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- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (28 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is addiction that is doing it. In my area it is addiction.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the French President since his re-election. [30725/22]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The recent French presidential and assembly elections confirmed the absolute crisis in the cost of living that is sweeping Europe. Interestingly, even Macron's government, which is widely discredited among very significant layers of French people, some of whose disillusionment I am glad has led to success for radical left forces around the NUPES coalition but, more worryingly, has also seen...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We do.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Rubbish.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (28 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 25. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [30839/22]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (28 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The overwhelming votes for marriage equality and repeal of the eighth amendment were a statement that people do not believe the Catholic Church should decide about people's sexual lives, their identities or women's right to control their own bodies, yet the Government continues to defer to the Catholic Church by allowing it to control much of our health service and most of our education...
- Emergency Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Deputy Doherty and Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion, which we support completely. We urgently need an emergency budget to address a crisis that is absolutely crushing hundreds of thousands of people in this country. Working people, pensioners, students and people on low and middle incomes are being absolutely crucified. The Government is being very dishonest in its...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Newsflash - Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council just confirmed to me in the last few minutes that there are no family placements for people who are in need of emergency accommodation anywhere in Dublin. It is the first time this has ever happened. For Niamh and Anthony, a working couple both of whom are working, and their two children who are just finishing up school this week, this...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Please do not interrupt me.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I would like an explanation from the Minister of State. There is a load of amendments that have nothing whatsoever to do with the Bill that was originally discussed in the Dáil. The expression we use is that they are outside the scope of the Bill. They are completely outside of the scope of the Bill that was discussed here and they just appeared. The Minister of State might tell me...
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a joke anyway. We only have half an hour.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: If we get one amendment done we, will be lucky.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: This is a totally-----
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I would like to hear the Minister of State first.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I just find this extraordinary. The Minister of State is telling us he cannot answer the questions about these amendments to the Residential Tenancies Act that we have never debated in the Dáil and that are contained in building control legislation. The Minister of State who is taking the session does not know the answers. That is a joke of legislation. It absolutely makes a sham of...
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is sharp practice.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not blaming the Acting Chairman.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: But just for the record, if we try to introduce amendments to a Bill that are outside its scope, we are laughed out of the room. We are not even given explanations. They are just ruled out of order, full stop. We are told this has nothing to do with the Bill. Now we have a whole load of them that are outside the scope of the Bill.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: He is speaking on the amendment.