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Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (4 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am something of a political nerd when it comes to finance Bills. I am fascinated by the way they provide a mechanism to transfer the wealth generated by society and by working people into the hands of the very wealthy in an opaque manner, year after year. For the most part, working people do not know the details of how they are being robbed of the wealth they collectively produce. I play...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (4 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: NASRA is not doing that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (4 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to apologise to the ambulance paramedics because I meant to raise this matter last night in the context of the debate with the Tánaiste. There are many angles to that discussion, but one is the attitude the Government takes to negotiating with trade unions or representative organisations. A huge contrast was glaringly apparent, and this is directly related to the issue of social...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (4 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: After the debate that took place on mother and baby homes in the Dáil, we, like many other Deputies, were overwhelmed by the response from people and the anger, anxiety and concern expressed, particularly by those who had been in those institutions and suffered abuse in them. I held an online public meeting which was attended by hundreds of people, many of whom had suffered horrific...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (4 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the Land Development Agency. In my area, the councillors on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council are going to be asked to vote for the disposal of public land to the Land Development Agency, supposedly to build social and affordable housing, which we and others have campaigned for on the Shanganagh Castle site for a long time. There is, however,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (4 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing, infrastructure and digital unit of his Department. [33224/20]

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach has an invitation to meet the shop stewards today to hear directly from them. They are also holding an online mass meeting on Thursday. The Taoiseach is also invited to that and they would be very happy for him to attend to hear from them. Successive Governments failed to legislate for Duffy-Cahill and now Debenhams find themselves in a situation where a company is once...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Whatever about the finer details and implications of the matters concerning the Tánaiste yesterday, one implication is definitely that there are many groups of workers who are scratching their heads and wishing that they had such matey backchannels with the Tánaiste or Taoiseach of the day. One of those groups of workers that the Taoiseach has suggested it is in his DNA to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (4 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 159. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the contract awarded to a company (details supplied) for recruitment during Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34153/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nursing Education (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I raised this issue with the Taoiseach on 20 October. It might be of interest to the Minister to know that the video of that engagement has been watched 250,000 times, which is very rare for any video of proceedings in this House in which I am involved. That was the scale of the response from student nurses. In that engagement, the Taoiseach said the following: ...I will engage with the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nursing Education (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 97. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure student nurses are paid for the work they carried out in the fight against Covid-19; the details of the regime for the testing of these students when they are going on placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33558/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nursing Education (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To follow up on that, the Minister said earlier on this that it was education not work so we should not pay them. We should be clear that this departs from what the Government was forced to do in March and April when it had to acknowledge they were actually working and pay them at the healthcare assistant level. The idea that the student nurses who are on placement at this time are not...

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If I understand correctly, when Maitiú Ó Tuathail contacted the Tánaiste and asked him for the contract, the Tánaiste did not check with the IMO, the Minister for Health or the Department of Health to alert them to the fact that he intended to give it to Maitiú Ó Tuathail. Could he explain why this was the case? Presumably the Tánaiste knew, if Dr. Ó...

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Did it occur to the Tánaiste that he should have asked the Minister for Health, the IMO and the Department of Health before giving the document to a friend? Did that not occur to him at all?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent correspondences with the UK Prime Minister. [33223/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My question, which I asked the last time, was on whether the Taoiseach actually talked to Boris Johnson and the British authorities about the imperative to have an all-island approach to Covid-19. What is their response to that? Are they indifferent or dismissive? From an infectious disease point of view, it is an irrefutable fact that to operate on an all-Ireland basis in dealing with...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have also raised this issue repeatedly with the Taoiseach. I go so far as to say that the failure to have an all-Ireland integrated strategy to deal with Covid-19 amounts to sabotage of the efforts necessary to deal with the virus. That is how high the stakes are, and all the public health experts, infectious disease experts and epidemiologists understand that point. It is simple to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the number of additional staff recruited or seconded to his Department to assist with the response to the Covid-19 pandemic. [33222/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Are any of the additional staff brought in to deal with Covid-19 addressing the issue of the recruitment of front-line workers necessary to deal with the crisis or the issue of the conditions and pay such workers have to accept? I have raised this matter with the Taoiseach a few times but the more I raise it, the more shocking and extensive are the emails and contacts I get from people. For...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was asking about Wednesday. Wednesday is what we are talking about.