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Questions on Proposed Legislation (14 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: Pardon me - the Irish Examiner; I am old fashioned. In a very short space of time, therefore, we see a Damascene conversion, which is welcome, but St. Paul went the whole nine yards and became a Christian. The Minister, Deputy Simon Coveney, falls well short of sainthood in these proposals in finally introducing the discussion around rent controls, but we have not seen the amendments. When...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (14 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: Finally, it is coming under pressure to do something about it but it is not going far enough. We will introduce a Bill tomorrow that will go the whole nine yards and, if it is passed, will see rent controls linked to the CPI. We will bring in other measures also.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (14 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: Will the Taoiseach please tell us when we will see the amendments Simon Coveney is proposing so that we, as Deputies, can deal with them?

Questions on Proposed Legislation (14 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: I beg your pardon.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (14 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: I am a bit old and a bit new.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (14 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: The Bills Office does not have them.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Education and Training Support Programme (14 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: 34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if those persons availing of CET childcare will not face any increased costs in the years ahead. [40176/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (14 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: 42. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made in providing the 60,000 child care places that the Government committed to by April 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40177/16]

Courts Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 6:In page 8, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:“Amendment of Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 20139. The Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2013 is amended by the insertion, after section 4, of the following:“Protection of tenants on repossessed land 4A.(1) Where a mortgagee goes into possession of land of a mortgagor, or appoints a...

Courts Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: I accept that amendment No. 6 is flawed in that it does not specifically state, as amendment No. 4 does, that it relates to a principle private residence rather than an office block or an hotel. I accept that those few words are missing but the amendment is intended in the same context and spirit as the previous amendment. It also dovetails with Deputy Healy's amendment. The Minister of...

Courts Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 4:In page 5, line 34, to delete "in."." and substitute the following: "in. (2B) In any proceedings brought by a mortgagee seeking an order for repossession of land which is the principal private residence of a mortgagor or principal primary residence of a tenant of the mortgagor, the court shall—(a) adjourn proceedings for a period of at least 12 months, (b)...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions (Resumed): European Defence Action Plan (13 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: The joint French-German paper calls for a new European security contract. In this, NATO wants all other members to increase their spending to 2% of GDP. I hope the Minister will answer my question fully, rather than skate around it. Does he not agree that this would fundamentally change the character of the European Union from a supposed peace and economic project to a project that is more...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions (Resumed): European Defence Action Plan (13 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: This question relates to Ireland's neutrality and asks whether the Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe, or the Taoiseach is about to reconfirm or has reconfirmed Ireland's neutral position to the European Union and the European Commission in light of the Commission's recent proposal for a €5 billion defence fund, and will he make a statement on the matter. This will be viewed as a serious...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions (Resumed): European Defence Action Plan (13 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: It is interesting that the European Union issued a press release from the meeting the Minister of State referred to on 30 November in which it stated that this big defence plan would "reverse billions of euro in cuts and other actions, supporting Member States' more efficient spending in joint defence capabilities". The EU is welcoming a reversal in cuts to its military budgets while at the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions (Resumed): European Defence Action Plan (13 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: Do I get to come back?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Security Strategy (13 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: 38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the joint German French paper calling for a new European security contract. [39830/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Neutrality (13 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: 55. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are any implications for Ireland's neutrality as a result of recent joint European Union defence plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39829/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (13 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there are limits placed on the amount local authorities may borrow from the Housing Finance Agency for the purpose of building social housing. [39991/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: I welcome the Bill, which proposes some very welcome measures, for example, the implementation of the Kenny report, the imposition of a limit on the cost of land purchased under compulsory purchase orders and the limiting of rent increases to rises in the consumer price index. I also welcome the proposed change to the definition of "landlord" to include vulture funds and real estate...

Social and Affordable Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: -----6,000 people on the homeless list, more than 2,000 children in homeless accommodation and countless thousands of people facing the threat of eviction is the policies pursued by Governments. While it is welcome that Deputy Jan O'Sullivan has introduced a Bill that confronts the rights of property owners, it was not long ago that Deputy Alan Kelly, as the Minister with responsibility...