Results 61-80 of 3,320 for speaker:Bríd Smith in 'Dáil debates'

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: Israel is moving into the next stage of its murderous onslaught in Rafah. There are no words to describe the horrendous outcome we may see where 1.5 million Palestinian people are under bombardment in a small area of land. In the midst of this horrendous scene, it is heartening and uplifting to see students at Trinity College Dublin taking action to insist on divestment, sanctions and an...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: Will it be after or before the election?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: It has been nearly two weeks since the Tánaiste was given the go-ahead to bring legislation before the Dáil to get rid of the triple lock in the context of our neutrality, and we have not seen that legislation. He will not answer questions directly on it. I have done my best to extract from him very important information for the Irish public as to why he is proposing it and where...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: So the Tánaiste acknowledges that there are going to be more war situations but he wants to be free to send troops to those wars.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: I did not mention "conscription"-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: I asked where the Tánaiste would want to send them. Where does the Government want to send them after they lift the triple lock?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: Deputy Murphy is correct. It does not make any sense. It is totally illogical to say that we will operate within the UN Charter and, at the same time, we want to break free of the UN Security Council. They are part and parcel of the same package. The Tánaiste has gone back to when he was aged 12 and how he remembers the campaign and how we threatened that there was going to be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: I would describe it as a colonial power.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: It has a colony called "Israel".

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: The Tánaiste does not answer the questions.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: The Tánaiste is wrong about that. He doesn't answer the questions.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: No, we did not. The Tánaiste has not answered the question-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: Where does the Tánaiste want to send troops?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: I have caught the Tánaiste contradicting himself so many times. He will not answer the questions.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: Do not give me that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: Gabh mo leithscéal, tá tinneas sa scornach agam agus tá mo ghuth lag. I will read from Fianna Fáil's manifesto in 2020 to the electorate in order to sit where they are sitting now. All of its members signed up to this. Ireland will, "Fully maintain neutrality and the Triple Lock ... Fianna Fáil reaffirms its commitment to the retention of the triple lock of UN...

European Union Migration and Asylum Pact: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: Solidarity to the Minister for the threats and the disturbance she and her family have suffered this week. I also express my solidarity to Deputy Paul Murphy, who also this week received death threats from the same sources. I have read over the motion from the Rural Independent Group. It consists of nearly three pages about the migration pact and there is not a single mention of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (30 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: I argue the national childcare scheme is not fit for purpose. It does not fit the demand and it does not fit the need we have in this country. Parents will say to us it is the most convoluted, confusing and unfair system. I will give one instance, and I am picking up on a thing that comes to my attention regularly. Parents are penalised for wanting to spend more time with their children,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (30 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: I am afraid that in my experience, and a lot of Deputies have spoken about it in different ways tonight, the mishmash of services we have are not keeping sufficiently on top of the demand for childcare. A lot of providers are feeling pretty desperate about the sort of administration challenges they face. The reason I asked the question about the provision of a national publicly-funded and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (30 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 91. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline his plans to increase childcare places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19265/24]