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Brid Smith TD: refugees and assylum seekers need and deserve our support.

Posted on 28th September 2017 by

END THE INHUMAN TREATMENT OF MIGRANTS! We discussed refugees, assylum seekers and related issues today in the Dáil. I referred to the misery endured by migrants in Ireland and globally, forced by war, famine and poverty to leave their homes;…

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Brid Smith TD queries ongoing staff shortages at Linn Dara, Dáil 28.9.17

Posted on 28th September 2017 by

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6 SUICIDES, MOSTLY YOUNG WOMEN. That’s the shocking record over the Summer in the area served by Linn Dara mental health facility. And yet beds are closed in it. Why? Becuase they can’t get enough nurses. Why? Becuase they won’t…

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Bríd Smith TD queries the timing of Referendum on Repeal. Dáil 28.9.17

Posted on 28th September 2017 by

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It would suit the right wing agenda to have colleges closed by the time we have the Referendum on the 8th Amendment. This would desenfranchise many young people. Lets make sure the Government does not succeed in their manouevering for…

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McDowell caught rapid

Posted on 28th September 2017 by

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The odious Michael McDowell comes a cropper. Brid 1 McDowell 0. 27.9.17

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Bríd questions Leo on redress for victims of clerical abuse in Dáil

Posted on 27th September 2017 by

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LEO AND THE CLERGY HAD A HEAVY DUTY POW WOW. He was asked in the Dáil what they talked about. I asked what about the millions still owed by the church to their victims? Was that mentioned? And what about…

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Brid Smith TD on Broadband Services, Dáil cmmtte 27.9.17

Posted on 26th September 2017 by

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SEXISM ALIVE AND WELL on the committee I sit on in the Dáil. I had to fight for my turn to speak today. I spoke on the fiasco BROADBAND SERVICES in this country. Why is the delivery of broadband such…

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Brid Smith TD on workers’ rights in Fishing industry – Dáil cmmtt 21.9.17

Posted on 26th September 2017 by

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I was asked to make public the queries that I put today about workers rights in the fishing industry. I sit on the Dáil Committee for Jobs, and too often the focus is on the employer or the industry, and…

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Brid Smith TD on Wind Turbines in Dáil, 21.9.17

Posted on 21st September 2017 by

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I spoke today in favour of the bill on Wind Turbines, put forward by Sinn Féin. But there are wider issues of democracy at play here, apart from the crucial concerns about global warming. Why did our government give the…

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Brid Smith TD in Dail on pensions issue

Posted on 14th July 2017 by

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I’ve just finished speaking in Dail to the new Social Protection Minister. I spoke mostly on the pensions issue, and also about how unfair, and unproductive it is, to ignore tax cheats in the corporate sector, while hounding the poor.…

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