Results 14,081-14,100 of 26,924 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not want to elaborate the debate we have already had but is this not a terribly topsy turvy way to do things? We are writing legislation which we know we will have to change all the way through on one of the most substantive issues it develops. Would it not have made sense to run these things together?
- European Council: Statements (28 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Why are we supporting this ramping up of European military and defence investment? Should we not be speaking out against it? An annual increase in spending for the defence fund of €5.5 billion is being spoken about. Are we not speaking out against the development of a bigger arms industry? Is any concern being expressed about the huge sales of arms from a number of quarters to...
- European Council: Statements (28 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I forgot to wish the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, the best of luck in her new position. I referred to the discussion on infrastructure and third countries coming in and buying up infrastructure assets. The statement does not tell us very much. Will the Minister of State elaborate on the concerns and on our stance? It seems to suggest we were effectively defending the continued...
- European Council: Statements (28 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am quite amazed at the bland, anodyne, passionless statement we received from the Taoiseach about the challenges which face the European Union, some of which are dire and which include issues such as migration, global security and economic and social challenges. That bland, anodyne, passionless account, which says nothing at all about what was discussed at the European Council except in...
- European Council: Statements (28 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I hope we will all be shown the same latitude.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (28 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the changes he plans to implement in his Department. [29819/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (28 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: While I am aware that he ran out of time, he did not answer Deputy Gino Kenny's question regarding Charlotte Connolly. Given the life-threatening nature of her condition, she and her family deserve a response from the Government. In terms of changes in the Department of the Taoiseach and sub-committees that will be established, under the previous Taoiseach there was no education...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development (28 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on ongoing discussions between his Department, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company with regard to the future governance of the harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30188/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development (28 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the planned transfer of ownership of the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; if this transfer will be option one or two in the Harbours Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30189/17]
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I will share 20 minutes with Deputy Mick Barry. Deputy Howlin offered me a good lead-in to my opening comments by, once again, raising the spectre of populism, the evil it represents and the need to resist it at all costs. Populism is the danger we are facing, whatever it might be. "Populism" is an amorphous term if ever there was one. We are dealing with a problem of a judicial system...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Deputy implied that there is nothing wrong with political connections and that it is nonsense to suggest judges are recruited on the basis of political connections. I put it to him that it is complete nonsense to suggest that people who were appointed because of their connections to political parties or who, for that matter, were appointed by Governments are not in some way influenced by...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is slightly unconstitutional.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is in the public domain.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Trump loves the Russians so they will have that in common.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: What about Libyan, Somalian and Yemeni families?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach does it all the time. He does it all the time.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We condemn Cuba's human rights violations across the board.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Do not let the truth get in the way of a good soundbite.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: What is the truth?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order-----