Results 741-760 of 8,110 for speaker:Bríd Smith

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will meet next. [18284/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: I want to raise the question of energy security under the issue of national security. I do so because energy security is central to the number of data centres that are connecting not just to the national grid but now we see to the gas grid. The cables for these data centres that link them with Europe and the US are coming from Ireland and lying under our ocean so it is a question of...

Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2023: Referral to Joint Committee (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: May I comment?

Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2023: Referral to Joint Committee (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: I am not looking for a debate; I just want to point something out to the House. It is an important issue.

Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2023: Referral to Joint Committee (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: Yes, exactly. It is welcome that the order is being brought forward but the House should know that by keeping a ceiling on wages in the construction industry-----

Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2023: Referral to Joint Committee (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: -----we are feeding into the lack of staff for building homes and retrofitting. Something needs to be done about it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the current situation in regard to the development of a national security strategy. [18283/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: As well as the figures the Taoiseach gave for the care provided, more than 700 women have had to travel abroad for care since the eight amendment was repealed. That is probably the biggest issue. One impediment - we hope the report will show this because there have been leaks to that effect - is the three-day wait. The Taoiseach has said he feels uncomfortable, as have others on that side...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: I did not personalise anything.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: You are the Taoiseach and the leader of this country.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle definitely needs her glasses.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (25 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: 317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that a park (details supplied) has been promised regeneration since the first Traveller Accommodation Plan was introduced 23 years ago in 1999; the status of a funding application for the regeneration of the park which was made by Dublin City Council to his Department on 3 December 2022; if a response to DCC...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: If the privatisation of waste has not led to that, what has? We need to take it back into public ownership, control it, and stop it being the mode of profit for these greedy companies. Their profits are going through the roof.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: Thorntons Recycling made €5.7 million in pre-tax profits last year. As I said earlier, most of the profits are offshore. Panda's profits have been enormous but its prices are going up. The Tánaiste has not answered that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: I do not know what the Tánaiste is talking about. That is not the argument here.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: It is just part of my argument. What is the Tánaiste going to do about this?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: The Government is disincentivising people by allowing this to happen.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: That is because we send our money to Australian infrastructure companies. That is brilliant.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: Of course he does.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Apr 2023)

Bríd Smith: Is it wise to disincentivise people?