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Other Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: So the time I get is not doubled.

Other Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: I only get 30 seconds, one minute and one minute, but the Minister gets twice as much.

Other Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: That is great.

Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (26 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: 14. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department's budget allocation is sufficient to ensure targets for reductions in CO2 emissions under the Paris treaty are met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32124/16]

Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (26 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: 17. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the additional resources he plans to use for climate action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32125/16]

Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (26 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: I want to discuss something that needs quick attention, which is the question of the scorching of the earth. The planet is warming at a pace not experienced in the past 1,000 years according to NASA, a very reputable agency with the best scientists in the world. This is not Bríd Smith or the left saying it. The planet is scorching and warming at an unforeseen pace. The response of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Postal Services (26 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: 12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the financial position of An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32126/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Postal Services (26 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: I wanted to ask a related but slightly different question about the viability of An Post. There are rumours in the air - rumours usually have some foundation to them - that it is possible that An Post is in trouble financially. I ask the Minister to make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Postal Services (26 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: I would like to respond to the Minister on the question of the post office network losing custom to e-business. That is true. There is no doubt that when one looks at one's letter box, one sees how much less is coming in. However, what the Minister has just said is like saying "I will split your head and give you a plaster" because at the same time as we acknowledge that e-business is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Air Pollution (26 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: 25. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the potential health and environmental effects of the misuse or defective use of particulate filters on diesel cars and other vehicles and the fact there currently is no effective testing by the NCT system for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32127/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Mitigation Plan (26 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: 36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to ensure Ireland reaches its CO2 emissions targets in all areas including energy production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32128/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Climate Change Policy (26 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: 48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the detail of the national strategic risks identified by him in the draft national risk assessment report concerned with climate change; and his plans to deal with such risks. [31823/16]

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tOchtú Leasú a Aisghairm) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: The Deputy is a disgrace.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tOchtú Leasú a Aisghairm) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: The Deputy could not help herself----

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tOchtú Leasú a Aisghairm) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: The Deputy should repeat what she said.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tOchtú Leasú a Aisghairm) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: The Deputy is a great bit of stuff.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tOchtú Leasú a Aisghairm) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: The first observation I wish to make is how interested the people in the Chamber are in this Bill. They cannot wait to debate it. Over 70 people in the House committed in advance of the election to supporting a referendum on repealing the eighth amendment. I am stunned by the presence of those who think that a debate on half the population is so important that they turned up and bothered...

Other Questions: Syrian Conflict (25 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: Can I not respond?

Other Questions: Syrian Conflict (25 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: Do I not get the same time as other people who ask questions? The Minister has said a few things there that I would like to respond to.

Other Questions: Syrian Conflict (25 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: I will not take all day. I want to take this motion seriously. It was passed in July. We are now hurtling towards November and the sixteenth time that this young man will be before a trial. I bet 50 bucks the trial will be postponed. The Minister said he is worried about the sensitivities of the Egyptian Parliament. I do not see how he is surprised by their sensitivities. They have...