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Brid Smith, People Before Profit Euro Candidate challenges Labour and the government’s austerity agenda on Vincent Browne Show, The People’s Debate on 5th March 2014

The protest took place on March 4th 2014 and was called by People Before Profit TD, Richard Boyd Barrett and People Before Profit candidate for Europe Cllr. Brid Smith, who have repeatedly raised the issue of housing in the Dáil and Dublin City Council respectively over the last three years and who believe current government housing policy is directly generating a housing and homelessness emergency. The following day in Dail Eireann People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett introduced a new bill in the Dáil today that would outlaw the discrimination by landlords against those in receipt of rent allowance.

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Cllr Brid Smith puts forward emergency motion to Dublin City Council 3/3/14- The City Council agreed to suspend Standing Orders to take the following two Emergency Motions –

i. In light of the clear evidence that shows Dublin Fire Brigade provides an excellent ambulance service (having a global rating of second best results in cardiac arrests and the lowest rate of patient deaths in any county) and value for money by comparison to that provided elsewhere by the HSE, this City Council calls on management to abandon the review of the ambulance service that has been commissioned by this Council in conjunction with the HSE.

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