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Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (4 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: I was shocked when I read that the Minister's billionaire buddy from Ryanair thinks he is playing a stormer. I remind the Minister that this man caused a lockout in Dublin Airport in the mid-1990s because he refused to recognise trade unions. 6 o’clock It is extraordinary to see him and the Minister on the same side of the pitch fighting ordinary working class people. What people...

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (4 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: Which trade unions said that?

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (4 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: I agree with Deputy Broughan that the Minister's response illustrated to us that he has changed his tune. He is now acknowledging that as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, he is up to his neck in it. It is a bit ironic for him to say that ministerial intervention is never required in industrial disputes given that not so long ago, the threat of a blue flu by An Garda...

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (4 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: That is exactly what was happening.

Defence Forces: Motion (4 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: A Defence Forces climate survey of 2015 found that staff had broadly become less happy with their work in the military over the intervening years from 2008 when the previous report had been put together. According to the report, there is a perception of a lack of justice in the organisation, especially among the lower ranks, and that the espoused values of the Defence Forces are not...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (4 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to sell a bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16468/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance (4 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance the next steps for the motor insurance industry in view of the recent report on the cost of motor insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16469/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports (4 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: 131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the GSOC report with regard to a person (details supplied) will be published; and the reason for the delay. [16309/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (4 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: 672. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of work contracted out by her Department to an agency (details supplied); and the nature of that work. [16158/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (4 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: 673. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the monetary value of all work undertaken by consultant firms for her Department; and the nature of that work. [16159/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Data Protection (4 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: 674. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied that data protection issues do not arise when work contracted out to a consultancy that involves departmental staff or possible recruitment of staff is involved; and the protections taken when outside agencies are involved in the recruitment process for public service work. [16160/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (4 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: 680. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will examine the redundancies announced at a company (details supplied) under the Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Act 2007 and determine if these are carried out to replace the employees with workers on lower pay or less favourable terms and conditions; and if she will report...

Topical Issue Debate: Ibrahim Halawa (5 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: I am very frustrated about the case of Ibrahim Halawa. The Taoiseach, in reply to a question from Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett yesterday, indicated he had written to President el-Sisi of Egypt. President el-Sisi's statement that he cannot release people before their trial is a lie. Some 200 young students were released by the el-Sisi government shortly before Christmas. At that time, we...

Topical Issue Debate: Ibrahim Halawa (5 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: What did I say?

Topical Issue Debate: Ibrahim Halawa (5 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: What comment did I make?

Topical Issue Debate: Ibrahim Halawa (5 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: Deputy O'Brien has to answer my question.

Topical Issue Debate: Ibrahim Halawa (5 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: Perhaps the Deputy would like to clarify personally to me by e-mail what comments I made that are damaging to Ibrahim Halawa and his family.

Topical Issue Debate: Ibrahim Halawa (5 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: We have a history of hunger strikes in this country going back to the fight for independence. Nobody goes on hunger strike unless he or she is utterly driven to it by frustration and is left with no other choice. That is why this young man has gone on hunger strike. For almost four years, we have been polite and nice, praising the ambassador and President el-Sisi's Government and telling...

Maternity Leave and Benefit: Motion [Private Members] (5 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: I welcome the motion and congratulate Deputy Catherine Martin on tabling it. I attended today's briefing and some very moving and emotive circumstances apply to these people, some of whom have come into the Gallery. Obviously, we support the motion and regard such extension of maternity leave as a very practical aid for families and particularly mothers dealing with a traumatic time in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received advice on the legality of proposals to select members of ASTI for redundancies at the end of this school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16540/17]