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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: That implies that IBEC would be opposed the LNG terminal at Shannon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: I have learned a lot here today. Although I suspected, from reading about it and from the various submissions, that the representatives and captains of the oil and gas industry have their heads in the sand and do not really get that the environment and planet is in serious trouble and that we therefore have to move rapidly and decisively to change the way we do business, the questioning and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Property (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be established on a site in Dublin 10; his plans for the site; if discussions have been held with interested parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29556/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Property (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: I hope the Minister will not fob me off and say the closure of the De La Salle school in Ballyfermot is a private matter and there is nothing he can do about it. This school, which is due to close at the end of this summer - and may already have closed - is quite famous and has been used in many movies, including "Rocky Road to Dublin". It is a massive complex. Will the Minister consider...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Property (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: I understood the school was to close this September but I note from the Minister's reply that it will close in June when the last group of pupils has completed sixth class. The remaining children have been relocated to the St. Michael's Dominican campus, where there are three other schools. All of these schools are full, as is St. Ultan's school in Cherry Orchard. This area is one of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Property (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: It is clear that although the Minister believes in divestment and agrees that the costs in this area should be shared on a 50:50 basis, the Government is prepared to do very little to insist this happens. We have moved on. The Taoiseach said recently that he is in favour of the separation of church and State. I am not asking for that. Rather, I am asking that the Department investigate...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Commissioner Appointment (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: I welcome to the Gallery the sole survivor of the Miami Showband massacre and the brother of the three young Reavey brothers who were shot dead in a sectarian attack. They are here because they head up a group known as the Truth and Reconciliation Platform. To my knowledge, the only real condemnation of the appointment of Drew Harris as Garda Commissioner was made by Stephen Travers who...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Commissioner Appointment (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: As usual, I did not get the answer to the question asked. I have got used to not really expecting answers to really difficult questions. I believe, however, that the Minister may have given this issue some consideration. If he did not, he should have. He started his statement by referring to the rigorous selection process that had reached the decision to appoint Mr. Drew Harris. He must...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Commissioner Appointment (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: I also ask the Minister to delay the appointment of Mr. Harris until he meets the families and answers their questions.

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Commissioner Appointment (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: Even when it involves the Garda Commissioner.

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Commissioner Appointment (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: Will the Minister accept the invitation to attend the anniversary commemoration of the Miami Showband massacre?

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: I want to say this as sensitively and as diplomatically as I can. There is an argument and a construct being put before us that somehow the rural Deputies are being set in conflict with the city Deputies. I utterly reject that on the basis of what has already been said. Despite the danger of repetition, I think it needs to be said again that there has been the deregulation of local...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: -----and that is a dreadful story. By the way, people in cities almost lose their eyes sometimes when they pass by hedgerows and trees that are not cut properly by local authorities. I have every sympathy for that woman and I believe every word the Deputy said but it is not just a problem in rural Ireland. It also happens in cities where there is neglect of our environment. We regularly...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: Will the Deputy stop?

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: The Deputy should dry his eyes. He will genuflect.

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: Deputy Mattie McGrath should dry his eyes.

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: When the Minister suggested I was causing an urban-rural divide because I mentioned it, her argument was extraordinarily weak. I stated the obvious about what has been going on in this House. People who live on farms, or who are farming contractors like Deputy Mattie McGrath, contractors on land and roads like Deputies Michael and Danny Healy-Rae, or other contractors like Deputy Michael...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement a non-ethos based sex education programme in schools as recommended by the Citizens' Assembly; if such plans will encompass the issues of consent and LGBT+ pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29418/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the progress in the divestment of church run schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29415/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to establish an Educate Together school in Dublin 12 to cater for the growing demand for non-denominational school places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29416/18]