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Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: I want to make the argument-----

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: Will the Acting Chairman stop the clock please?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: Will the Acting Chairman please stop the clock?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: That is an extraordinary instruction and one which has never been heard in this House. It is an extraordinary instruction.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: I am told it is Deputy Niall Collins' speciality.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: Shout me down but I will continue to make my argument. To Sinn Féin and anybody else who is listening to this debate, I wish to state that talk about unwinding FEMPI in one go, proceeding with a gentle unwinding of it or easing an item of emergency legislation out of existence is nonsense. FEMPI must be got rid of. I say this not just because it discriminates - it creates unequal...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: Deputy Kelleher's face and brass neck may be open to scrutiny but that is not the case in regard to all in the Fianna Fáil Party, particularly some previous Taoisigh in respect of whom tens of millions of euro was spent on investigations because of their faces and brass necks were not open to scrutiny. I refer the Deputy to all of the tribunals that had to be conducted in this country...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (29 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: 23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the widespread use of bogus self-employment contracts in the English language teaching industry alongside other practices such as dismissing workers at holiday periods; her plans to undertake an investigation into the employment practices among companies in this sector; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (29 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: 30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to ensure companies in the security industry comply with the recent employment regulation order which raised the hourly wage rate to €11.05; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30411/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: This morning at the Dáil reform committee, I raised a question on the status of motions passed in this House. This time last year a motion on bin charges tabled by the Government and supported by Fianna Fáil was passed. At least five measures in that motion have not been implemented. However, today privatised waste collection companies, practically all of which are registered...

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: Will the Government ensure that a Government motion passed with the support of Fianna Fáil is actually implemented or does this House mean what it says?

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: Not true.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: The Government has always wanted to privatise it and opened the incinerator.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: The Taoiseach should go back and read the Government motion.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (28 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: 52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to meet with Bus Éireann worker representatives to discuss the future of the company and transport nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30191/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (28 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: 69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the NTA's plans to redesign the Dublin Bus network; if this redesign will impact on Dublin Bus's operation of its existing routes; if private operators are being given the tender to operate newly designed routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30190/17]

Order of Business (27 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: That is interesting. If the Taoiseach has no problem voting, then we should have a vote.

Order of Business (27 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: The Taoiseach has no problem with a vote.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (27 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when he will convene the Cabinet committee on health. [28838/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Constitutional Amendments (27 Jun 2017)

Bríd Smith: 46. To ask the Taoiseach the referenda he is considering as a priority in the coming period. [28837/17]