost-of-living, these workers need an urgent wage increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3171/23]
• 2023-01-18
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  Asked Rural

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she intends to commit to the plans for a long-awaited community centre on the Tullow Road, Carlow; if her attention has been drawn to reports that the plans have been designed by the local authority and that a community consultation has taken place in an area that has one of the largest population densities in Carlow town and urgently requires proper amenities; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the plans have been ready for almost a year; when the Government will commit to matching the necessary funding; when the funding will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63353/22]
• 2022-12-06
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will outline any plans to establish a community neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO7; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only 15% of persons have access to community neuro-rehabilitation teams and that despite the promise of a team for each CHO area, only two have been delivered; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that these teams reduce the average length of stay in hospital, which could result in saving over 42,000 bed days each year; when CHO7 will have a team in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60301/22]
• 2022-11-29
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  Asked Children

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has plans to review the operations and workings of the core funding model and ECCE funding to childcare providers, especially in relation to the current cost-of-living crisis impact on smaller and local community providers, specifically if he has considered any increases or additional supports in funding to small providers who may be struggling to stay in business in the current climate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59361/22]
• 2022-11-22
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  Asked Children

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if clarification will be provided in relation to a statement (details supplied) regarding the delay in publishing the first report on the operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017; the legal matter that is holding up the publication of the report; if his attention has been drawn to reports that members of the deaf community believe that the report on the operation of the Act would help to identify and tackle issues in relation to same (details supplied); when the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57432/22]
• 2022-11-08
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  Asked Environment

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department is reconsidering allowing post offices to become community banks, permitting them to provide all financial services and facilities that banks currently do but with increased advantages and value for communities and ensuring the survival of these important service providers into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55462/22]
• 2022-11-08
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  Asked Finance

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Finance if his Department is reconsidering allowing post offices to become community banks, permitting them to provide all financial services and facilities that banks currently do but with increased advantages and value for communities and ensuring the survival of these important service providers into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55463/22]
• 2022-10-05
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  Asked Rural

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of any contracts or services procured by her Department with top security, including any that are subcontracted to top security; the value of such contracts since 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49004/22]
• 2022-09-27
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  Asked Children

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he or his Department will intervene in relation to the suspension of childcare provision at a community centre (details supplied) in which dozens of families have faced disruption to essential childcare provision; if he will contact Tusla to attempt to expedite the inspection and certification of an alternative site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46584/22]
• 2022-09-14
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will acknowledge the ongoing issues and needs of the diabetes community in Ireland, that is, living with one of the top-ten most-challenging health problems, as described by the World Health Organisation; if he will commit to establishing a national diabetes strategy as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44939/22]
• 2022-09-08
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  Asked Transport

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport the steps that he is taking to address the recent violent attacks including those occurring on public transport on members of the LGBTQ+ community; the steps that are being taken to challenge the anti-gay and trans rhetoric evident in the national media recently; the ways in which he is working with the community to identify new and effective strategies to address issues of homophobia and transphobia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42781/22]
• 2022-09-08
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  Asked Children

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that he is taking to address the recent violent attacks including those occurring on public transport on members of the LGBTQ+ community; the steps that are being taken to challenge the anti-gay and trans rhetoric evident in the national media recently; the ways in which he is working with the community to identify new and effective strategies to address issues of homophobia and transphobia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42782/22]
• 2022-09-08
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  Asked Justice

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice if she has discussed with the Garda Commissioner the recent violent attacks including those occurring on public transport on members of the LGBTQ+ community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42780/22]
• 2022-07-14
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to research (details supplied) which suggests that procuring public employment services through performance-based contacting will result in community sector organisations losing out to larger cash-rich firms with detrimental impacts on the unemployed who rely on the services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38523/22]
• 2022-06-02
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  Asked Environment

