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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Wage Levels (23 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 92. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a recent survey (details supplied) showing that the vast majority of workers have not received wage rises in line with inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9251/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (23 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 95. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will amend the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 to prevent employers from treating the upper range of banded hours as a cap when additional hours are being distributed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9249/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (23 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 126. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on non-compliance by private security firms with the Employment Regulation Order for the security industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9252/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Minimum Wage (23 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will abolish sub-minimum rates of pay for young workers and ensure that all workers receive at least the national minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9250/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (23 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will meet with representatives of workers of a supermarket chain (details supplied) who have been employed there since before 1998 and who have faced numerous attacks on their status by the company, including the refusal by the company to award them pay rises given to other staff; if he can clarify the protections that are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Nursing Homes (22 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met with the Attorney General following publication of his report on nursing home charges and the disabled persons maintenance allowance. [8834/23]

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: Yesterday, the Minister told us he had not yet decided what to do regarding extending the partial eviction ban. He said it was complicated, that the Attorney General will have to be consulted, that legal opinions will have to be sought and that a balance must be struck between the rights of landlords and of tenants. The real solution, he again told us, is supply. I will help him. My...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (22 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the position of holders of free travel cards when using train services; the reason Irish Rail imposes a booking fee on some services; when this practice was first introduced; if the imposition of such fees undermines the concept of the free travel scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8995/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (21 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: 32. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [8580/23]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: Amendment No. 5 is in our name. To elaborate on what has already been said, we think it is insufficient to have ""hatred" means hatred" end of story. We want to see an amendment to the definition, that " "hatred" [is] a state of mind characterised as intense and irrational emotions of opprobrium, enmity, and detestation rooted in bias, prejudice or hostility". Those last few words are very...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: I do not want to speak to it.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: I can propose it.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 30: In page 8, line 12, to delete “or hatred” and substitute “or intimidation, hostility or discrimination”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 32: In page 8, line 14, to delete “or hatred” and substitute “or intimidation, hostility or discrimination”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No. 33: In page 8, line 16, to delete “or hatred” and substitute “or intimidation, hostility or discrimination”

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: I move amendment No.37: In page 8, line 26, to delete “religious”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: May I speak to the reasons we oppose the section?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: We are opposing the section but the Minister has already spoken to it

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: This section is open to an interpretation that could almost amount to legislating for thought crime. The provisions cover situations in which somebody possesses material that is likely to incite hatred or violence with a view to publishing it but where it has not yet been published, put online, become open knowledge or fallen into anyone else's hands. However, there could also be situations...