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# Brid Smith
- URL: https://www.dublininquirer.com/brid-smith/
- Published: 2016-02-24T18:57:11.000Z
- Updated: 2016-02-23T18:57:00.000Z
- Description: Brid Smith is standing for the People Before Profit Alliance in Dublin South-Central in GE16. Here are her answers to our 12 questions.
- Author: Sam Tranum
- Tags: City Desk, 2016 general election, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-03-05 15:28

**1\. Are you for or against the elimination of the local property tax?**

FOR

**2\. Are you for or against repealing the 8th Amendment?**

FOR

**3\. Are you for or against the creation of a directly elected mayor for the Dublin area, with greater powers over, housing, transport and revenue raising?**

FOR

**4\. Who should be responsible for setting minimum apartment standards, local authorities or the national government?**

Local authorities

**5\. Are you for or against ending religious patronage of all schools?**

FOR

**6\. Are you for or against the provision of medically supervised injection centres in Dublin?**

FOR

**7\. Are you for or against giving asylum seekers the right to work?**

FOR

**8\. What, if anything, should be done about Irish Water?**

It should be abolished

**9\. Are you for or against the immediate introduction of a vacant-land levy in Dublin?**

FOR

**10\. Are you for or against banning zero-hour employment contracts?**

FOR

**11\. Are you for or against ending unvouched expenses for TDs and councillors?**

FOR

**12\. Are you for or against bringing in a new system of independent building inspections carried out by government inspectors to ensure that buildings are built to code?**

FOR

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*In preparation for 26 February, we asked candidates running in Dublin for their views on a dozen issues. You can read what all the candidates had to say [here](http://dublininquirer.com/2016/02/23/dublin-ge16-candidates-answer-our-12-questions/?ref=dublininquirer.com).*