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason that the bid price for renewable electricity support scheme 2 projects has been significantly higher than renewable electricity support scheme 1 projects; the reason that the price varied between community-led projects and others; if he will consider State or semi-State bodies delivering renewable projects in the future instead of the current reliance on auction schemes such as the renewable electricity support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28378/22]
• 2022-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify details in relation to the way that the once-off transition fund will work for community after-school projects and in particular services in Dublin 8 (details supplied); if it will be based on the employment wage subsidy scheme model; the way that the core funding will work; the expected criteria for core funding; the meaning of based on capacity rather than attendance in relation to core funding; if the service will continue to receive individual payments for children through the national childcare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8828/22]
• 2021-09-29
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the situation of persons placed on a community employment scheme and in situations in which such a scheme may mean working alongside members the public or categories of at risk persons, if the placement officer responsible for the placement must ensure the person being placed on the scheme has been vaccinated against Covid-19; if the responsibility in this area lies elsewhere; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47072/21]
• 2021-09-21
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  Asked Children

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which community groups were consulted and the degree to which their views were represented in the research and evidence assembled to inform the design of the national childcare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45254/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will respond to the concerns of community childcare services in the Dublin 8 area that the national childcare scheme is putting the education and well-being of nearly 500 vulnerable children in Dublin 8 and in excess of 5,000 vulnerable children across the country at risk on foot of changes to the funding structures for vital community-based after-school services introduced under the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45255/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an undertaking will be given to restore adequate funding to ensure continuation of after-school services from 1 October 2021; the steps he will take to ensure access to after-school projects for all children in DEIS areas; if he will work with community services to design a sustainable and appropriate model of core after-school funding to ensure equal access to education and opportunities for all children particularly those most at risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45256/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an undertaking will be given that he will meet representatives of community-based after-school services to discuss their grave concerns for the well-being of children at risk of long-term exclusion and marginalisation on foot of changes to the national childcare scheme funding structures for critically important after-school services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45257/21]
• 2021-06-29
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  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the community monuments fund will be available for restoration and heritage preservation work at the Kilmainham Mill, Dublin 8, if he will meet with community activists working on the site; and his views on the possible restoration at the historical site. [34768/21]
• 2021-06-24
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  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions the State will take as a result of the recent actions by the Hungarian Government in relation to LGBT rights; if he will express the solidarity of the State with the LGBT community in Hungary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33807/21]
• 2021-04-01
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if and the reason changes were made in 2019 to the operational rules of community employment supervisor pay scales; the reason community employment supervisors on a higher pay point who have their employment interrupted or contract ended are subsequently being rehired as supervisors on a lower pay point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17831/21]
• 2021-03-31
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  Asked Tourism

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will clarify the position on providing a universal basic income to the arts community; the progress on the work of the arts and culture recovery task force; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17296/21]
• 2021-03-03
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  Asked Defence

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Defence his plans to ensure Defence Forces personnel fulfilling duties overseas and in areas with high levels of Covid-19 community transmissions will receive the vaccination before embarking on such duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11700/21]
• 2021-03-03
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to ensure Defence Forces personnel fulfilling duties overseas and in areas with high levels of Covid-19 community transmission will receive the vaccine before embarking on such duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11701/21]
• 2021-03-03
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  Asked Rural

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide the necessary resources such as communications and an index for the Crowe report issued in December 2020 which the new board of Waterford Area Partnership is expected to respond to but which will require assistance in doing so. [11717/21]
• 2021-02-24
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  Asked Rural

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will clarify the position regarding the conditions attached to interdepartmental assistance which demands the resignation of the board of an organisation (details supplied); and if a forced resignation is contrary to the protected disclosure legislation and in circumstances in which the whistleblower had been assured covers them by her Department. [10186/21]
• 2021-02-24
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  Asked Rural

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will ensure that action is taken by her Department to support the new board of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10188/21]
• 2021-02-24
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  Asked Rural

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will fully investigate a protected disclosure in relation to an organisation (details supplied); if she will allow an orderly timeframe for addressing the issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10190/21]
• 2021-02-24
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  Asked Rural

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will intervene with the relevant local authorities to ensure that help is being provided to the new board of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10191/21]
• 2020-12-10
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the reason the reimbursements to applicants under the community ophthalmic services scheme have now been capped; the average figure now reimbursed across the scheme; and if he will make arrangements to ensure vulnerable low income applicants and their children can access additional supports to recover the costs if needed. [42325/20]
• 2020-12-10
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  Asked Rural

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if professional fees are paid by her Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee. [42707/20]
• 2020-12-09
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of applicants and amount of funding provided to the community ophthalmic services scheme in 2019; the same details to date in 2020; and the average amount of reimbursement provided per applicant in each year. [42323/20]
• 2020-11-24
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  Asked Justice

