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National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...system that is overwhelmingly private and voluntary and has a history of religious and mostly Catholic influence. He told us that it was not ideally where we would start from but it is where we are. We are where we are. It seems that the health service that we have is just an artifact of our history like the natural landscape. It is there and there is nothing we can do about it. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: ...amend the recommendation, this type of education should be part of how we educate the population on climate change. If such education is not provided, the public will have a very skewed view on why we are where we are.

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (12 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: ...The same will be true for the construction traffic coming down Davitt Road from Drimnagh in the future. All said and done, An Bord Pleanála passed it and the hospital was to go ahead. As the fellow said, we are where we are and we get to where we are. Much has been said about the mess in which we are. However, I want to draw particular attention to the process of public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Policy Issues arising from the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016 and the EPA report on Hydraulic Fracturing: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Bríd Smith: ...presentations. Dr. Crowe and Mr. Hooper repeatedly say "if ever," "maybe some time," "if we do have to," "should we have to reconsider," "we do not have the evidence and is that not unfortunate," "we are where we are," "we do not have the proper evidence to be able to say definitively" and "Ireland is different." I get a very strong sense, although they do not say it, that they are...