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Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: That is not a withdrawal.

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: We are the Opposition. All of us who spoke this morning are liable to that accusation. The Minister of State has breached the order and he will not remove what he said. The order states that a Member shall not say that another Member is taking orders and instructions from outside the interests of the State.

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: We find ourselves in the same position as the Healy-Raes in demanding that you withdraw an accusation that we are Putin's puppets.

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: If you do not do it now-----

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: The Minister of State was obviously in the House when I spoke earlier but chose to ignore what I said. He spoke of hypocrisy but his hypocrisy has been shown and thrown open today. I will repeat what I said. I made absolutely clear that I opposed both imperialist powers that seek to divide the world into their respective spheres of influence. I said I openly opposed the US empire and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (28 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: 73. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [24030/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Employment Rights (28 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: 151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers directly employed by CIÉ tours; the number of drivers contracted by CIÉ tours to operate their services; the steps the company can take to ensure all drivers either directly employed or contracted abide by current regulations related to maximum working time driving and breaks and so on; if the NTA has...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Middle East (28 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline, given his powers to freeze, seize or otherwise impose restrictive measures on assets for the purpose of combating terrorism under the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005, and that the construction of settlements in the West Bank meets the definition of terrorist activity under that Act, as it is carried out with the intention...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (28 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: 401. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if plans to accommodate people seeking international protection at a location (details supplied) include the provision of transport services in order that they are not isolated and can access other amenities or appointments elsewhere; to list all other proposed services that will be provided to the residents;...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (29 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: 15. To ask the Taoiseach what level of engagement his Department will have with the Dublin city centre task force. [23877/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with defence will next meet. [21748/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status and expected starting time of works on the development of a new building for a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay with the project; if her Department has had talks with the builders or management at the school in relation to delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24375/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: I do not know whether the Tánaiste wants to answer this question. It is about whether he does the shopping in his house. Does he go to the grocery and fill his trolley with all the food that is required for the week? If he does, has he noticed how steeply the prices have risen for ordinary grocery products in the last year? They say there is no inflation in 2024, or at least that it...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: I cannot square that circle. I am against capitalism. I am an anti-capitalist. I am for a more egalitarian system. The Tánaiste is pro-capitalist. He eulogises it all the time.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: Can he please square that circle for me?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: I deliberately focused on the cost of groceries because my argument is that food inflation is crippling people. The Barnardos report shows that. Social Justice Ireland has shown that more than 500,000 people in this country are living in poverty, of which 180,000 are children. I am asking the Tánaiste what he is going to do about the rising cost of food. He can go shopping in some...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: That is the sort of country we live in – one where parents let their kids go to bed hungry – and the sort of country that they face. What is the Tánaiste going to do about it to address that problem?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: I do not care where the Tánaiste was.