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Waste Collection Charges: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: It is only getting away with it because of the Fine Gaelers on this side of the House. I do not even-----

Waste Collection Charges: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: -----think they are Fianna Fáilers on this side. They are propping Fine Gael up to the hilt. As I said in this House when we started off in late February or March, why the hell do the two parties not just get together and run the country. There is no difference between them except the colour of their shirts. At this stage, that is all that exists. In principled, fundamental...

Waste Collection Charges: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: -----today that 86,000 social welfare recipients have had local property tax taken from them by Revenue already this year. The Government is sowing bitterness into people who can least afford to pay all of its sale taxes, local property taxes, bin taxes and we have already seen the reaction to the water taxes. The Government must learn at some point that the ordinary Joe and Josephine Soap...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Pay (21 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: 89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount saved by having a lower level of pay for new recruits in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13012/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Disputes (21 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: 558. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is aware of the actions of management at an organisation (details supplied). [16977/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Disputes (21 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: 559. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will intervene in the ongoing strike at an organisation (details supplied) to make clear that this Government is opposed to employers forcibly making staff redundant in the selective manner that management has tried to do here and that Government funding will not be dispensed to employers who treat their workers in this...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Disputes (21 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: 560. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she aware of the actions of an organisation (details supplied). [17167/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (21 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: 570. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he shares the sentiments of his counterpart in Finland, the Finnish Defence Minister, Jussi Niinistö, who recently stated that he supports reform of Finnish law to provide a legal mandate to expand the Finnish Defence Forces ability to participate in European wide international crisis management; if those who...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (21 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: 571. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he shares the views of his predecessor, who stated he wanted Ireland to become a testing zone for advanced military and weapons guidance systems (details supplied); and if he will assure Dáil Éireann that he does not wish Ireland to become a haven for firms trading or researching such weapons of mass...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: Is it correct there are almost 2 million jobs in the country?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: Is it correct that 410,000 of those jobs are directly supported by the State through IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and local enterprise offices?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: My overarching question is to do with the committee having an oversight or a watchdog role as to what kinds of jobs these are. I have just come away from a large protest of young teachers who are suffering pay inequality. Due to the pay policies introduced by this Government, in their lifetime, they will earn €250,000 less than their counterparts or the teacher behind them. That is...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: That is fair enough. I accept that. I am naive and innocent to it. The real question I wish to ask is: what oversight do we, as Deputies, have on that issue?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: The question of the quality of jobs is not a matter for this committee. Is that correct?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: However, there is a role for this committee on the questions I am raising. Is that correct?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: The body is funded by the State.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Minister for her time. I am sorry if I have put my foot in it in any way.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: I am probably going to have to leave early as well.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: Perhaps the Minister can help me. If I want to talk to a Minister or a Department about the strike at Childminding Ireland, who do I approach? It is a State-funded body.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Bríd Smith: Therefore, it is only a matter for the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and not anything to do with the Department of Jobs Enterprise and Innovation. Is that correct?