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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: I did not personalise anything.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: You are the Taoiseach and the leader of this country.

Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2023: Referral to Joint Committee (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: May I comment?

Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2023: Referral to Joint Committee (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: I am not looking for a debate; I just want to point something out to the House. It is an important issue.

Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2023: Referral to Joint Committee (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: Yes, exactly. It is welcome that the order is being brought forward but the House should know that by keeping a ceiling on wages in the construction industry-----

Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2023: Referral to Joint Committee (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: -----we are feeding into the lack of staff for building homes and retrofitting. Something needs to be done about it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the current situation in regard to the development of a national security strategy. [18283/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: I want to raise the question of energy security under the issue of national security. I do so because energy security is central to the number of data centres that are connecting not just to the national grid but now we see to the gas grid. The cables for these data centres that link them with Europe and the US are coming from Ireland and lying under our ocean so it is a question of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: But not reducing our emissions.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will meet next. [18284/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: In a similar vein, we have been receiving emails regarding a company called Indeed. Indeed.com uses paid-for job ads on its website to make its money. It has announced redundancies and is allegedly in consultation with its workers. Has the Minister been notified by this company and is it complying with the terms of the Redundancy Payment Act because there is suspicion and it appears to us...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 26. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent meeting of the European Council. [18285/23]

Rent Reduction Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: I endorse everything that has been said so far. This Bill has a simple purpose. In fact, it is so simple and so obvious that in most countries, it would not be needed. Its aim is to link rents in the private rental sector to incomes, to link what people pay in rent to what they earn. However, we are so slavish in our devotion to the free market under this and previous Fianna Fáil and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (26 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the proposed child poverty unit in his Department. [19377/23]

Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (26 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: People Before Profit-Solidarity has produced a short pamphlet on the 25th anniversary of the Belfast Good Friday Agreement. For the purpose of this debate, I will read some extracts from it. The 25th anniversary of the agreement has been marked by praise for the negotiators who pieced the text together. However, when the historical record is examined, it will appear that the architects of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (27 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can clarify the position in respect of proposals to build a liquefied natural gas, LNG, terminal in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20127/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (27 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: The Minister has now twice made comments that have held the door open to the building of an LNG facility here in the State. I wish to give the Minister an opportunity to state quite clearly what his, the Government's and the Green Party's position concerning the building of an LNG facility. I ask this because this aspect begs another question of whether the Minister accepts the report of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (27 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Minister. I still think the door is being held open. There is still creative ambiguity in the Minister's response. The Business Postreported last week that the Minister had conceded that Ireland needed to build an LNG terminal. This would be a reversal of a key policy of the Green Party because, as the Minister said, the world changed when the Nord Stream gas pipeline was...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (27 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: I reiterate that the Minister is not being explicit and is not clearing up the ambiguity. He is saying that we may well need some form of new fossil fuel infrastructure to store gas. He knows as well as I and anybody else in the House who takes any interest in the science does that it does not matter whether it is fracked gas or any other kinds of gas, it still emits methane and far too...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: This morning, I attended a press conference of a number of groups concerned about reproductive rights for women in this country in response to the report from Dr. Marie O'Shea. The Irish Family Planning Association said this is a landmark report which draws on extensive public health evidence and expertise. The National Women's Council said it is long-awaited and marks a critical juncture...