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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Tax: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: With respect to Mr. Kenny, as the official responsible for indirect taxation, I believe we have just proven that this is a punitive tax on the worst off in society without achieving anything to mitigate climate chaos. I put one question to the ESRI.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision: Discussion with Ombudsman (25 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: Go raibh maith agat.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision: Discussion with Ombudsman (25 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: Of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision: Discussion with Ombudsman (25 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: I am used to it. I am always Paddy Last.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision: Discussion with Ombudsman (25 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: I thank Mr. Tyndall for his presentation. I want to return to the question of how visits are conducted with regard to giving prior notice, setting up a time and with management knowing the Office of the Ombudsman is coming. I know it is not the remit of the Ombudsman but I have been reading the report published in May by the Ombudsman for Children's office on the same issue. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision: Discussion with Ombudsman (25 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: An issue at the core of the system - I wonder whether the Ombudsman has thought about or is able to examine it - is the privatised nature of delivering the system. Several companies make millions out of running direct provision centres. As far as I am aware, only seven centres are run by statutory bodies; the rest have all been privatised and are run by private companies which include...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision: Discussion with Ombudsman (25 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: That brings me to my final point. I have read the report of the Ombudsman for Children and listened to what Mr. Tyndall has said. The Department of Justice and Equality has a role in the matter. Mr. Justice Bryan McMahon did a big piece of work, in which he recommended that we end the system of direct provision, but instead it is increasing in size. There are the multiple problems of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision: Discussion with Ombudsman (25 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: I know that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision: Discussion with Ombudsman (25 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: That is interesting. I have one more question based on what Mr. Tyndall said. He has raised an interesting point about people's ability to settle in various areas. Am I right in saying the right to work is very restrictive? Has it been opened up from the original position?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision: Discussion with Ombudsman (25 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: Can people work without having to earn a certain amount?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision: Discussion with Ombudsman (25 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: I stand corrected on that issue. Do the delegates agree that people should have the right to work as soon as they enter the country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision: Discussion with Ombudsman (25 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: I thank the delegates.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (26 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: 16. To ask the Minister for Finance if the condition for receiving section 481 tax relief is being met by the producer companies in the film industry that apply for and receive the relief; and the way in which this is monitored by his Department. [39094/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (26 Sep 2019)

Bríd Smith: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to take action or enact legislation that will bring rates of Irish banks into line with the European average rates for mortgages in view of the fact the current ECB interest rate for deposit facility is 0.5% and its marginal interest rate is 0.25%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39093/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: No.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: We requested at the Business Committee that there be a discussion on the importation of American fracked gas, otherwise known as the LNGs from Shannon. We made that request absent the knowledge that this Friday the energy regulator in the European Union will sign off on projects of common interest, which include the Shannon LNG project. We asked this question in September but we did not get...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: Can we have a discussion before Friday on fracked American gas being imported into this country?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: That is not correct.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: That is not fair. We had an agreement in the absence of the knowledge that the projects of common interest should be signed off this Friday.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: What is the point in having a debate on it next week?