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Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: There are a few flies in the Chamber. I do not know what that means or whether climate change is involved.

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: That is right and there are no flies on me.

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: At a meeting of the Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment last night, members had a hot and heavy debate following a presentation by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, BAI, on the proposed merger of Independent News and Media and Celtic Media. While I am aware that this issue has been raised previously, there must be proper public scrutiny of what is taking...

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: Is the Taoiseach concerned about the possible merger? Should there not be a forum for public scrutiny of this proposal?

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: The reason I raise this matter is that the proposed merger is not only the concern of the committee of which I and other Deputies are members. I note the committee is weighted heavily with Fine Gael Senators and Deputies but that is just the way it is. The Taoiseach should also be concerned because this is a national concern. The joint committee is up against a ticking clock because the...

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: Why does the Taoiseach repeatedly refer to me as Deputy Collins?

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: That was not a reply to my question.

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: That is my day.

Bus Éireann: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: It is not that long ago that the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Shane Ross, knocked on my mother's door, as he does at every election, looking for the vote. He should be warned that he is knocking on the door of a bus worker's family, and I think he will be run out of it in future, given his role as the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. In the not-so-far-off past...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Policy Issues arising from the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016 and the EPA report on Hydraulic Fracturing: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: May I raise a point of order?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Policy Issues arising from the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016 and the EPA report on Hydraulic Fracturing: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: This is with all due respect to everybody who has waited so long for this session to begin and to the people in the Gallery. As I mentioned to the Chairman earlier, I am baffled as to why we are going through this process of looking at the EPA report and hearing from CDM Smith on the question of fracking. I am baffled because the Bill, the purpose of which is to ban fracking, passed Second...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Policy Issues arising from the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016 and the EPA report on Hydraulic Fracturing: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: I am sorry, Chairman. The Minister did not recommend in the Dáil that we go through the EPA report. That probably happened outside the Chamber. In the Dáil, he said that the Bill was tight and needed to be legally checked. This is not a legal check. This is going over the arguments for the Bill yet again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Policy Issues arising from the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016 and the EPA report on Hydraulic Fracturing: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: On a point of order, I want to ask the official, although I do not know his name-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Policy Issues arising from the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016 and the EPA report on Hydraulic Fracturing: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: Okay. In that case, I will ask the Chairman about something mentioned in private session regarding the new Dáil and how it works. There was a new standing order passed in respect of every Bill coming back for full scrutiny. I am a little confused about the procedures. Standing Order 141(3) states that we can or must scrutinise a Bill under the new Dáil regulations. My...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Policy Issues arising from the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016 and the EPA report on Hydraulic Fracturing: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: I thank the delegates for their presentations. I was very sceptical about this process before we started and have already questioned the legitimacy of going down this road. I am even more sceptical now, having heard the presentations. Dr. Crowe and Mr. Hooper repeatedly say "if ever," "maybe some time," "if we do have to," "should we have to reconsider," "we do not have the evidence and is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (31 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he has had contact with President Trump since his inauguration. [4126/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Deputy for introducing the Bill. It is a very useful important and useful Bill. The Deputy says, and I agree with him, that it is quite simple. Keeping it simple is important because I note from the IBEC submission that it is trying to surround it in a lot of complexity so as to suggest that it will be a hard thing to achieve. It is interesting to think about how the workplace...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: They are actually coming in.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (31 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: 67. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she or any representative from her Department has met and-or communicated with representatives from companies (details supplied) or Dublin City Council in the past 12 months with regard to the Dublin Central Carlton-Moore Street site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4177/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service Expenditure (31 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: 83. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether the present resources allocated to the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, is sufficient to meet its remit to protect Ireland's wildlife and biodiversity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4178/17]