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice if she will detail her policy on the possible deportation of applicants during the current Covid-19 crisis in respect of a number of asylum seeker applications; if she will consider a halt to all deportation orders during this period in view of the health risks involved; if she will clarify regarding persons (details supplied) revoking the orders already made in recognition of their contribution to healthcare and the wider arts community during this crisis. [38089/20]
• 2020-11-03
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  Asked Rural

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the action she has taken in relation to whistle-blower disclosures made to and regarding a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32393/20]
• 2020-11-03
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  Asked Rural

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an audit of an area (details supplied) took place in March 2020; and the actions that have been taken by the relevant authorities on foot of its findings. [32394/20]
• 2020-11-03
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  Asked Rural

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the appointment by the local authority of an external person to work with a body (details supplied) in relation to ongoing issues there has taken place; and the cost of this external assistance. [32395/20]
• 2020-11-03
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  Asked Rural

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a body (details supplied) was fined in 2015 by Pobal; the reason for this; and the actions taken by relevant bodies since to avoid a repetition of the actions that resulted in this fine. [32396/20]
• 2020-10-13
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  Asked Tourism

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if an additional €910,000 will be provided for the Irish language community scheme, SPG, organised by Foras na Gaeilge to guarantee that groups have sufficient funding to coordinate the Irish language in their areas under the scheme and that other groups in various constituencies have the opportunity to join the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29912/20]
• 2020-10-13
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  Asked Tourism

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on whether investment should be made in Irish language centres in towns and cities nationally as has been done in Northern Ireland to give the language a focus in the community; if she will establish a fund to assist these centres to operate as recommended in the investment plan agreed by 80 Irish language and Gaeltacht groups; if the appropriate funding to fund such centres is included in budget 2021 for Foras na Gaeilge to distribute; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29914/20]
• 2020-09-22
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  Asked Media

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht if a voice will be given to the commercial live events sector in the recently announced task force in order to represent the substantial needs of the live events community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24908/20]
• 2020-07-30
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  Asked Communications

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of progress in respect of the Just Transition Commissioner's progress reports' aim to develop community engagement through community workshops, which had been scheduled for April 2020 but was delayed due to the national and international restrictions due to Covid-19. [19986/20]
• 2020-07-30
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  Asked Communications

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the community and worker engagement process as set out for the midlands region, Bord na Móna workers and communities; the way in which the process is operating in view of Covid-19; his plans to advance community and worker engagement in respect of Bord na Móna and the just transition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20976/20]
• 2020-07-30
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  Asked Communications

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the community engagement aspect of a just transition has been applied successfully in other jurisdictions; his plans to instigate some of the measures in the just transition plan for the midlands region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20977/20]
• 2020-07-30
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  Asked Rural

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the payments for services or goods by her Department to a company (details supplied) since 2015. [20782/20]
• 2019-12-05
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  Asked Public

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will meet with trade union representatives to discuss recent developments with the pension entitlements of community employment supervisors and related issues; his plans to convene the community sector high level forum to resolve outstanding matters relating to community employment supervisors and other workers' pension entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50791/19]
• 2019-12-05
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  Asked Employment

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the recommendations by the Labour Relations Commission on pensions for community employment supervisors (details supplied); her further views on whether she is the funder referred to; her further views on whether the recommendations are being rejected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51071/19]
• 2019-12-05
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  Asked Employment

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the situation in relation to the data collection exercise agreed by her Department in relation to the LCR19293 recommendation CE/JI Supervisors-Assistant Supervisors; the reason it included data from other categories not included in the LRC recommendation; if the data will be corrected to cover just the workers covered by the LCR recommendation; if the Community Sector High Level Forum will be convened in order to resolve the outstanding issues in relation to LCR19293; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50793/19]
• 2019-11-14
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  Asked Public

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost in one full year of providing funding for a pension scheme for community employment supervisors in line with a previous Labour Court recommendation of 2008 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46803/19]
• 2019-10-01
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  Asked Public

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of honouring the Labour Court finding on the community employment scheme supervisors pension costs; if the ongoing issue on financing the pension rights of these workers will be resolved in the upcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39614/19]
• 2019-07-23
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  Asked Public

