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Local Government Reform (Amendment) (Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: I wish to question the Bill before us without being insulting to either Fianna Fáil or the Green Party but I do not understand the point of either Bill. I have tried to read the Green Party Bill, which is very elaborate. The Fianna Fáil Bill is easier to read but both Bills seem to be putting the cart before the horse. As somebody who has just spent seven years in a local...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (22 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will commission a report on the impact of the recent changes in social protection payments on lone parent families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36056/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (22 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the impact on recent retirees, who are qualified for the contributory State pension, of the way the homemaker scheme years are calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36057/16]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: I have concerns about this section but I am unclear on the procedure.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: I will table amendments on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: I have some concerns about this section and I intend to table amendments on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: I have no problem with those amendments but I want to indicate that I have concerns about the section.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: No. My concern is about the section. Can I indicate my concern for Report Stage?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: Three minutes would be better.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: Three minutes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 11. To ask the Taoiseach the foreign leaders he plans to meet over the next period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36054/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: My question is about Ibrahim Halawa. Deputy Gerry Adams already referred to this. By now, all things being equal in a Dáil that functions as a democracy, we should have had a cross-party delegation visiting Cairo, of which the Taoiseach would probably have been part. We passed a motion in July to have a cross-party delegation to visit Cairo and to have the Egyptian ambassador to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: If el-Sisi's government sees an application that does not state "the Irish Government" but something else, it will not be taken as seriously as it should be. My question is a direct one. It requires only a "Yes" or "No" answer but I hope the answer is "Yes".

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: Will the Taoiseach apply to the commission for Mr. Halawa's release before 25 November?

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: It is perfectly legitimate to make a point of order at 11.30 p.m., and for people-----

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: It is perfectly legitimate to make a point of order.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (23 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on progress in securing the release of a person (details supplied) from their detention in Egypt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36269/16]

Business of Dáil (24 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: I understand it was circulated at 11.40 a.m. this morning.

Business of Dáil (24 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: That is not good enough because I am a member of the Business Committee and I was unaware that this was coming up, so I could not tell the people in my group or, indeed, Deputies beyond it. This is one of the most fundamental and central issues relating to what has been happening in this Dáil since we got elected. This is really what one would call pulling a fast one and it is not...