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Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: Well said.

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: Before the summer break, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Naughten, published the national mitigation plan on climate action. He is present today. I have read the plan. It is a voluminous publication and a complete work of fiction. It lets down the country in terms of dealing with climate change. This weekend, our delegation will attend the COP23...

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: If we funded public transport properly, we would be reducing our CO2 emissions. I will raise this matter with the Business Committee, but can we please take climate change seriously and have a proper discussion on the work of fiction called the "National Mitigation Plan"?

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: The Deputy is naming names.

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: Those Deputies did not come in for ages. We were in the queue long before them.

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: We were queuing by the Chair and were told to sit down.

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: I do not.

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: I am not. I have only been here a short time.

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: An bhfuil cead agam dul amach go dtí an leithreas?

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: That should include Government speakers.

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle should not forget to take a few women as well.

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: I want to respond to what Deputy Kate O'Connell has just said. I am a member of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution alongside the Deputy. We are dealing with a situation where women, including me and others in the House, are being exiled from the country to obtain a medical procedure. Now we are looking at a Bill that tries to deal with a situation where...

Multi-Party Actions Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: Every time I hear the expression, "the tracker mortgage scandal", I cannot help thinking of the advertisement that was used to get people to buy into tracker mortgages. There are a dozen people sitting on an Imp bus going through the city of Dublin saying to each other out loud, "I don't know what a tracker mortgage is." It turns out the bankers did not seem to know what a tracker mortgage...

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2017: First Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act 1960 to provide for a prohibition of the issuing of licences for the exploration and extraction of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Coal as an emergency measure to address the levels of atmospheric Co2. I thank the House for giving me the opportunity to introduce this Bill....

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2017: First Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: 44. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the situation and staffing at a facility (details supplied). [48152/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (15 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: 61. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the recruitment of line staff in the public health service particularly general hospital nursing staff; and his plans to retain newly qualified staff going forward. [48153/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: I also thank the Irish Family Planning Association for the role it has played and for the provision of women's reproductive health in Ireland. The service has been around a long time. I used it in the 1980s during much darker days for women in terms of accessing reproductive health care. I was afraid to go to my doctor to ask for a coil or the morning after pill and I shared such fear with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: Deputy Clare Daly and others teased out the issue of discrimination against women in terms of being able to access proper heath care. Can Dr. Henchion comment on the number of women with disabilities or in direct provision or asylum seekers whom she sees and whether they are further discriminated against and, if so, how?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: What is the position for people with disabilities?