Results 21-40 of 25,430 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: European Union (9 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am against its current direction.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: European Union (9 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It has good environmental directives.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on his most recent communications with his European counterparts in relation to imposing sanctions on Israel in light of the International Court of Justice’s recent ruling that there is a plausible case that Israel may be committing genocide in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20911/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I hope it is clear at this stage that there is no level of atrocity that Israel is not willing to commit against the Palestinian people. It should have been clear long before now for a state that was built on ethnic cleansing on an ongoing basis, on apartheid and on a 17-year-long siege of Gaza, but now, when we look at the massacre in Gaza, it should be clear. Under the genocide...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: People Before Profit put a motion to the Dáil in November of last year asking the Government to take a case against Israel for genocide under the ICJ and it voted against it. Now, belatedly, because South Africa did what Ireland should have done, the Government is saying there will be some class of intervention. I suppose later is better than not at all, but when we consider the horror...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have been campaigning for Palestinian rights since I was there in 1987 - I lived there - and my position has been very consistent over a very long time, as has been the movement in this country of solidarity with Palestine. My position is that, in relation to the apartheid state of Israel, we need to do what was done to the apartheid state of South Africa. A state based on apartheid and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Dunnes Stores workers played a big role.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: European Union (9 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Ursula von der Leyen is directly complicit with the genocidal massacre that Israel has committed in Gaza over the past seven months. She greenlit the massacre and she should be unceremoniously sacked. People should state publicly that she should not remain as the President of the EU Commission. They should say publicly, "Ursula von der Leyen; sack her." Say publicly she should be sacked...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Exactly. The two-state solution will never work because of the Arab population.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We should have long ago recognised the Palestinian state. We might not be in this horrific situation had the world acted sooner on the crimes of Israel against the Palestinian people. Let us be clear. In the face of the genocidal assault and massacre taking place in Gaza, belated state recognition will not stop the horror. Recognition is welcome but it is not going to stop the horror....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been in contact with the German government about the suppression of the Irish language and other forms of censorship in relation to protests in Germany against genocide and Israel’s actions in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20912/24]

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: 34. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent conversation with the British Prime Minister. [20458/24]

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: Here is a human story of how policy failure forces children into homelessness. Amy and her husband both work. She works in a supermarket and he works for Dublin Bus. They have three children, one of whom has special needs and has, incidentally, been waiting for an assessment for months and months. They are about to be evicted on 24 June through no fault of their own because the property...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: 24. To ask the Taoiseach to provide an update on the work of the child poverty and well-being programme office. [20457/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 9. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the new committee in his Department to deal with special education. [17962/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (8 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 511. To ask the Minister for Health whether injections for osteoporosis with the medication festeo are still reimbursable for medical card holders; to provide a rationale for their removal if these injections are no longer available for medical card holders; what recourse medical card holders who have previously required such injections have if they have been removed from the list of...

Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I apologise that I was not able to listen to much of the earlier discussion. I was busy with something else in this place. This is a very important issue. It is of particular interest in my area because there are plans for a very significant offshore renewable energy development off the east coast. As anybody who is concerned about the climate crisis we are facing knows, the starting...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the members of Fórsa in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council who are visiting. They might be interested to know we are discussing trade union-related matters, but this time with respect to members of our Defence Forces. The Bill seeks to allow them to associate with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. “Allowed to associate with” is an interesting phrase...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: We did not.

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: No.