Results 181-200 of 7,971 for speaker:Bríd Smith

Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (22 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: 13. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will bring forth proposals to end the inhuman conditions attached to the direct provision model operating under her control; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17151/16]

Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (22 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: Will the Tánaiste make a statement on any proposals or plans she has to end the inhumane direct provision model that operates under her control? There are 4,000 to 5,000 people living under this system, 1,700 children growing up within it and more than 400 children already born in Ireland in the system. Will the Tánaiste make a statement on any plans to end direct provision?

Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (22 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: I point out to the Tánaiste that last year the UN Human Rights Committee described it as a severe violation of human rights. That committee is very hard on the system of children living in what has been called "state-sanctioned poverty". The Tánaiste will be aware that there is an allowance of €19.10 a week for each adult in direct provision. That was set in 1999 and...

Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (22 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: I again ask the Tánaiste to comment on some of the reports. I refer to a confidential Government report in 2013 which stated that the system was not ideal but it saved us money, and we did not want to change it in case we attracted other asylum seekers from the United Kingdom. Would the Tánaiste agree that, in reality, we are reinforcing the fortress Europe idea that we want to...

Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (22 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: I hope they are not put in direct provision.

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: Yes. I am sharing time with Deputy Seamus Healy.

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: I will have ten minutes and Deputy Healy will have five minutes. If one looked at it on paper, one would say an additional allocation in this budget is very welcome indeed. I want to query some of it, specifically the additional budget in relation to the Traveller initiative, where funding has been increased from €855,000 to €2.2 million. If I am not here at the end to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (22 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: 58. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if Ireland has met its moral obligations to act in the refugee crisis in the Middle East and elsewhere, given that the figures for the number of refugees that Ireland has accepted are below the targets that the Government has set and that her Department has stated that it has not as yet decided on a mechanism to increase the numbers of refugees...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (23 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: I ask about the financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, legislation to be brought to the floor of the Dáil. Legislation indicates that the Minister must consider whether any of the provisions continue to be necessary, having regard to the purpose of the Act, the revenue of the State and commitments in respect of public sector pay and pensions. The FEMPI legislation...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (23 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: The law states that the Minister must come back to the Dáil-----

Questions on Proposed Legislation (23 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: -----before 30 June. I just need to know the date, please.

Animal Protection (in relation to hares) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: I am sorry I am late but the honourable Joe Biden, to whom Deputy Mick Wallace referred in the context of landing aeroplanes in Shannon, delayed me. There is a big palaver around St. Stephen's Green with dozens of stretch limousines. I do not know where he is gone for a pint but he is obviously gone somewhere local. I support Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan's Bill as a small step towards a...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: In a matter of a weekend and a day a range of issues have come to the fore that will have surprised and not surprised the Irish public. A very interesting series of attempts to cover up and support each other is happening between the Government and the European Union at the same time as the discussion on Brexit and the question is being asked why ordinary people would vote to leave such a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (28 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: 17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that the consequences of the policy of the patron of a school (details supplied) in refusing to enrol new children is having a detrimental effect on class sizes in adjacent schools; his plans to open a community national school in an area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18290/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Equality Legislation (28 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: 34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the advice his Department sought or received on the constitutional issues in relation to amending the Equal Status Act, to cease discrimination on school admission. [18289/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Remuneration (28 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount saved by having a lower level of pay for new recruits to the public service in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13012/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (28 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: 238. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the recent confirmation from scientists in the southern hemisphere that global levels of carbon dioxide have passed 400 parts per million; if he is concerned that such levels pose a threat to the earth's biodiversity and to human civilisation, given that the last time levels reached this stage humans...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (28 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: 239. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is concerned that the new structures introduced into the various Ministries and their respective responsibilities mean a downgrading of climate change as an issue, and to outline which Minister is responsible for answering questions relating to climate change. [17120/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Data (28 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: 270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of legislation which changed family income supplement, FIS, to be means tested for rent allowance by local authorities and social housing bodies (details supplied). [18166/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: Cuirfidh mé an cheist chéanna a chuir mé uair agus uair eile arís. Baineann sé leis an FEMPI legislation. Amárach an lá deireanach chun an tuarascáil faoin FEMPI legislation a chur os comhair an Teach seo. When are we going to see the legislation adhered to? A report is to be brought before the House. The only time we can discuss it is tomorrow,...