Results 581-600 of 8,245 for speaker:Bríd Smith
- Other Questions: Syrian Conflict (25 Oct 2016)
Bríd Smith: Can I not respond?
- Other Questions: Syrian Conflict (25 Oct 2016)
Bríd Smith: Do I not get the same time as other people who ask questions? The Minister has said a few things there that I would like to respond to.
- Other Questions: Syrian Conflict (25 Oct 2016)
Bríd Smith: I will not take all day. I want to take this motion seriously. It was passed in July. We are now hurtling towards November and the sixteenth time that this young man will be before a trial. I bet 50 bucks the trial will be postponed. The Minister said he is worried about the sensitivities of the Egyptian Parliament. I do not see how he is surprised by their sensitivities. They have...
- Other Questions: Syrian Conflict (25 Oct 2016)
Bríd Smith: We should implement our own motions.
- Other Questions: Syrian Conflict (25 Oct 2016)
Bríd Smith: It is not the doubting that is the problem, it is the doing something about it.
- Other Questions: Diplomatic Representation (25 Oct 2016)
Bríd Smith: Ibrahim Halawa is outside the House.
- An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tOchtú Leasú a Aisghairm) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2016)
Bríd Smith: The first observation I wish to make is how interested the people in the Chamber are in this Bill. They cannot wait to debate it. Over 70 people in the House committed in advance of the election to supporting a referendum on repealing the eighth amendment. I am stunned by the presence of those who think that a debate on half the population is so important that they turned up and bothered...
- An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tOchtú Leasú a Aisghairm) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2016)
Bríd Smith: The Deputy is a disgrace.
- An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tOchtú Leasú a Aisghairm) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2016)
Bríd Smith: The Deputy could not help herself----
- An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tOchtú Leasú a Aisghairm) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2016)
Bríd Smith: The Deputy should repeat what she said.
- An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tOchtú Leasú a Aisghairm) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2016)
Bríd Smith: The Deputy is a great bit of stuff.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (25 Oct 2016)
Bríd Smith: I am sorry I was not present for all the presentations. One question that bothers me is how we see joined-up thinking on climate change and reaching our targets. I was alarmed when I read the EPA report, and I am sorry I missed that presentation. The report clearly showed that it is estimated we will be between 9% and 14% below targets by 2020. On the one hand, that is very serious. On...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (25 Oct 2016)
Bríd Smith: I wish to comment on that. Dr. O'Neill talked about funding and fiscal space but there are also the political decisions that are made to facilitate the big for-profit industries, such as the beef industry I mentioned. I am not talking about the ordinary farmer with five cows going up a lane, but big ranchers who engage in the production of beef on a massive scale for export. The export of...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Postal Services (26 Oct 2016)
Bríd Smith: 12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the financial position of An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32126/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Postal Services (26 Oct 2016)
Bríd Smith: I wanted to ask a related but slightly different question about the viability of An Post. There are rumours in the air - rumours usually have some foundation to them - that it is possible that An Post is in trouble financially. I ask the Minister to make a statement on the matter.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Postal Services (26 Oct 2016)
Bríd Smith: I would like to respond to the Minister on the question of the post office network losing custom to e-business. That is true. There is no doubt that when one looks at one's letter box, one sees how much less is coming in. However, what the Minister has just said is like saying "I will split your head and give you a plaster" because at the same time as we acknowledge that e-business is...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Postal Services (26 Oct 2016)
Bríd Smith: I repeat the point I am trying to make to which the Minister does not respond. It is not just a question of a falling volume of mail; that is being compounded by the insistence of Departments to reduce Government transactions in post offices. Together, these are putting huge pressure on the viability of An Post, while at the same time the Government insists that all these services be...
- Other Questions (26 Oct 2016)
Bríd Smith: I am not sure of the times I get.
- Other Questions (26 Oct 2016)
Bríd Smith: The clerk is saying something to the Acting Chairman.
- Other Questions (26 Oct 2016)
Bríd Smith: So the time I get is not doubled.