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National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: They might all have had to go home and mind the kids. I do not know, but I think it would have been appropriate for at least one or two of them to be here to defend this issue.

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: It would have been appropriate because it is Government policy to impose this new structure on us.

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: There are women in the Government parties. They should be here to defend this position. That is the first thing I want to observe.

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: The second issue I want to observe is that the statement by the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, is extraordinary. We have been pulling teeth to get this statement here today. All of us here in the Opposition have repeatedly asked for time to debate this issue. However, we get nothing new, except omissions. Where has the Minister dropped the 99-year lease that he then announced was...

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: I wonder why? I wonder if it has anything - anything - at all to do with around 200 years of oppression and control by the church of our bodies, our lives and the hopes that we had held for the future for women and girls in this country after repeal was won.

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: Has it anything to do with that? Is it not bizarre that the Minister on the other side of the House finds us niggling and annoying because we keep asking this and because we looked for this debate? Then he comes into the House and does not even explain to us how this whole process is working. We will come out of here believing at the end of it, as will the people in the Gallery, that the...

Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: It should be myself, Deputy Gino Kenny and Deputy Barry.

Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: I am glad to speak on this plan. The first issue that jumps out at me is the reason we are discussing it, which is that women, by our physiological and psychological nature, are complex creatures and our health needs a complex response. This document makes mention of contraception, period poverty, menopause, endometriosis, breastfeeding, gynaecology, including paediatric gynaecology,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (31 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 100. To ask the Minister for Health the legal advice he has received in relation to the proposed national maternity hospital that any proposed agreement with a private entity can be described as representing unbreakable legal stipulations; when the proposals will go to the HSE; when the memo to Cabinet will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17060/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (31 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 68. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to reconcile the requirements for full healthcare for women, including termination of pregnancy, in the new national maternity hospital if it is built on land owned by a Vatican-approved successor organisation to a Catholic religious congregation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17061/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (31 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine or commission a study into the damaging environmental and social impacts of the business-led industrial model of Irish agriculture, specifically in circumstances in which only a small cohort of farmers seem to benefit from dairy expansion plans; and his views on the fact that only 20% of farmers receive 80% of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (31 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the welfare crisis in the dairy suckler calf industry; his further views on the fact that calves are being offered free to good homes (details supplied); in view of this welfare crisis, his plans to deal with same; and if polices are in place in his Department in relation to allowing 1.6 million dairy cows be put back...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: That is no problem. I thank the Chair for letting me in. This is a really interesting and important conversation. While I understand we are under pressure with time, I want to ask two short questions of Women's Aid. The first is on the issue of victims being able to stay in their own accommodation rather than the perpetrator being able to stay and the victim having to move. What kind of...

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: Do you want to join?

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: In 2020, 317,000 tonnes of plastic were generated in Ireland, of which 93,000 tonnes, less than 30%, were recycled. As somebody who cares about the environment and recognises that 70% of all the marine litter in the European Union is accounted for by only ten of the most commonly found single-use plastic items, I can really appreciate where this Bill is coming from. The last time we took...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht), 2022: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: Our neutrality should never be confused with the idea of Ireland being indifferent or uninterested in world affairs or indifferent to the suffering of oppressed peoples globally. A constant snide attack on those of us on the left who are on this side of the House has often been how obsessed we are with far-flung conflicts and the plight of oppressed people in other parts of the world, for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (30 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 5. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the proposed carbon budgets will be discussed in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16747/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (30 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 164. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he intends to bring forward to deal with the ongoing intimidation of women and medical professionals outside health facilities by those opposing a woman's right to choose to terminate her pregnancy or avail of certain forms of reproductive healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17067/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all State apologies he has issued since he assumed office. [14277/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (29 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status and details of the progress of the scoping inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16243/22]