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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: That is not fair. I accepted lots of measures. I have accepted so many it is unbelievable. A lot of the stuff I wanted was changed by way of the advisers meeting each other and saying, "Get that out and put that in." I am coming back to it now and asking for contextual changes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: I fully accept-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: I publicly apologise for the impression given to the advisers that I somehow disrespect them; I do not at all. My intent was to show that the advisers are there to reflect what those whom they are advising want in the report. I do not think any of them would disagree with that. They have to reflect what the parties on whose behalf they are working want in the report, as my adviser has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: Both delegations finished their presentations on a point with which I agree, namely, that we do not have enough data on the scale of the challenge we face. When Department officials appeared before the committee to discuss this issue it was clear that they had not done enough research and their access to various employment sectors was not sufficient to allow them to tell us how great the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: Before we move on to the CIF, could we just respond to what the IBEC representatives have just said?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: On the question of definitions, I find what Ms Murphy has just said interesting. She started by saying that the definition of "employee"must be flexible to allow it to morph and change as circumstances change but that goes to the heart of the problem. IBEC wants to have it every way. It wants to change the definition to suit an employer and then argue that it is to suit the self-employed....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: That sounds like a flexible definition to me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: There was an interesting moment when Mr. O'Connell was trying to describe what happened over a period of time and why we have more people self-employed in the industry. He referred to a severe recession and stated that workers became more reliant on themselves and went down the route of seeking jobs on a self-employed basis and that we now have an industry based on that system. Let us be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: What about Cork?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: A small bit in Limerick, Cork and Galway. There is a boom.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: We will ensure that the legislation does not unwittingly capture them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: Such as Russia and China which the Government is already partnered with.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: That is nonsense.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: Stop telling people lies. That is nonsense.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: The Government is already partnered with them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: There are no jobs to be got from it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: Like banning fossil fuel exploration.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: We have gas for the next few decades.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: “Dirty” natural gas.