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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Bríd Smith: The bottom line is clear. You are stretching the meaning of neutrality beyond its limits.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Bríd Smith: I would like to ask the Tánaiste if he could outline for the Dáil the detail of the Defence Forces vision statement in Strategic Framework: Transformation of the Defence Forces, and if he would refer to No. 42 on page 12, the new Defence Forces vision statement that is to be developed and published. In his understanding of the vision, would it have any impact on Irish neutrality?...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Bríd Smith: If I could expand on the question, I am sure the cultural changes the Tánaiste talks about are all that he touched on, but he will notice that a lot of us were alarmed when he was in Ukraine that he announced that Irish forces would be providing rifle training. Hitherto, casualty care training was provided with the German army, and demining and explosives clearance were provided with...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Bríd Smith: I agree that the biggest obstacle facing the Palestinian people is defending their territory against attack by Israeli army forces. The biggest challenge facing the people of Yemen is to defend themselves against the attack by the Saudi army. We are seeing similar aggressive attacks happening around the world, into which the description of the UN charter the Tánaiste just quoted would...

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2023)

Bríd Smith: When the Minister moved the amendment he painted a very rosy picture, and why would he not? Anybody who saw the demonstration last week outside the Dáil, which was not by a long shot only providers as there were hundreds of workers there, and listened to parents would have to recognise that there is a crisis in our childcare system. Many crèches have closed. The Minister said the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Projects (3 Oct 2023)

Bríd Smith: 314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of how the €500,000 funding that was made available in 2009 for a memorial to honour all survivors of all State-run industrial schools is to be used; if she will outline details of the proposed memorial; to provide a timescale for when it will be in place; if she will acknowledge that survivors are eager to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (3 Oct 2023)

Bríd Smith: 549. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a company (details supplied) has signed up to the core funding model for childcare, and in doing so, agreed to freeze fees at 2021 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42571/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (3 Oct 2023)

Bríd Smith: 550. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if recent moves by a childcare provider (details supplied) are a breach of any undertaking given not to increase child care fees under the core funding model; if the attempt by the company to increase childcare fees for 2023/2024 by designating the previous year's (2022/2023) fees as an introductory fee...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Bríd Smith: Today is International Safe Abortion Day. Last night's healthy vote on moving forward on the safe access zones is to be welcomed. International Safe Abortion Day has huge relevance for many countries, including Malawi which I visited during the summer as part of a delegation to look at reproductive rights of women and girls. In one of the poorest countries in the world, crippled by IMF...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Offshore Exploration (28 Sep 2023)

Bríd Smith: 100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his officials in his Department have held any meetings with a company (details supplied) or any other individuals or companies representing another company in relation to the prospect off Corrib, also referred to as the Inishkea gas prospect since January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Sep 2023)

Bríd Smith: There is a terrible legacy of this State relying on charity to deliver care for the most vulnerable sections of our society, particularly those with disability. We have perpetuated a situation where 5,000 workers in 30 organisations have been forced to serve strike notice of three weeks on this date. This is an indefinite strike in the section 39 sector. I want to make a very simple...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Bríd Smith: Vótáil.

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Bríd Smith: I would not mind getting a copy of the Minister of State's speech to compare it with that of the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell. I think they are the same bla, bla, bla as Greta Thunberg famously said about how we deal with the climate crisis. We are no strangers to having to use Private Members' time to pursue Bills that just sit and wait and have nothing done with them. The same...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Commissions of Inquiry (27 Sep 2023)

Bríd Smith: I endorse everything Deputy Carthy said. I will not repeat it but I will repeat something I said earlier. In his report, the judge stated the Department of Justice raised concerns regarding the suggested changes the family wanted in the terms of reference and the terms of reference were comprehensively amended by the Department of Justice. Explain that, please. What was going on that the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Commissions of Inquiry (27 Sep 2023)

Bríd Smith: Can we have a debate in this House? The House and the Seanad have been ignored-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Commissions of Inquiry (27 Sep 2023)

Bríd Smith: The Minister has not answered the questions. They could be answered at a full debate in front of all the Members of this House.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Commissions of Inquiry (27 Sep 2023)

Bríd Smith: To follow on from that, I want to warmly welcome Lucia and her family here today. I also think it is a tragedy that they have to be here this morning to listen to this all over again. To repeat, in 2018 this House passed a motion for a public inquiry into the events leading up to the death of Shane O'Farrell. In February 2019, the Seanad passed a similar motion. We do not have that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (26 Sep 2023)

Bríd Smith: 146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can clarify what changes are proposed for the bus services in Crumlin, specifically routes 83, 17 and 18, and when they will be implemented; if he can detail the proposed replacement routes that the NTA is currently planning to introduce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41446/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (26 Sep 2023)

Bríd Smith: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any current schemes or plans to introduce schemes to help people who, due to serious medical illness and history of same, have failed to obtain mortgages from banks and other lending institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41326/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (26 Sep 2023)

Bríd Smith: 162. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide details of the costs to the Exchequer each year, in tabular form for the diesel rebate scheme since its inception in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41141/23]