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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 23. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the One Ocean Summit. [11433/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The big question in terms of our oceans is whether the Government is going to allow the privatisation of these natural resources in the interests of big multinationals and private developers, who are literally queueing up to cash in on the natural resources of this country, which are owned by the people. It might be worth considering that more than 50% of our gas, for example, comes from...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (2 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What is also breaking news, is that the Department of Finance told me yesterday that on top of the current rate of inflation of 5.8%, the conflict in Ukraine and the sanctions relating to it are likely to increase inflation by a further 4%. As a result, we are potentially looking at an inflation rate of more than 9%. Against that background, and because I did not make this point earlier,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (2 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Apartheid.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (2 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Sanctions?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (2 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Arms embargo?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (2 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There go the double standards.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (2 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are just Palestinians, not Europeans.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (2 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Unless it is Palestinian.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (2 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [11432/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (2 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the international unit of his Department. [7688/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (2 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach has rightly referred to crimes against humanity and against international law committed by Vladimir Putin. Tonight in the Dáil, we will discuss the Amnesty International report entitled, Israel's Apartheid Against Palestinians: A Cruel System of Domination and a Crime Against Humanity. The report asks European governments, including the Taoiseach's Government, to condemn...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In the programme for Government, the Taoiseach committed to a shared future for all, in the aftermath of Covid. He and the Tánaiste repeatedly said that workers who have played a key role in keeping our society going during Covid should get a reward. Will the Taoiseach comment on the shocking efforts by Aer Lingus, the national flag carrier, to try to impose a pay freeze on 1,000...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----from this Government during the Covid pandemic?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The same company gave a 10% pay increase to British Airway workers. I forgot to say that.

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There have been no sanctions.

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No sanctions.

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 1: To insert the following after "good offices to search for a peaceful settlement" "— further calls for Ireland to provide increased humanitarian aid for the people of Ukraine and for Ireland to offer refuge for all people fleeing the war; — further condemns the arrests and persecution of anti-war protestors by President Putin and the Russian state;...

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister, Deputy Coveney, will have his chance. I cannot help but call out the double standards, unless the Government will surprise me tomorrow. Instantly, it wants to and has imposed sanctions against Putin for crimes against humanity, which he is committing. They are crimes against humanity.

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I ask the Minister to hold on and not to interrupt.