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to meet with representatives of affected workers to discuss the issue relating to the pension entitlements of community supervisors; if he will make provisions in budget 2020 to fund the Labour Court judgment on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32196/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of parents on the community childcare subvention, CCS, scheme and the childcare education and training scheme, CETS, who will be affected negatively by the national childcare scheme. [32202/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ensure that the national childcare scheme will not result in new entrants who would qualify under the community childcare subvention, CCS, scheme and the childcare education and training scheme, CETS, paying more than existing users. [32203/19]
• 2019-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the workplace adaptation grant to those that are blind and vision impaired for a second year on community employment schemes. [29278/19]
• 2019-04-10
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to establish a Traveller specific employment strategy to support the training and employment objectives in the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 in view of the 80% unemployment in the community. [16795/19]
• 2019-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the total amount of providing pension entitlements to community employment supervisors in line with the Labour Court proposal has been costed; if funding will be made available in the coming period to deal with the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10622/19]
• 2019-02-26
  PQ
  Asked Rural

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the review of the local community and economic plans; and if there is scope for migrant integration actions to be added to the plans in the context of the requirement of action 52 of the National Migrant Integration Strategy. [9706/19]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the policy on protecting green spaces, including allotments and community gardens, in city areas in view of the benefits of such to general health and well-being and specifically mental health outcomes for inner city residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4964/19]
• 2018-12-19
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department is refusing access to the back to education allowance to applicants undertaking a professional masters degree in adult and community education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53451/18]
• 2018-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that parents of children who are in one community healthcare organisation or CHO area with regard to gaining access to assessments of needs lose their place in the queue if they move home and are placed in a different CHO area; and if, in view of the housing crisis, the way in which access to these services is impacted by such a move, which is often forced on parents, will be examined. [50773/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Rural

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an audit of all external workplace investigations conducted by companies (details supplied) will be provided; the outcome of complaints against his Department; when the investigation will commence into an allegation against an employee, the number of occasions on which a complaint was upheld against his Department by the investigators; and the number of occasions on which an investigation against an employee found grounds for disciplinary action. [35374/18]
• 2018-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will meet with the community organisers of an area (details supplied) to discuss their cost rental proposals for affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26877/18]
• 2018-06-12
  PQ
  Asked Rural

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of complaints received by the Charities Regulatory Authority about an exhibition (details supplied). [24395/18]
• 2018-06-12
  PQ
  Asked Rural

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the appointment process of the 13 members of the Charities Regulatory Authority; when they were appointed; and when their position is due for renewal. [24398/18]
• 2018-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Rural

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20859/18]
• 2018-04-26
  VOTE
  Community Employment Pension Scheme

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 44–84
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that An Bord Pleanála is using threats of legal costs to force a community to drop its request for appeal of judicial review in an environmental case; his views on whether this is acceptable as a policy for the board; the other remedy that exists for persons concerned regarding a planning matter in their area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16148/18]
• 2018-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Rural

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the value of contracts for services awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department since 2010, in tabular form; and the type of work undertaken by the company. [14635/18]
• 2018-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 5 is due to close on 31 January 2018 due to a lack of funds; and if the necessary funds will be made available to retain this community information resource for the area. [3595/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Culture

