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Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: At a meeting of the Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment last night, members had a hot and heavy debate following a presentation by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, BAI, on the proposed merger of Independent News and Media and Celtic Media. While I am aware that this issue has been raised previously, there must be proper public scrutiny of what is taking...

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: Is the Taoiseach concerned about the possible merger? Should there not be a forum for public scrutiny of this proposal?

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: The reason I raise this matter is that the proposed merger is not only the concern of the committee of which I and other Deputies are members. I note the committee is weighted heavily with Fine Gael Senators and Deputies but that is just the way it is. The Taoiseach should also be concerned because this is a national concern. The joint committee is up against a ticking clock because the...

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: Why does the Taoiseach repeatedly refer to me as Deputy Collins?

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: That was not a reply to my question.

Ceisteanna - Questions: World Economic Forum (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos. [2796/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: World Economic Forum (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: I will call the Taoiseach Tánaiste because he calls me Deputy Collins all the time.

Ceisteanna - Questions: World Economic Forum (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: I am just trying to be a smart aleck. I will stay on the same theme as my colleague and comrade, Deputy Boyd Barrett, that is, inequality, which was one of the main themes at Davos. Shocking economic reports published in the past year or so indicate that inequality in this country is growing and will probably reach United States levels if we do not do something to address them. In fact,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: World Economic Forum (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: It may be a great place to do business and not pay one's taxes but it also has a major down-side for its population. Did the Taoiseach explain that to the attendees at Davos?

Ceisteanna - Questions: World Economic Forum (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: It is not my opinion. Economic studies show that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: World Economic Forum (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: They were given a rise of 10 cent.

Ceisteanna - Questions: World Economic Forum (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: Business in equality.

Ceisteanna - Questions: World Economic Forum (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: It is just more of the same.

Ceisteanna - Questions: World Economic Forum (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: That does not stop them paying their taxes.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 10:In page 19, to delete lines 3 to 38, and in page 20, to delete lines 1 and 2. It is unfortunate that a number of complex issues are conflated in this Bill. By this I mean that there is a conflation in the construct of the Bill in the context of the issues of trafficking, coercion, sex work and, to a degree, pornography. However, they are all very different issues....

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 16:In page 20, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:“Amendment of Act of 1993 26. Section 11 of the Act of 1993 is amended--(a) by designating the existing section as subsection (1), and (b) by inserting the following subsection--“(2) No person shall be prosecuted for an offence under this section where the brothel is used by that person to...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: Deputy Jonathan O'Brien made a very good point and it is the one I wish to emphasise most, although there are a number of other issues of which we need to be very cognisant when dealing with the question of having a full report on the implementation of the law that will be enacted. He referred to human trafficking. The justification for the campaign on the criminalisation of the purchase of...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: I did not get two minutes.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: But you asked Deputy Daly whether she was moving her amendment.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: You did not ask me that.