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

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes. Come on.

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: Amnesty International is calling for sanctions against Israel for crimes against humanity and today we had a briefing from people from Yemen who talked about the direct involvement of the USA in supporting Saudi Arabia to commit crimes against humanity in Yemen. There is not a word about those things, but active support for the countries that do it or at least trenchant opposition to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Why?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yemeni lives are less important.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, because they are selling guns to the Saudis.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We cannot but call out the Government's double standards.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Taoiseach support Amnesty's recommendations for sanctions against Israel?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: NATO is not their friend.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he is planning to update his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [7687/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Sorry for standing up at the wrong time.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Eager.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach’s Department's strategy statement lists a number of priorities. Priority E is, “Strengthening Ireland’s place in Europe and the world”. In the context of the current crisis, invasion and war in Ukraine, I want to know what that means. What is our role in this? Obviously, all of us believe that Putin should be stopped, that he should leave Ukraine...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and which failed to acknowledge, for example, that it conducted a bloody invasion and occupation very recently in Afghanistan and that it bombed Libya. I wonder is the Taoiseach's opposition to warmongers like Putin selective insofar as we seem to oppose some warmongers but not others. We had briefing today with people from Yemen. They asked why no action is being taken over the role...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach referred to the NESC report No. 28, which came out in December. One of the things to which that report referred was the issue of incorporating social and economic rights into policymaking. Today, the Minister referred the issue of housing to the Housing Commission in respect of a possible referendum. I want to pin the Taoiseach down as to what his view is on this issue....

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Tell Coillte to stop selling the forests.

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council an agency under the aegis of his Department. [11431/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: People are shocked at the extent of the pay and pay increases for the Secretary General of the Department of Health and the pay level for the head of the HSE. How can the Government justify that when at the same time it is willing to stand over the fact that ordinary workers in the health service, in education and in local authorities are held down to 1% or 2% pay increases when inflation is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Except in Yemen and Palestine.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach only talks about some bad guys.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Half an hour extra on Thursday. That is not a lot.