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Tue, 24 May 2022
oral
Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
Bríd Smith
6. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice the timeframe for finalising a scoping report into the death of a person (details supplied); if progress has been made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26134/22]
Tue, 24 May 2022
oral
An Garda Síochána
Bríd Smith
15. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice the details of proposals by the Government to reform GSOC; the accountability or oversight by Dáil Éireann or by another body that the current structure allows for; the mechanism that is available to revisit previous commission investigations that may have failed to discover facts or wrongdoing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26135/22]
Tue, 24 May 2022
written
Special Educational Needs
Bríd Smith
431. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the lack of autism classes in secondary schools in the Dublin 12 area; her plans to increase the number of available places for autistic young people in post-primary education; the expected timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26259/22]
Tue, 24 May 2022
written
Parental Leave
Bríd Smith
487. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the extension of parent’s leave from five to seven weeks scheduled for July 2022; when this will commence; if the details will be provided in order that parents can start to make plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26454/22]
Thu, 19 May 2022
written
Employment Rights
Bríd Smith
16. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will clarify the progress made to date or planned in enacting legislation to protect workers in cases of mass redundancies including a recent case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25208/22]
Thu, 19 May 2022
written
Health and Safety
Bríd Smith
82. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will clarify the progress made in enacting the workplace ventilation Bill and its provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25209/22]
Thu, 19 May 2022
written
Further and Higher Education
Bríd Smith
120. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will examine the threshold of incomes that apply to SUSI applications; his plans to reverse recent changes which may exclude more students from accessing the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25207/22]
Thu, 19 May 2022
written
Further and Higher Education
Bríd Smith
171. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will detail any work his Department is undertaking to analyse the reason the numbers qualifying for SUSI grants has fallen over recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25206/22]
Thu, 19 May 2022
written
Direct Provision System
Bríd Smith
337. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice the reason that was used by her Department in 2000 when the decision was taken to commence the direct provision system; the studies, risk assessments and policy deliberations and so on that were conducted by her Department at the time; the advice that the advisors Government and external advisors relied upon to support the decision to set-up and extend the direct provision system (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25508/22]
Wed, 18 May 2022
written
Social Welfare Payments
Bríd Smith
142. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients receiving the household benefit package and the fuel allowance; the number who are in receipt of both payments; when the last rise in the fuel element of the household benefit package took place; and if there are plans to raise the amount in the coming period. [25299/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
written
Employment Support Services
Bríd Smith
91. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the position in relation to the current JobBridge scheme and the current contracts with SeeTec and Turas Nua; when this contact expires; if there is a new proposed tendering process for the services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24562/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
written
Employment Support Services
Bríd Smith
118. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify what if any provisions her Department has made for dealing or absorbing current LES staff who may lose their positions as a result of the tendering process for those services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24561/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
written
Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Bríd Smith
267. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of including those who work in the homeless sector (details supplied) in the Covid-19 recognition scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24246/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
written
Departmental Reports
Bríd Smith
326. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeframe in which the working group to examine defects in housing report on defective apartments will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24835/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
written
Departmental Reports
Bríd Smith
327. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position in relation to defective apartments which have failed fire regulation standards; the scheme that he will establish to deal with the matter; if the mica scheme provides a blueprint for future schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24836/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
written
Departmental Reports
Bríd Smith
328. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the number of apartments that were purchased by local authorities which have defective elements such as fire standards and so on; if they can be included as part of any defective apartments scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24837/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
written
Immigration Status
Bríd Smith
618. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice if she will automatically extend stamp 2 visa permissions due to expire on 31 May until 30 September 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24799/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
written
Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Bríd Smith
661. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the plans there are to extend the Covid-19 recognition scheme to those homeless sector front-line workers who meet all the criteria publicly announced and who work in identical clinical and residential settings to sections 38 and 39 organisations already included in the recognition payment scheme; if he will acknowledge that the Government and HSE have recognised homeless staff as front-line healthcare workers who were prioritised in sequential vaccination groups 1 and 2 and who to this day continue to operate in Covid-19 infection prevention and control environments, identical to nursing homes and residential disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24245/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
written
Medical Cards
Bríd Smith
696. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that medical card holders are often asked to pay at least €20 for a sick note from a general practitioner; if there are plans to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24469/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
written
Equality Issues
Bríd Smith
154. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education the position of her Department in relation to the rights of gay and trans students to be respected and recognised in their school by staff and principals; if her Department approved or was informed of a decision to invite a person (details supplied) that engages in conversion therapy as a key speaker to a conference and is on record as wishing to deny rights to trans persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23810/22]