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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (8 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: 27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the CETA trade talks and their current status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36270/16]

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: I find it ironic that the Minister tells us this Bill is an essential ingredient in the plan to tackle the worst housing crisis in the history of the State. The Minister claims the Bill will address the key problems which have caused the housing crisis. What are those key issues and what are the solutions? The Government states that if this Bill goes through it will fast-track planning...

Pension Equality and Fairness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (7 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: I welcome the motion tabled by Sinn Féin. It is timely, given the recent attacks by Mr. Denis O'Brien and Mr. Dermot Desmond on the pensions of workers in Independent News and Media. I express the solidarity of the AAA-PBP to those workers and the thousands of others whose pension benefits and rights to a decent pension are now being questioned and attacked as unrealistic. I note the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (7 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: 45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the rail network and the necessary funding to ensure the continued operation nationally of all existing passenger lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38840/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (7 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: 55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the funding of Bus Éireann and Irish Rail in view of possible industrial relations disputes in both companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38841/16]

Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the reports in the media that the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Denis Naughten, was to tell the Cabinet that the pay-by-weight bin charges were to be abandoned and that the system is inflexible and will not work. Perhaps the Taoiseach will acknowledge if this is true and indicate when this matter will be brought before...

Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: So it will not be brought in during January?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: I reiterate the concerns expressed in private session regarding Israeli participation in this initiative. Given that one of the elements of PRIMA relates to the provision of water and food, there is significant cause for concern arising from Israel's record of depriving Palestinian communities of water, deliberately diverting supplies away from Palestinian lands and engaging in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: Tá fáilte roimh na finnéithe go dtí Dáil saorstáit na hÉireann. I would like to tease out a matter with the Ministers. I understand the concerns about a hard Border and the implications that would have for the economy and for the free movement of people and of labour in particular. Hard borders do not bother the movement of capital which seems to be able...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: Do the Ministers see a role for themselves in seeking and accommodating a more serious discussion on EU reform rather than just focusing on the economic arrangements that will suit their particular economy? Northern Ireland is at a crossroads and it is clear to anybody who wants to see it that behind the Brexit vote, the Italian referendum result, the disaffection in Greece and so on, there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: I agree entirely with the Minister. We must all stand up to racism and the exploitation by the far right of the current state of great flux. However, we must acknowledge, too, that the failure of the centre and some of the left to point out the shortcomings of Europe and the need for reform at the heart of the EU have helped the right to exploit the situation and turn it in a racist...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: Did the Minister say that Catholics in Scotland voted to stay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: The Minister also has Celtic cousins in Wales.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (6 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: 425. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the provision he will make to ensure that existing fixed wireless broadband users can continue to have access to broadband providers when the winner of the present competition for the national broadband plan is announced. [38297/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan (6 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: 426. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to ensure large companies that are tendering for the national broadband plan do not gain such dominance that they can exclude smaller companies from accessing the necessary spectrum to provide broadband access especially for fixed wireless networks. [38298/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft Landings (6 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: 483. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the payment to the Irish Aviation Authority by his Department to cover the costs of US military planes landing in Shannon Airport and air traffic control costs. [33824/16]

Cannabis for Medicinal Use (Regulations) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: I recommend that all Members read the executive summary of the Barnes report from the United Kingdom. I have it here, and it is very interesting. Rather than go through the list of the evidence that it found where cannabis offers potential alleviation from a plethora of medical problems and psychotic problems, I have asked Deputy Gino Kenny to put this executive summary up on his website....

Prisons (Solitary Confinement) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: Like other Deputies, I warmly welcome this Bill and congratulate Deputy Clare Daly for yet again having the courage to raise a very difficult subject in this Chamber. As she said, we rarely hear any discussion about prisons or prisoners except from the gutter press, which portrays prison life as these people being in some kind of a hotel regime and that, therefore, it is a wonderful place to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Services (1 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: 33. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the refusal to grant funding for the redevelopment of the palliative care unit in Our Lady's Hospice and Care Unit in Harold's Cross, Dublin 6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37961/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (1 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: 76. To ask the Minister for Health the reason spending on prescribed drugs according to a recent survey here remains extremely high, second only to Germany in the EU, while lifesaving drugs, such as Orkambi for cystic fibrosis, are refused funding due to price gouging by pharmaceutical companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37960/16]