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Children and Family Relationships Bill 2018: Second Stage (11 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: I concur with everything that has been said. I will seek to add to it. In a year in which the family is being celebrated by both Pride and the Pope, it is ironic that we are just catching up and putting proper structures on the families of same-sex couples. I know the Minister recognises that there is a problem. I spoke to him a short time ago. He is not accepting our amendment, which we...

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: I asked the Minister, the HSE and the Minister for Finance that question long before we heard of Scally.

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: Can I have the answer? I am asking only about 221 tests.

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: The Minister has not.

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: I have asked for these results and I have written to the Minister about them.

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: As the Taoiseach and Minister have just heard, the Scally inquiry has been seriously frustrated and delayed, possibly well into the next term. There is one simple question I have repeatedly asked and which I will ask for the fifth time. Can we have a list of the laboratories from which the 209 - now 221 - misdiagnosed tests came? I have repeatedly asked this of the HSE, the Taoiseach, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: I start by doing something I should have done at the end of the meeting last week. I thank everybody for giving witness to the Bill and engaging with the committee on it. I thank the delegates who attended last week - Dr. Amanda Slevin, Professor John Sweeney, the representatives of IBEC and the Irish Offshore Operators Association - and all those who are present today. I am doing so at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: I ask the Chairman to allow Mr. Muttitt, who has to leave at 1.30 p.m., to put his question now and that it be addressed first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: Mr. Collins stated that we had to keep all available options on the table. I question that. One of the available options - the extraction of fossil fuels - will not help us meet our Paris targets. Unless Mr. Collins refutes the science involved, then it is widely recognised scientifically that 80% of known fossil fuels must stay in the ground. As such, why would we fly in the face of that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: Mr. O'Sullivan is not arguing that we are putting our energy security at risk because of our current connection with Moffat, which he has been saying for years is secure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: When Mr. O'Sullivan speaks about liquified natural gas security he refers to having all of the mixes on the table, including liquified natural gas, locally supplied fossil fuel sources and piped gas from Moffat. He wants all of these mixes on the table and available to Gas Networks Ireland. At the same time, he recognises the science that states 80% of known fossil fuels must remain in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: I remind Mr. O'Sullivan that we heard evidence from Mr. Paul Allen earlier that continued reliance on gas competes with the renewable industry and pushes it back. How do we rely on gas and, at the same time, promote renewables in a realistic way that allows us to meet the requirements of the Paris Agreement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: Mr. O'Sullivan is speaking about 2050.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: What Mr. O'Sullivan has seen, and he acknowledged it, is that we are hurtling towards an overheating of the planet. He accepts the science on climate change. He has acknowledged it and he knows it is the case. Why would he not support a Bill to leave fossil fuels in the ground? It is simple. We will not have to rely on other supplies of gas until 2050. We have Corrib and, at the same...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: Nobody is arguing that gas power generation should be cut off tomorrow. We are saying we have to transition from where we are to almost fully using renewables. We have heard many arguments about this today. Mr. O'Sullivan cited the International Energy Agency several times. Two weeks ago, representatives of the IEA informed the committee that we have a 50:50 chance of meeting our Paris...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: The Department is trying to make a case that the Bill denies the country energy security, that it does not contribute to the reduction of emissions and that it does nothing to incentivise renewables. I strongly reject all three grounds. First, there is nothing secure, either energy-wise or any other way, in a planet that will overheat by more than 2°C and will fail to deliver on the...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Ceann Comhairle.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Commissioner Appointment (5 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: 57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss its concerns over the appointment of the new Garda Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29554/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Commissioner Appointment (5 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: 65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the incoming Garda Commissioner will be facilitated and encouraged to appear before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality to answer concerns from Deputies regarding several high profile loyalist killings and attacks here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29555/18]

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: When the Minister suggested I was causing an urban-rural divide because I mentioned it, her argument was extraordinarily weak. I stated the obvious about what has been going on in this House. People who live on farms, or who are farming contractors like Deputy Mattie McGrath, contractors on land and roads like Deputies Michael and Danny Healy-Rae, or other contractors like Deputy Michael...