Results 1-20 of 360 for long speaker:Bríd Smith

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: ..., Palestine being one of them. There is a hierarchy in this world and it is based on military and economic power. That hierarchy is called imperialism. The US Administration does not come to Dublin bearing gifts. We go to Washington to show our loyalty and support, or at least the Tánaiste and Taoiseach do. It made us laugh when the Tánaiste today claimed that he belongs...

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: ...the Ceann Comhairle could answer later, but is the intention to keep the flag flying, like the Ukraine flag has flown for the past two years? It is important that we show that solidarity for as long as this genocide continues and Palestine is occupied. What we have done is brilliant, but it has been done on the back of a movement that has overtaken society in all countries across the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: That is going to take a long time.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: ...the world, to listen. I call him ruler. I understand he is an elected ruler, but he has much more power than I have. If it was within my power, the Israeli ambassador would have been put out of here long ago. The Government could do that but it is refusing to do it. I love the talk but we need action. Children are dying, as we speak, as a result of famine. Places are being bombed...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: ...that the Palestinian flag be flown at Leinster House on Nakba Day. I want everybody in the House to back that request for the Palestinian flag to be flown for one day. The Ukrainian flag flew for long enough. We are asking that the Palestinian flag be flown on Nakba Day. We hope Trinity College will do the same on that day. It is very important that we act and take a leaf from the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: ...triple lock that maintains our neutrality. We need to discuss it. We cannot be left in a position where we sit here and a Bill comes before us, probably without debate, when we do not have a preparatory, long discussion in the House that is elected to represent the country on something that is fundamental to our constitutional position, our history and our rights. Very important, in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (25 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: ...for Justice and Equality if there are plans to employ more staff or take additional steps to deal with the significant backlog of applications for visas, renewals and extensions that are taking a long time to process (details supplied); the steps her Department will take to reduce the unacceptable waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18477/24]

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: ...now, been campaigning? They are celebrating the scrapping of the Green Paper and campaigning for the optional protocol to be instituted. It cannot be rocket science. Why do we create these tortuous long pieces of work around something that for other countries seems to be very simple? I will tell the House why. It is because this Government has done everything it can to avoid being...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: ...' spokesperson for People Before Profit. There has been a real war on pensions, particularly defined benefit pensions, over the past ten years or so. The narrative is that we are living too long, and we cannot afford this, so we have to tackle it. Therefore, instead of longevity in life being something to celebrate and be excited about, and instead of making provisions for people to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (9 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 1463. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the long waiting lists to access the HIV preventative drug PrEP for those who cannot afford to obtain it privately or via the drug payment scheme; if there are plans to improve public access; if so, if he will outline these plans and provide a timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14691/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Mar 2024)

Bríd Smith: 276. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that there are currently very long delays in obtaining an appointment for a blood test at the Mater Hospital, with reports of nine weeks to be seen by a phlebotomist; his plans to address these delays, given the importance of blood tests in early health interventions; the reason for the delays; the timeframe for their significant reduction;...

An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jan 2024)

Bríd Smith: ...they are not going to last. They understand how much older people than me, although I am getting there, respond to a change in circumstances and environment. They know they are not going to last long. When change happens abruptly, it can be very damaging to their longevity or their possibility of existing for much longer on this earth. Families outside of the home when dealing with...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2024)

Bríd Smith: ...right say Ireland is full but I will tell you what Ireland is full of: empty homes. There are 165,000 of them and the Government has never dealt with that. The homes have been lying empty for a long time under successive Governments of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, sometimes backed up by other parties that go into coalition with them. It is their policies that are creating the...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: An Dara Céim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Bríd Smith: ...rights - all of the language that is already in there - and just restating it but on the other, we are saying that when they look after each other when they are frail and have disabilities and long-term illness, we will strive to recognise that - not that we will do it. It is full of contradictions. I am not here just to give out to the Government. I genuinely believe it is pretty bad...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

Bríd Smith: ...morning, they were refused a termination on the grounds of fatal foetal anomaly because it is "impossible", in the words of Marie O'Shea, who spoke to the health committee in October, to say how long that baby will live if it survived birth. Despite this we have a clause, section 11, in the legislation that will not allow for doctors to recommend a termination in very tragic...

Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Bríd Smith: ...are innocent civilians being held hostage by terrorists. Women and minors are being released from prison, where they have been held without charge, without trial, in internment, for God knows how long - for as long as the Israelis want to hold onto them, at their pleasure. That is who is being released for the hostages that Hamas is about to free. The lie is already sinking in. The...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Bríd Smith: ...to abortion in this country, which gives rise to the protests that are happening outside providers, whether they are hospitals, clinics, GP services or whatever. There has, however, for a long time been an amendment to the Electoral Act. In just my personal experience, there is a zone around a polling station that persons cannot go beyond to distribute leaflets encouraging people to...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Bríd Smith: ...councillors. Going back in their careers, they had a focus on their local areas. First of all, every development that is proposed by every developer is not necessarily suitable to the local area. Along the canal in Drimnagh, where the Luas creeps, there is a huge amount of built-to-rent development taking place, most of it by lucrative development companies and very wealthy individuals....

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Bríd Smith: ...a nurse working overtime will pay more taxes on their income than a landlord earning the same sum on a passive income from rent, with which they do not have to do anything. This budget shows a shocking disregard for the long-term crises in this country and it has failed utterly to deal with them. As I said, the devil will be in the detail over the coming months and we will see what...

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...