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Development of a Liquefied Natural Gas Facility in Ireland: Statements (3 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: I wish to share time with Deputies Boyd Barrett and Barry.

Development of a Liquefied Natural Gas Facility in Ireland: Statements (3 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Business Committee for allowing this debate to take place. There is a certain irony in the fact that the people to my left in Fianna Fáil voted against holding this debate earlier in the week. I am glad that some of them at least are being positive about what we are trying to achieve here, namely, expose the horrors of the Government signing off without proper understanding...

UN Climate Action Summit: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: It is just Deputy Paul Murphy and me. I will start by acknowledging what was more or less an online fight, but a big fight nonetheless, put up today by the climate movement to hold the Government accountable on the question of fracked gas from North America before it signs off on the projects of common interest on Friday. It took a row, a press conference and tens of thousands of emails...

Industrial Action by School Secretaries: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: I welcome what the Minister said. It is a step forward and, hopefully, will be an end to the kick-the-can-down-the-road approach which the Department has taken so far. It is important that Fórsa and the school secretaries get a signal from the Minister and his Department that they want to end the two-tier system and have an equitable deal starting on 1 January 2020. It is not my role...

Industrial Action by School Secretaries: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: Like the Minister, I welcome the opportunity for the House to discuss this issue. It is very important and I thank the Ceann Comhairle and the Business Committee for allowing us the time requested by Deputy Boyd Barrett. I have gone through the Minister's speech and I would like to raise some issues with him in that regard. The Minister says that the Department is not the employer of the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (2 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he supports a continued policy of tendering out further routes operated by Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39897/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (2 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that bus routes operated by private companies and licensed by the NTA but which are not in receipt of PSO funding will be accessible to passengers with mobility issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39898/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will meet with representatives of retired public and semi-State workers (details supplied) to discuss their grievances about reductions and changes to their pension schemes in previous years which have not been fully restored ahead of the upcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39615/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: Will the Minister meet with representatives of retired public servants and semi-State workers to discuss their grievances about reductions in their pensions and changes to their pension schemes in previous years which have not been fully restored ahead of the forthcoming budget, and will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: The Minister has said publicly on a number of occasions that he would meet representative groups, but he has yet to do so personally. They have been in contact with the Minister recently to seek a meeting prior to the budget. The point, however, is that the right of these groups to be represented should not be based on the grace and favour of the Minister. It is not tea and sympathy they...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: The Minister talks about the consequences of the wage agreement. Certainly, the consequences of the wage agreement affected existing workers, but those workers will one day be pensioners too and the index with their work and pay has been broken. Has the index with the Minister's pension and his rights and pay been broken or is that just for the fire fighters, council workers, gardaí,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: I am not saying the Minister did. I said they were scapegoated.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: Can we have a discussion before Friday on fracked American gas being imported into this country?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: That is not correct.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: That is not fair. We had an agreement in the absence of the knowledge that the projects of common interest should be signed off this Friday.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: What is the point in having a debate on it next week?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: No, he has not.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: He just went on about gas as a transitional fuel. We need the debate on Shannon LNG before Friday.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: Otherwise we will be letting people down not just here but internationally.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: It is not agreed on the same basis that there needs to be a slot allocated for this discussion.