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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: On the same theme, the Tánaiste said Ireland faces security and defence challenges. He went on to list instances in which it could have been possible that a veto would be used to stop us participating in some kind of peacekeeping. According to the triple lock we participate in peacekeeping with the endorsement of the UN. I honestly think he scraped the bottom of the barrel when he...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (14 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: 4. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the recent special meeting of the European Council. [20465/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: ...are on the minimum wage and they are the people I meet. The postponement of an increase for them is cruel and unnecessary. Instead of tackling the businesses by getting them to pay different rates, the Government is attacking workers' rights again. Almost a year ago we brought a Bill before the House to get rid of the discrimination against young workers in the minimum wage legislation....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: Reports in the media indicate - the Taoiseach can confirm this - that following the Cabinet meeting this morning, the Government intends to roll back labour market measures, including the further roll-out of a minimum wage to a median wage and the increase in sick leave, which is to be staggered until 2026 to bring the entitlement of sick leave for every worker up to ten days. I get it that...

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

Bríd Smith: .... I start by paying tribute to the very brave and committed students of Trinity College Dublin who, after five or six days of a sit-in, managed to get full boycott divestment from the Israeli state from the authorities in the university. This is a very hopeful sign in the midst of what is a desperate and hopeless situation as Israel moves to its next stage of onslaught against the people...

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

Bríd Smith: I have not denied that the Tánaiste has said a lot. He has said a lot diplomatically and legally and about humanitarian criticism on stopping the aid to UNRWA. He has said a lot. What I am asking is what he is going to do? The question of deed is at the heart of my argument. I was a young shop steward when the Dunnes Stores strike against apartheid happened. I knew Karen Gearon and...

Europe Day: Statements (8 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: I agree with the points made by the previous speaker on the Common Fisheries Policy. It has not just decimated fisher communities, it has also created an ecological disaster. It is totally unsustainable. Having looked at the Amárach Research poll carried out North and South, it is quite remarkable how favourably Irish people look upon the EU. The polling results are quite positive...

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

Bríd Smith: ...outcome we may see where 1.5 million Palestinian people are under bombardment in a small area of land. In the midst of this horrendous scene, it is heartening and uplifting to see students at Trinity College Dublin taking action to insist on divestment, sanctions and an end to co-operation with this genocidal state. The students are doing a great job in working with the authorities in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: Deputy Murphy is correct. It does not make any sense. It is totally illogical to say that we will operate within the UN Charter and, at the same time, we want to break free of the UN Security Council. They are part and parcel of the same package. The Tánaiste has gone back to when he was aged 12 and how he remembers the campaign and how we threatened that there was going to be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: 281. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the qualifications of the ongoing risk assessors to carry out this task with regard to health and safety; if the assessor also has another role at Cherry Orchard hospital in addition to their role of risk assessor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19980/24]

European Union Migration and Asylum Pact: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: Solidarity to the Minister for the threats and the disturbance she and her family have suffered this week. I also express my solidarity to Deputy Paul Murphy, who also this week received death threats from the same sources. I have read over the motion from the Rural Independent Group. It consists of nearly three pages about the migration pact and there is not a single mention of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (1 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: 171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm where the legislation for the establishment of defects scheme for apartments and duplexes is currently at and to confirm when the draft legislation will be published; when he believes that OMCs will be able to apply for and receive funding for permanent remediation of defects; if he will commit to passing the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (30 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: I am afraid that in my experience, and a lot of Deputies have spoken about it in different ways tonight, the mishmash of services we have are not keeping sufficiently on top of the demand for childcare. A lot of providers are feeling pretty desperate about the sort of administration challenges they face. The reason I asked the question about the provision of a national publicly-funded and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (30 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: I am aware of all the problems individual childcare centres have in increasing capacity and keeping going. I am also aware of how poorly paid and treated many childcare workers are, albeit that improvements are taking place. The last woman who contacted me about this prompted me to ask the question. She was stressed out of her mind about the fact that she could not get a place for her...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: I welcome the Sinn Féin motion and the opportunity to discuss in the House again the cost of living and the impact it is having on people. Tomorrow, Social Justice Ireland will give a presentation in the audiovisual room. It would be well worth going to as Social Justice Ireland always has sharp analysis of what is happening to people at the bottom of our society. It is a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: ...to fully maintaining neutrality and the triple lock. In 2013, Deputy Micheál Martin, the current Tánaiste who wants a Bill brought before the Dáil to get rid of the triple lock, argued that the triple lock is at the core of our neutrality and he refused to accept the argument that it gives a veto to Russia over our peacekeeping activities. The Taoiseach will remember the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (30 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the recent report that Irish protesters were told at a pro-Palestine protest camp in Berlin that they were not allowed to speak Irish by German police; if he agrees that this is an unacceptable development and infringes a person's right to speak a language of their choice and is a dangerous precedent to set; if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (30 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify the reason a person (details supplied) who attended the citizenship ceremony at the National Concert Hall on 26 February 2024, has still not received their certificate eight weeks later; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19052/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 620. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that Ireland currently screens newborn babies for fewer diseases than 75% of EU member states; if he is aware that only one new test has been delivered in the intervening years since the establishment of the Newborn Screening Advisory Committee in 2019; if he will agree to a comprehensive newborn screening programme that is adequately...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Elections (23 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: 648. To ask the Minister for Health if a HSE worker who is currently employed at the grade of general dental surgeon: 1597, is eligible to run for local election; if there is a list of specific grades which are ‘designated by order of the Minister for Health and Children’; if so, to outline what they are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17857/24]