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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach said he was interested in ideas-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We need an urgent discussion in which we can have ideas about how to deliver affordability in housing and rents.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [4029/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with disability will next meet. [4021/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I met a young mother this week who has a very serious precancerous condition. For six years, she obtained a cream called Imiquimod with her medical card. For no reason for which she can get an explanation, she is no longer able to get it. It has been taken off the primary care reimbursement scheme with no explanation. They only way she can get it now, apparently, is by paying €400...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 16. To ask the Taoiseach to provide an update on Housing for All. [2795/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The fact is that the market is proving incapable of delivering affordability for houses to buy or rent for large swathes of young and working people. That is the reality. There has been an uptick in the delivery of social housing. It has not been enough but we are beginning to see some progress, not least because the Government adopted a proposal we suggested, which was to start buying...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 26. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the Cabinet committees on which he sits. [4030/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the same issue, genocide is the worst crime that a human being, state or regime can commit. It is the unspeakable crime. Joe Biden has armed Israel to the teeth, specifically to support Israel's ability to continue the massacre for which it is now in the dock. Let us be clear that Israel is in the dock for genocide. The court has said there is a plausible case that it is guilty of...

International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The first thing I want to do is say that tomorrow at 5.30 p.m. a demonstration organised by anti-war and Palestine solidarity groups including Mothers Against Genocide, The Anti-war Movement, the Union of Students in Ireland, Irish Palestine Solidarity and many others will be assembling at the European Commission offices on Mount Street to march to Leinster House. They will be calling once...

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I commend Deputy Gino Kenny on his leadership on this critical issue in our society. The lack of leadership and courage on the part of the Government is depressing. Yet again, it wants to kick down the road a key issue of social change and the recognition of social reality, instead of doing the right thing. This is especially the case given the citizens' assembly has made the...

Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on the Bill. I want to express a little scepticism. I am open to the debate but a change of name for Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council and simply amalgamating them does not mean anything in and of itself in advancing our support for research and innovation. Most particularly, if it does not address the issue of core funding. ...

Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Darwin, indeed, as would Friedrich Engels. It might be worth noting thatDas Kapitalwas dedicated to Darwin, which is something people do not know-----

Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----that Karl Marx's greatest work was dedicated to Darwin. Engels pointed out in his fantastic pamphlet, The Part Played by Labour in the Transition from Ape to Man-----

Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It has a lot to do with it. Manual dexterity was actually the thing that created a dynamic interaction between the growth of the human brain so it was able to do things that no other species can do. That is the essence of research and innovation. If we boil that down to the issue of the poverty of our researchers, they cannot do very good research if they do not have a secure roof over...

International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 1: A. To insert the following after "urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance; and": "further notes that the ICJ has previously held that: — the obligation to prevent genocide requires States 'to employ all means reasonably available to them, so as to prevent genocide so far as possible'; — a state incurs responsibility for...