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Topical Issue Debate: Data Protection (18 Apr 2018)

Bríd Smith: I am disappointed that the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment is not present. I am a member of the joint committee which is shadowing his Department and wanted to refresh his memory regarding a number of discussions we had about the proposed takeover of Celtic Media early in 2017. It is obvious to everybody that the implications of what is going on in respect of the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2018)

Bríd Smith: The Minister of State said that last October.

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2018)

Bríd Smith: I have an issue with how women are treated in this country. Women's Aid, the organisation that supports women and families affected by domestic violence, produced its report on Monday. What it tells us is shocking. We do not just need Women's Aid to produce statistics for domestic violence and abuse, we also need the State, as promised, to do so. Some 16 years after the first report on...

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Bríd Smith: We need to wake up and smell the coffee. We need to start dealing with the reality in this country, which is that we are hurtling towards severe climate change on a global level. The Minister should talk to his EU friends about this issue. The EU Commissioner, Phil Hogan, has admitted on many occasions that far too many emissions from growing cattle are coming from Ireland.

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Bríd Smith: When Mr. Hogan was a Minister in this country, he tried to push water charges on us. Now he is out in Europe and doing his damnedest to make sure Larry Goodman gets loads of agricultural exports.

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Bríd Smith: Mr. Hogan recently warned of unsustainable levels of milk production and suggested that Ireland is sleepwalking towards massive EU emission fines. When he speaks about emission fines, he means that we are producing too many cows. Cows produce carbon emissions. They fart a lot and the methane destroys the atmosphere. We need to take note of that. We must start thinking globally about what...

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Bríd Smith: I have a global perspective.

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Bríd Smith: None of that small, rural perspective for me - I am all over the world tonight. I will start by talking about the radio programme that is broadcast early on a Saturday morning that looks at country life and talks to farmers, which I like. Recently, the programme makers went all over Ireland talking to farmers about the fodder crisis and the honesty of the farmers involved was quite...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Influence of Social Media on Elections and Referenda: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Bríd Smith: I thank both witnesses for their presentations. It is fascinating stuff. I was very keen to hear Ms Neary's presentation because of the emphasis on online advertising and how online advertising can grab behaviour, attitudes, likes and dislikes of individuals to then target them for particular messaging. The reason I am concerned about it is because of the upcoming referendum. It is really...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017 and the Influence of Social Media: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Bríd Smith: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. Facebook is a very profitable global corporation that has a huge say in respect of social media and with regard to how people think and communicate across the globe. The company has a community, as the witnesses call it, of over 2 billion. Its headquarters are here in Dublin, presumably because it is able to make use of transfer pricing and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017 and the Influence of Social Media: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Bríd Smith: Chairman, may I ask a question on the same theme? To clarify, is Ms Sweeney saying we will not be able to see who has paid for these advertisements?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017 and the Influence of Social Media: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Bríd Smith: Is it the case that this has not been rolled out in Canada either?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (17 Apr 2018)

Bríd Smith: 114. To ask the Taoiseach the value of contracts for services awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department since 2010, in tabular form; and the type of work undertaken by the company. [15081/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Literacy Programmes (17 Apr 2018)

Bríd Smith: 417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve access to adult literacy and numeracy classes; his Department's current budget and projected budget in the period ahead; and the initiatives he will take to enhance lifelong learning for adults and early school leavers. [16022/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (17 Apr 2018)

Bríd Smith: 559. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the deadline for proposals in relation to proposed tendering and contracting of the Garda youth diversion programme. [16046/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Protected Disclosures (17 Apr 2018)

Bríd Smith: 990. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the refusal by the management at Our Lady's Hospice in Harold's Cross to accept a protected disclosure from members of its staff; the obligations on employers under this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16591/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (17 Apr 2018)

Bríd Smith: 1079. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department will take to ensure that the welfare of animals is maintained and protected during spells of extreme weather as recently experienced (details supplied); if additional funding and resources for State agencies charged with animal welfare to combat neglect and abuse during future spells of cold or other...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Meetings (17 Apr 2018)

Bríd Smith: 1191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he plans to take to address issues highlighted on 18 January 2018 by a group (details supplied) in relation to EirGrid's governance and behaviour and the Laois-Kilkenny reinforcement project. [16145/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (17 Apr 2018)

Bríd Smith: 1445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the moneys spent by her Department for work done a company (details supplied) in relation to the restructuring of the CIB; and the itemised detail of the work involved. [15848/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála (17 Apr 2018)

Bríd Smith: 1597. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that An Bord Pleanála is using threats of legal costs to force a community to drop its request for appeal of judicial review in an environmental case; his views on whether this is acceptable as a policy for the board; the other remedy that exists for persons concerned...