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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)

Bríd Smith: Will the Minister comment on the proposal for a third runway and the impact that might have on our CO2 emissions target?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)

Bríd Smith: It says in one of the documents, which I do not have in front of me now, there is a report due from the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, on the question of fracking and natural gas. Will the Minister of State give me some idea when that report is due?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)

Bríd Smith: The end of the year.

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Bríd Smith: I will quote from the speech this morning of the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan. He stated: "We should not see ourselves through the eyes of our detractors - those who would paint a cartoonish and negative image of Ireland." I have repeatedly stated in this House that I object to Ireland being referred to as one big homogeneous and happy family; we are not. There are very many...

Other Questions: Child Care Services Funding (21 Jul 2016)

Bríd Smith: 12. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of the 500 after-school child care scheme, ASCC, places taken up now that the eligibility for 52 weeks is ending; the measures put in place to provide child care for these children at the same affordable rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22963/16]

Other Questions: Child Care Services Funding (21 Jul 2016)

Bríd Smith: Having listened to the Minister's previous response, I will probably ask her to meet more women for a different reason. She is probably browned off answering questions about child care schemes and the various ways of funding them. My question is specifically about the after-school child care scheme that was introduced when the previous Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection cut...

Other Questions: Child Care Services Funding (21 Jul 2016)

Bríd Smith: I raise this because there is a cohort of parents caught in an anomaly. They are the people I mentioned who suffered badly due to the cuts in the one-parent family payment. There is a back-to-work family dividend, which has been gradually cut when they have gone back to work. Is the Minister aware that in June of this year 8,100 lone parents lost €14.90 per week, per child because...

Other Questions: Child Care Services Funding (21 Jul 2016)

Bríd Smith: I appreciate the Minister answering, comprehensively and at length, the various questions, or sometimes the same question asked in different ways about child care , supports, etc., but the Government is not stepping up to the plate. Several other members of the Government, such as the Ministers for Social Protection, Finance and Education and Skills, should be involved. There has to be a...

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Jul 2016)

Bríd Smith: If we pass this Bill without the amendment, it will be legislation that sets out to criminalise people who have a monkey on their backs, so to speak. We will also give them a second monkey, as it were, by telling them it is not a health issue, that we are not offering the services or even offering to give them back the services the previous Government slashed to bits, and that all we offer...

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: First Stage (21 Jul 2016)

Bríd Smith: I move:Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille dá ngairtear Acht do dhéanamh socrú maidir le rialáil a dhéanamh ar channabas atá lena úsáid chun críocha íocshláinte agus chun na críche sin do bhunú an Údaráis um Rialáil Cannabais; do dhéanamh socrú maidir le soláthar cannabais atá lena...

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: First Stage (21 Jul 2016)

Bríd Smith: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (21 Jul 2016)

Bríd Smith: In supporting the amendment I want to reiterate the points that have been made and say, as I did when the Bill first came before the Dáil, that it is very difficult to understand how a Bill shaped by An Garda Síochána, which is responsible for the area of justice, comes to the Department of Health. If the Department of Health is proposing a measure the Garda believe will help...

European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training: Motion (21 Jul 2016)

Bríd Smith: When I read through this and all it implies, I realise that if I was running a right-wing State that wanted to batten down the hatches, control workers' rights and stop refugees from receiving the support and shelter they deserve, I would probably be in favour of CEPOL training my police force because it would be watching all of the left-wing and radical people who want to change society and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Schemes (21 Jul 2016)

Bríd Smith: 15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to expand the qualifying criteria for community child care scheme to allow families who are not in receipt of Social Protection but are on low incomes to be included in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22964/16]

Housing Strategy: Statements (Resumed) (20 Jul 2016)

Bríd Smith: I will read something to the Minister of State and see if he recognises it. It was echoed in the Minister's plan yesterday and it states:Off-balance mechanisms will be used to maximise financial opportunities and leverage other assets available to the State, including land. Under the strategy's governance structure, a dedicated work stream will be established from within the Department of...

Energy Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2016)

Bríd Smith: I accept the explanation and withdraw the amendment.

Energy Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2016)

Bríd Smith: 8 o’clock Given that I would not win a vote on the matter, I will accept the Minister's amendment. However, I do not agree with him or with Deputy Eamon Ryan. Positive discrimination is where one checks the balance where it needs to be redressed. I honestly believe that the bodies which advocate in respect of climate change issues are too weak on environmental issues. This is...

Energy Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2016)

Bríd Smith: I will put the Minister's goodwill to the test and encourage loads of people to apply. We will see whether we get one on the board.

Energy Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2016)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 5:In page 28, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following:"(11) The Minister shall reserve a place on the board of the SEAI for a member of the Environmental Pillar, to be appointed by the Minister with reference to all appropriate bodies and agencies.".".

Energy Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2016)

Bríd Smith: Yes.