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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: How long is "temporary"?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: Would it be possible for me to put in a request to get an answer from those operators as to whether they put on additional services during the strike days and how many additional services they put on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: I understand from Ms Graham that an operator is allowed to do this under the licensing that the NTA has given it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: Where there is a demand, including industrial action, can an operator put on extra fleets?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: That is the problem, is it not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: Bus Éireann is being squeezed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: We should meet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: I asked Mr. Coyne a question about the outsourcing of the tracking of Dublin Bus drivers' sick days.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (5 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: 27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if funding for proposed rapid builds is new funding or if it is funding that was previously allocated to other housing projects. [28610/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (5 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: 66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that local authorities are postponing projects for regular build social housing to fund rapid build houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28611/16]

Criminal Justice (Aggravation by Prejudice) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: Okay. Another councillor from Kerry referred to people from outside the county who had relocated in Kerry securing houses over people who had been on the waiting list for a longer time. He actually mentioned 150 Wards. He did not mean electoral areas but the family Ward on the county council waiting list. If those and many other comments were directed at any other group, it would be seen...

Criminal Justice (Aggravation by Prejudice) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: We will not support this Bill. There is absolutely a need for a Bill which addresses hate crime. There have been attacks on migrants, refugees and people from different religious, racial and ethnic backgrounds and we would welcome a Bill that addresses this problem correctly but unfortunately this Bill is not what we need. I am not fully equipped to deal with whether this Bill is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: Could the Taoiseach say that again please?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: Yes. Should I ask my questions now?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: Okay. I submitted a question on the same subject of the referendum. I will add to the Taoiseach's pain with a pile of other questions. I am wondering about the selection process of 99 citizens. Any reputable polling company would never conduct a selection of 100 people. It would rather have 1,000 people as it is much more representative of the population. I want the Taoiseach to tease...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: We need to know on what basis they were chosen. They are all my questions. I want the detailed answers because we got a very scant reply already.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: 4. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for convening the Citizens Assembly. [28720/16]

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: It is like Marie Antoinette saying, "Let them eat cake".

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: To take up the Taoiseach's second point in respect of the Low Pay Commission, that a group of people who were objective and independent came up with an increase of 10 cent per hour, it would be interesting to ascertain for a start how much the members of that commission are getting paid hourly. It does not make them objective or independent if they are getting a hell of a lot more money,...

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2016)

Bríd Smith: In a similar vein, I put it to the Taoiseach that the Government's strategy on pay is beginning to unravel. Originally, his strategy was to isolate the teachers in the ASTI who did not agree to the Lansdowne Road agreement; they overwhelmingly rejected the conditions attached to the agreement. He then went and did separate deals with the other teachers' unions where there was malcontent and...