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Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: I have a question to ask about legislation. Is this section of business not on promised legislation?

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: I started by saying to the Tánaiste that I wanted to ask a question about legislation which I am not sure exists. However, could we find a mechanism to do what the Taoiseach said we could not do yesterday, which was to interfere in the judicial process of another country? In other words, can we do something about the imprisonment, the continued delay of the trial of, and illness of...

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: I am trying to find out-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: -----if there is a legal mechanism that we can take. That is all.

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: Is the Tánaiste willing to answer me?

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: Could the Ceann Comhairle ask the Tánaiste if she is willing to answer me?

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: But the Ceann Comhairle's interpretation of the rules has gone a bit beyond where it should. In this particular instance-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: The Ceann Comhairle used the word "suppress". What I said I was he tried to shut down Deputy Murphy yesterday-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: I am just asking a question of the Tánaiste.

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: Is there a possibility there is some legal mechanism, of which the Tánaiste can inform me, that the State can use to protect our citizen?

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: I will not resume my seat. I will leave the House because I have another meeting to go to-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: -----but I protest at the way the Ceann Comhairle is treating me and, more importantly, the way he is treating the issue. It is disgraceful.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Private Sector Staff Redundancies (23 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: 33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) is in receipt of numerous public contracts paid by the State in addition to a contract with a bank (details supplied) and is now planning to lay off 65 workers at its Dublin base and move these jobs abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Private Sector Staff Redundancies (23 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: 38. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has had contact with a company (details supplied) that is planning 65 redundancies to its workforce in order to move part of its profitable operations to other countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14455/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (23 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: 213. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if any of the companies verified by the IDA as creating 527 jobs under the Succeed in Ireland initiative have received any other support form the IDA or other State agency; and if so, the details of such support. [14733/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (23 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: 214. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if any of the companies verified by the IDA as creating 527 jobs under the Succeed in Ireland initiative are or have been client companies of the IDA or EI or any other State agency; and if so, the details of any supports provided by these agencies to these companies. [14734/17]

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: Over recent days I have had the honour and privilege of meeting some very fine Irish men and women on the Bus Éireann picket lines. One of them, Tommy St. Ledger, in Broadstone, has worked 51 years of his life in Bus Éireann, is due to retire in June on a glorious pension of €97 a week, having given his entire adult life and some of his childhood to Bus Éireann. Rory,...

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: The Taoiseach's answer that this is commercial competition flags up why this is of interest to every transport worker not just Bus Éireann workers. The NTA has deliberately forced Bus Éireann into an uneven playing field of competition with the private operator to drag down the wages and conditions of workers. This will apply to Dublin Bus, DART and Irish Rail. If the NTA and the...

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: It is still below 2009 levels.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: I have a letter from the NTA encouraging others to go out and break this strike. The Government's policy is encouraging strike-breaking.