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European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Bríd Smith: I would like to finish my contribution.

European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Bríd Smith: I will conclude on this point. Those people about whom we are speaking, in the context of the removal of people from Greece and their return to Turkey, will be taken by force. These people, of whom there are approximately 46,000, will not go gently into the night; they did not cross the seas, risking life and limb and spending all of their money, and sit on the Macedonian border for months,...

European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Bríd Smith: I wish to share time with Deputy Paul Murphy.

European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Bríd Smith: I want to start by expressing solidarity and sympathy with the people of Brussels following the awful and outrageous attacks that have taken place in an airport and at a train station there this morning. All of our hearts, minds and thoughts go to the people of that multicultural and cosmopolitan city, regardless of where they come from. Our thoughts are with them and their families. Our...

Nomination of Taoiseach (10 Mar 2016)

Bríd Smith: To remark on this place, it feels much smaller than it looks on the television, I have to say. Maybe it is because there are lots of people in the seats, but it does feel a good deal smaller than the image that is portrayed. However, I feel quite tall in being here, first, to represent the people who elected us and, second, to nominate Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett as Taoiseach. I want to...