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An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Colscaradh) 2016: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Divorce) Bill 2016: Second Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: -----but rather the working class areas of Ballymun, Ballyfermot and the south inner city. As the results from these areas came in, we saw the results of both referendums tipping in a positive direction. I welcome Deputy Madigan's Bill, although I agree with Deputy Coppinger that it should probably be amended. Prior to the Russian Revolution in 1917, it was legal in Russia for men to...

Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 3:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following: “acknowledges the pride that Irish people take in those who carry out their work in our lifesaving emergency services including ambulance crews, firefighters, the Irish Coast Guard and Defence Forces (Naval Service, Army and Air Corps) as well as the contribution made...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Provision (6 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: 21. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the progress of his plans to end the use of emergency settings such as hotels, bed and breakfasts and so on for persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17107/17]

Maternity Leave and Benefit: Motion [Private Members] (5 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: I welcome the motion and congratulate Deputy Catherine Martin on tabling it. I attended today's briefing and some very moving and emotive circumstances apply to these people, some of whom have come into the Gallery. Obviously, we support the motion and regard such extension of maternity leave as a very practical aid for families and particularly mothers dealing with a traumatic time in...

Topical Issue Debate: Ibrahim Halawa (5 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: What did I say?

Topical Issue Debate: Ibrahim Halawa (5 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: What comment did I make?

Topical Issue Debate: Ibrahim Halawa (5 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: Deputy O'Brien has to answer my question.

Topical Issue Debate: Ibrahim Halawa (5 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: Perhaps the Deputy would like to clarify personally to me by e-mail what comments I made that are damaging to Ibrahim Halawa and his family.

Topical Issue Debate: Ibrahim Halawa (5 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: We have a history of hunger strikes in this country going back to the fight for independence. Nobody goes on hunger strike unless he or she is utterly driven to it by frustration and is left with no other choice. That is why this young man has gone on hunger strike. For almost four years, we have been polite and nice, praising the ambassador and President el-Sisi's Government and telling...

Topical Issue Debate: Ibrahim Halawa (5 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: I am very frustrated about the case of Ibrahim Halawa. The Taoiseach, in reply to a question from Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett yesterday, indicated he had written to President el-Sisi of Egypt. President el-Sisi's statement that he cannot release people before their trial is a lie. Some 200 young students were released by the el-Sisi government shortly before Christmas. At that time, we...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received advice on the legality of proposals to select members of ASTI for redundancies at the end of this school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16540/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Status (5 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for DEIS status, in view of the fact that a school in an area (details supplied) has been refused DEIS status while surrounding schools in the same socioeconomic area have attained it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16539/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Labour Court Recommendations (5 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: 345. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department or the Workplace Relations Commission have conducted an analysis on the reason the Labour Court have overturned or varied 53% of adjudication officer decisions in 2016 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16934/17]

Defence Forces: Motion (4 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: A Defence Forces climate survey of 2015 found that staff had broadly become less happy with their work in the military over the intervening years from 2008 when the previous report had been put together. According to the report, there is a perception of a lack of justice in the organisation, especially among the lower ranks, and that the espoused values of the Defence Forces are not...

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (4 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: That is exactly what was happening.

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (4 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: I agree with Deputy Broughan that the Minister's response illustrated to us that he has changed his tune. He is now acknowledging that as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, he is up to his neck in it. It is a bit ironic for him to say that ministerial intervention is never required in industrial disputes given that not so long ago, the threat of a blue flu by An Garda...

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (4 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: Which trade unions said that?

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (4 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: I was shocked when I read that the Minister's billionaire buddy from Ryanair thinks he is playing a stormer. I remind the Minister that this man caused a lockout in Dublin Airport in the mid-1990s because he refused to recognise trade unions. 6 o’clock It is extraordinary to see him and the Minister on the same side of the pitch fighting ordinary working class people. What people...

Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: That is not true. People were released before the court case despite the same precedent.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (4 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to sell a bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16468/17]