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

Bríd Smith: That is because I am an authoritative-type person.

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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (14 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: 462. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been forcibly displaced four times in Gaza after the building in which they lived was completely destroyed and whose parents and siblings in Ireland are desperate for the person to join them; if she and her Government colleagues will implement special measures...

Progressing Special Education Provision: Statements (9 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: It is the other way around. I am going to go first. Ladies first and all that jazz. I welcome the parents in the Gallery. We have been working with people around our constituencies on this issue. I welcome that the debate is happening. Like others, I want to be a conduit for their voices. I wish they could stand here instead of sitting up there and speak directly to the Government and...

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

Bríd Smith: It is not working.

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

Bríd Smith: The Government needs to do more.

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

Bríd Smith: The Government needs to do more.

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: So while they slaughter the Palestinians, we wait for them to live in harmony?

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

Bríd Smith: If Palestinians are still alive; if they are not expelled or dead.

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

Bríd Smith: I do not want to have a conversation with him.

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

Bríd Smith: Actions absolutely speak louder than words. 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...

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...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: 36. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent conversation with the British Prime Minister. [20464/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (8 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: 26. To ask the Taoiseach to provide an update on the work of the child poverty and well-being programme office. [20463/24]

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

Bríd Smith: But no sanctions. Is the Government insisting on there being no sanctions?

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

Bríd Smith: Israel is moving into the next stage of its murderous onslaught in Rafah. There are no words to describe the horrendous 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...

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

Bríd Smith: Will it be after or before the election?

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

Bríd Smith: It has been nearly two weeks since the Tánaiste was given the go-ahead to bring legislation before the Dáil to get rid of the triple lock in the context of our neutrality, and we have not seen that legislation. He will not answer questions directly on it. I have done my best to extract from him very important information for the Irish public as to why he is proposing it and where...