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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Sep 2020)
Richard Boyd Barrett: For arts, music and other entertainment performers, there is nothing or only tiny amounts out there for them. We need support, not cuts in the income supports for them or for the Debenhams workers who are coming here tonight and who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Sep 2020)
Richard Boyd Barrett: These people do not need to be punished on 17 September; they need support. Do not cut their income supports, please.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Sep 2020)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We face a grim and depressing fact that while we might have hoped, when the Dáil broke up, that the situation with Covid-19 would incrementally improve, those hopes have been dashed and we are facing an ongoing battle with Covid-19 for the foreseeable future. That means the economic and employment impacts on vast numbers of workers, who have had their income and employment stolen by the...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Sep 2020)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I must object for the same reasons as apply to the speaking arrangements. We will see a situation where many of the Opposition parties and groups will not get to speak until two or three hours into a debate. That is a devious and underhanded attempt by the Government to silence the Opposition. In response to the Minister I note that unless there is a guillotine, backbenchers have always...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Sep 2020)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I echo the point about section 13 in particular. There is a big concern that this gives powers way beyond what has been publicly discussed as the purpose of this Bill. The Bill potentially could be a Trojan Horse for other measures which would give rise to significant concern and controversy and could very seriously infringe on civil liberties. I have deep concerns about that. The debate...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Minister think that protecting the health of Deputies is 50 times more important than protecting the health of children returning to school, teachers and parents? I ask this question because 50 times more public money is going into ensuring social distancing among Dáil Members than the Minister is putting into ensuring social distancing, funding safety in our schools and...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The phrase "where possible" is a get-out clause from public health guidance. We hear stories from everywhere. We already had massively overcrowded classrooms, massive underinvestment and a huge physical infrastructural deficit before Covid-19. The term in the guidelines that states things should be done "where possible" is not possible. We are putting pupils and, in particular, teachers...
- Speaking Arrangements: Motion (30 Jul 2020)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I respect you.
- Speaking Arrangements: Motion (30 Jul 2020)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We have business to do.
- Speaking Arrangements: Motion (30 Jul 2020)
Richard Boyd Barrett: This is unbelievable.
- Speaking Arrangements: Motion (30 Jul 2020)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We are back to where we were-----
- Speaking Arrangements: Motion (30 Jul 2020)
Richard Boyd Barrett: A process without debate is not a democratic process.
- Speaking Arrangements: Motion (30 Jul 2020)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not democratic.
- Speaking Arrangements: Motion (30 Jul 2020)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I cannot stand by while democracy is sabotaged. That is what is happening-----
- Speaking Arrangements: Motion (30 Jul 2020)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not-----
- Speaking Arrangements: Motion (30 Jul 2020)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I doubt the public knows-----
- Speaking Arrangements: Motion (30 Jul 2020)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order-----
- Speaking Arrangements: Motion (30 Jul 2020)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We have an amendment that sought to resolve this situation-----
- Speaking Arrangements: Motion (30 Jul 2020)
Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and we are not allowed to discuss it at all.
- Speaking Arrangements: Motion (30 Jul 2020)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a compromise which exposes the dishonesty of the argument that has been put by the other side-----