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of funding and future plans her Department has to fund specific projects in arts and heritage for the Traveller community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3079/18]
• 2017-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the waiting time is set in legislation or a statutory instrument to qualify for the community employment scheme, Tús or back-to-education allowance (details supplied); and if so, the legislation or statutory instrument that references same. [42749/17]
• 2017-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if micro or community led renewable energy projects will be given access to the national electricity grid in future Government legislation. [41840/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will allow persons seeking employment who have been awarded a place on a community scheme or Tús but not yet started, and who are pulled for JobPath before training starts, to choose between the community employment scheme or Tús; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39681/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount it would cost to remove the qualifying time periods and allow immediate access for all qualifying payments for back to education allowance or community employment training. [36400/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount it would cost to fully restore all cuts to the Traveller accommodation budget. [36412/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of land in the ownership of the local authorities that was sold or disposed of in 2016. [36413/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of all local authority land sales or land disposals yielded to the State in 2016. [36414/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has requested an independent valuation of each of the sites in the State’s ownership which he has identified as being suitable for mixed tenure developments on State lands and other lands in the Government’s action plan for housing and homelessness, Rebuilding Ireland. [36415/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has requested an independent valuation of each of the 700 sites described on page 50 on the Government’s action plan for housing and homelessness, Rebuilding Ireland (details supplied). [36416/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will examine the method used by voluntary housing agencies to set the rent levels of their tenants and the rights of tenants in circumstances in which they are faced with substantial rent rises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33384/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the persons to be housed in the new rapid build units will be taken from the local authority waiting list; if other criteria will apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33383/17]
• 2017-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the regulation that governs the setting of rents by voluntary housing agencies and the rights tenants of such bodies have in appealing new rents set by such bodies; the guidelines his Department has for the setting of rents by voluntary housing bodies. [33250/17]
• 2017-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the supports his Department can provide for groups such as a group (details supplied) that provide invaluable education and training for its local community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31900/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department and a person (details supplied) informed a group (details supplied) and the local community of a potential conflict of interest in so far as the person's company was at this time the beneficiary of a contract worth €9,075 from the Department of Health and Children. [29751/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or consultancies for work completed or investigations undertaken in human resources and industrial relations including hiring and interviewing of staff, disciplinary procedures and workplace related issues such as allegations of bullying and so on or dignity at work issues in each of the years 2015 and 2016. [29337/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector workers in each body under the aegis of his Department, excluding those in the Civil Service, including the pension levy, in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [26971/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the procedures for a local authority to change the name of a street in its authority; and the legislation that governs this issue. [27407/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Jobs

