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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (20 Apr 2016)

Bríd Smith: 491. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the strategy for moving families from rapid build housing to permanent accommodation, given that there are no plans to build any significant amount of social housing to allow families move on. [7793/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Industrial Disputes (20 Apr 2016)

Bríd Smith: 527. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has or will meet with officials of Transport Infrastructure Ireland, given the seriousness of the Luas dispute. [7796/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Industrial Disputes (20 Apr 2016)

Bríd Smith: 528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport given that Transdev Ireland has repatriated almost €10 million in profits back to the parent company in France from the Luas operation since 2009, and considering that Transport Infrastructure Ireland and its predecessor, the Railway Procurement Agency, have boasted of the success of Luas and its role in helping the agencies...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Industrial Disputes (20 Apr 2016)

Bríd Smith: 529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of plans by Transdev to issue protective notice to Luas workers, given the ongoing dispute, and that in a letter from the company, the employment of the workers was drawn into question if they continued to engage in strike action; his views that the right to strike and collective bargaining are effectively being...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Industrial Disputes (20 Apr 2016)

Bríd Smith: 530. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his role and that of Transport Infrastructure Ireland regarding Transdev's actions and if Transport Infrastructure Ireland was made aware of Transdev's stance with regard to workers prior to its public announcement. [7799/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Industrial Disputes (20 Apr 2016)

Bríd Smith: 531. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that one of main stumbling blocks to the acceptance of the Workplace Relations Commission proposals in the Transdev dispute was the clause to significantly worsen the pay and conditions for new drivers; his views regarding this proposal, given that current workers' starting salaries are below the average industrial wage...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Industrial Disputes (20 Apr 2016)

Bríd Smith: 532. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport why the current contract between Transdev Ireland and Transport Infrastructure Ireland, previously Railway Procurement Agency, did not contain any provision for a new wage agreement with the Luas workforce; if he and Transport Infrastructure Ireland were aware at the time of the awarding of this contract that Luas workers like most of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Industrial Disputes (20 Apr 2016)

Bríd Smith: 533. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware or concerned that while Transdev ignored the attempts of their workers to negotiate such a claim, that the State's agencies, both Transport Infrastructure Ireland and the National Transport Authority, were deciding to award the Luas contract to Transdev; given this, his views that claims by him and the agencies that they...

Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)

Bríd Smith: I will be really quick and I will talk really fast so that you will not give out to me, Acting Chairman.

Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)

Bríd Smith: There is a massive irony, and I hope it is not lost on the public and everybody in here, in the fact that we are starting this debate about Dáil reform with a decision by somebody - I do not know who, and I have asked many Deputies - to uproot and undo the decision that was made about the proceedings of this debate. That question should be answered, and if you can answer it, Acting...

Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)

Bríd Smith: We should see those minutes and know what decisions have been taken. I again wish to raise the issue of our salaries. It is ridiculous that we are on these high salaries, some more than others, and entitled to these very lucrative pensions, which are paid out on a very different basis from how an ordinary worker receives his or her pension. We must consider reforming the salaries of...

Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)

Bríd Smith: This is a debate about Dáil reform and the Acting Chairman is trying to drive a coach and four through what we have-----

Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)

Bríd Smith: Absolutely.

Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)

Bríd Smith: Speak really fast.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 Apr 2016)

Bríd Smith: I can give a perspective of somebody who is brand new to the House, its procedures and atmosphere. It has been a painfully slow 40 days, as Deputy Boyd Barrett alluded to earlier. It is in my mind all the time how dreadful this looks to the public, which as others have mentioned is suffering from the housing crisis, disabilities and being left on trolleys while waiting for health care....

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 Apr 2016)

Bríd Smith: We are interested in ending the housing crisis and beginning the provision of tens of thousands of social houses, which is the only way of addressing the issue. Driving it into the private market, with private landlords and developers, will ruin any possibility of ending the problem. More than 90 Deputies were elected who would act on water charges, and those to my left have very clearly...

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 Apr 2016)

Bríd Smith: Make decisions then.

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Bríd Smith: That is okay with me.

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Bríd Smith: I echo what has been said by Deputy Coppinger. What has happened in Tyrrelstown and Cork is a predictable outcome of the activities of NAMA and, I would argue, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan. The Government set out deliberately to attract corporate investment funds with tax incentives. The Sunday before the general election, The Sunday Business Postreported this was coming...

European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Bríd Smith: For every refugee taken into Europe, Lebanon takes in 20,000. We need to think about that.