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Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a disaster.

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have stopped the bubble economy.

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Deputy would want to work on his maths.

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are enlightening them.

Written Answers — Household Debt: Household Debt (18 Apr 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the World Economic Outlook report entitled dealing with household debt, and the Icelandic model cited in this report, the measures he will put in place to deal with the mortgage crisis in this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19316/12]

Written Answers — European Banking Sector Regulation: European Banking Sector Regulation (18 Apr 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance if he discussed the growing credit crunch across the EU and the phenomena of European banks depositing funds with the ECB rather than lending into the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13953/12]

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I congratulate lone parent groups, particularly SPARK, on forcing the Minister to back down on the disgraceful proposal to cut lone parent payments once the youngest child reaches the age of seven years, proving once again the effectiveness of protest.

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to raise another issue with the Tánaiste. Will he explain how in 1995, when he produced this leaflet in the Dún Laoghaire constituency, and the mid-1980s, when he supported a boycott of water charges, he argued water charges were just another tax on workers? In the same leaflet he also opposed the introduction of a residential property tax. Will he explain how he is now planning...

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----at a time when so many are living in poverty as a result of the austerity being imposed on them?

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the Government not being entirely dishonest or ignorant-----

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is unbelievable.

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I fully expected it. Is the Government not being-----

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Leas-Cheann Comhairle quell the mob?

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will make a few placards for him which he can bring with him when he next comes in for Leaders' Questions.

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the Government not being entirely dishonest or ignorant in its assertion that water metering and charges will not lead to the privatisation of water services when the EU treaties which the Labour Party, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil supported and for which they advocated a "Yes" vote make it absolutely clear - I refer to Articles 106 and 107 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European...

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----leading inevitably to the deregulation of those markets and the privatisation of services? That is the reality. Once charges are introduced, privatisation follows. It is a requirement of EU law.

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Tánaiste be honest with the people that following the introduction of water charges, the Government is planning the privatisation of water services?

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I agree entirely with the Tánaiste that the real issue is the decrepit nature of our water infrastructure and the need to repair and rehabilitate it, but unless water meters have developed new capacities that I do not fully understand-----

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----how will the installation of water meters result in the decontamination or rehabilitation of the decrepit waterpipe infrastructure? Water meters do not have that effect. They have one effect only, that is, to allow the Government to charge for the provision of water. Why is the Government going to waste a year and a half installing water meters instead of putting thousands of people to...

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Private companies will be able to take the Government to court if it does not allow for open, private competition in the area of water services if it becomes a revenue producing service. The only way to prevent the privatisation of water is not to charge for it and to fund the rehabilitation of our public services through progressive taxation on wealth and income.