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the payments made by Enterprise Ireland under the headings of the beef fund, ESS, the community enterprise centre scheme and the community enterprise initiative scheme in each of the years 2010 to 2016. [25277/17]
• 2017-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to deal with ongoing problems being experienced by persons trying to access accommodation or remain in existing accommodation under the housing assistance payment, HAP, scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24810/17]
• 2017-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of house-building projects and the number of units involved in those projects that are in the process of being built or at the planning stage under the control of local authorities and that will deliver local authority owned and run social housing in the next period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24811/17]
• 2017-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or consultancies for work completed or investigations undertaken in human resources and industrial relations to include the hiring and interviewing of staff and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23956/17]
• 2017-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider putting in place a community-led afforestation project co-ordinated by local authorities as part of a programme to tackle climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21113/17]
• 2017-04-13
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the high level forum on the community employment sector is empowered to take steps to rectify the injustice done to community supervisors who remain without an entitlement to a pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18711/17]
• 2017-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to large rent rises in areas adjoining the rent pressure zones; if he will reconsider extending the application and breadth of rent controls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17106/17]
• 2017-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the progress of his plans to end the use of emergency settings such as hotels, bed and breakfasts and so on for persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17107/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding tenants who are receiving rent support and are now being told they must move to HAP (details supplied). [11871/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding a tenant who is being moved to the HAP scheme but wishes to remain on the local authority waiting list for a local authority home. [11872/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the latest figures that suggests the number of social houses built in 2016 were among the lowest in the State's history; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9044/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the recent figures on rent increases in the private rented sector suggest that rental pressure zones should be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9045/17]
• 2017-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will re-examine the authority of JobPath operators that are able to overrule the placement offers to jobseekers on various community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8457/17]
• 2017-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he or his Department have been briefed on any proposed changes by the Dublin city manager to the current operation of the emergency ambulance call out service as provided by the Dublin Fire Brigade. [8194/17]
• 2017-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the current plans of Dublin City Council regarding the provision of the emergency ambulance call-out services as provided by the Dublin Fire Brigade; his views on such plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7960/17]
• 2017-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he or his Department has been briefed on any proposed change by the Dublin city manager to the current operation of the emergency ambulance call out service as provided by the Dublin Fire Brigade. [7961/17]
• 2017-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to take steps to protect tenants who have been served with rent reviews that are demanding 50% and 60% rent rises by landlords trying to evade the proposed rent caps in some areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2147/17]
• 2017-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the huge rent increases facing some tenants on foot of rent review demands notified by landlords in the days before his recent Bill was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2146/17]
• 2016-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there are limits placed on the amount local authorities may borrow from the Housing Finance Agency for the purpose of building social housing. [39991/16]
• 2016-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to and his views on the current views of the clinical community of ophthalmologists on the use of eye supplements in treating and delaying the progress of diseases already contracted by persons. [38106/16]
• 2016-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the measures he plans to take to deal with the escalating rise in rents in the private rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35431/16]
• 2016-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the latest pillar of the Rebuilding Ireland action plan, that is housing supply; the way it will address the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35430/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of housing units he envisions will be delivered under the social housing construction and acquisition fund in 2017 in categories (details supplied). [30800/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the funding under the social housing current expenditure programme for 2017 will provide social housing units only as leased arrangements with private landlords or will be used to build social housing units for local authority or approved housing bodies. [30801/16]
• 2016-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if funding for proposed rapid builds is new funding or if it is funding that was previously allocated to other housing projects. [28610/16]
• 2016-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that local authorities are postponing projects for regular-build social housing to fund rapid-build houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28611/16]
• 2016-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department intervened in the ongoing refusal of a State-supported company (details supplied) to honour a Labour Court finding in relation to workers made redundant; if his Department has instructed this company not to use State funds to honour the findings of another State agency; and if he will intervene in this matter to ensure the workers involved receive their just payments. [28059/16]
• 2016-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason funding is made available to a private company (details supplied) by his Department while this company is refusing to obey the judgment of a State-appointed body in regard to its workforce. [28060/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to expand the qualifying criteria for the community child care scheme to allow families who are not in receipt of Social Protection but are on low incomes to be included in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22964/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of the 8,000 community child care subvention scheme places from budget 2016 which have become available; the level of the uptake from child care service providers; and the number of places which have become available since the scheme was launched, by area, in Dublin and nationwide. [19546/16]
• 2016-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that the consequences of the policy of the patron of a school (details supplied) in refusing to enrol new children is having a detrimental effect on class sizes in adjacent schools; his plans to open a community national school in an area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18290/16]
• 2016-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the recent confirmation from scientists in the southern hemisphere that global levels of carbon dioxide have passed 400 parts per million; if he is concerned that such levels pose a threat to the earth's biodiversity and to human civilisation, given that the last time levels reached this stage humans did not exist; the radical steps he proposes to cut emissions of carbon dioxide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16175/16]
• 2016-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is concerned that the new structures introduced into the various Ministries and their respective responsibilities mean a downgrading of climate change as an issue, and to outline which Minister is responsible for answering questions relating to climate change. [17120/16]
• 2016-06-09
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her plan in the programme for Government to tender school facilities to community groups and private providers is to use public schools for private child care; if she will offer publicly provided and funded after-school care in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14719/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) has lost entitlement to rent allowance upon being placed on a low paid temporary work scheme by a local Intreo office; why it is not possible for the person to receive support from the local community welfare officer, given that this loss has resulted in an accumulation of rent arrears; and why, if the person and the person's partner were 26 years of age plus, and both in receipt of social protection payments and rent allowance, they would have a greater income than what they have been left with, following the person's placement on this temporary work incentive scheme. [14267/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views that climate change is the single most pressing issue for humanity, which will impact on every single aspect of our society and economy; that it is a major mis-step at this time to have effectively abolished the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government in the new Administration and that, notwithstanding recent reassurances, this suggests to the public that environmental issues will be downgraded; that if he is genuine about joined-up thinking he must reorganise Departments with a view to setting up a Department of environment, climate change and natural heritage, which would have a remit to deal effectively with pressing environmental issues, such as loss of biodiversity and with water quality and supply; and if he will give a commitment that the correct urgency will be attached to the priorities of his Ministers concerned with environmental matters, and that they will not be seen as an add on or be relegated in the pursuit of corporate or business interests. [14525/16]
• 2016-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to immediately revise the statutory instrument that introduced payment for green bin charges and ensure that, in the interests of the environment, all recycling is incentivised by remaining free of charge by local authorities at bring centres and by waste management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11599/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection to resource the community employment scheme in order that it can be implemented, such as by using the €10 million European Social Fund funding for the programme for employment inclusion and learning to develop programmes that cross departmental remits. [10123/16]
• 2016-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government for an explanation for the doubling of the cost of providing temporary homes, modular homes and rapid build homes for those in hotel accommodation. [7792/16]
• 2016-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the strategy for moving families from rapid build housing to permanent accommodation, given that there are no plans to build any significant amount of social housing to allow families move on. [7793/16]