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Topical Issue Debate: Foreign Conflicts (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I echo that call. What is being done by the dictator Assad is horrific. His brutal and vicious attempt to crush what was a genuine popular uprising by the people of Syria against his dictatorship has been cruel in the extreme and backed by the military might of Russia, unleashing carnage on the people of Ghouta. Thousands of people who need to be medically evacuated cannot get out....

Topical Issue Debate: Foreign Conflicts (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I echo the Deputy's comments. What Russia is doing is horrific. At the very least, it should be forced by our Government and every other country to justify the unjustifiable publicly. What Russia is doing to kids and innocent people cannot be justified - the devastation of eastern Ghouta, the slaughter of hundreds of people, the destruction of hospitals and schools etc. Beyond that, we...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: When Mr. Johnson once again confirms what a complete buffoon he is, I wonder whether-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is an accurate description none the less.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Indeed. I was curious why, in response to the much more sane and sensible comments of Mr. Jeremy Corbyn, often accused of being a radical firebrand of the left, the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, was less than enthusiastic about those comments but suggested words to the effect that the Labour Party in Britain had its own problems. It seemed to be an implied dig at Mr....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: People Before Profit.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meetings in Belfast. [8431/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the housing assistance payment limits in view of a recent report (details supplied) on rent increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9534/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the income limits for eligibility for inclusion on the social housing waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9535/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 161. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been facilitated to return to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8959/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Proposed Legislation (20 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on legislation under preparation in his Department. [8432/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Payments (20 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 45. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on investigations into errors in changes to PRSI stamp payments for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8430/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (20 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason it has taken in excess of four years to make a decision on the application of a person (details supplied) for naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8279/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (20 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 605. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a decision to remove a family from the housing list due to temporarily exceeding the income thresholds is open to appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8276/18]

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What if they are vulnerable workers who are afraid?

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It was a kangaroo court. Rhatigan came in lawyered up-----

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is the report I got from workers.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We will debate it again but that is the report I got from the workers.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He complained to the employer. That is the problem. Unless there will be a very proactive move by the authorities, with inspections and raids happening on a much greater level, all the legislation in the world will make no difference. A person is legally entitled to a payslip but workers are not getting them. Such practice is rampant in the construction industry. There is also the...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Precarious employment is an extremely important issue and the Government's move in the direction of addressing it is long overdue. Precarious employment is a plague affecting large numbers of workers and one of the most terrible consequences of three decades of neoliberal policy under the guise of flexibility and competitiveness, two of the favourite words of employers. As a result, the...