Results 2,501-2,520 of 26,843 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Who is getting that contract?
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: My heart is very much in the debate about the fiscal treaty. I hope the Taoiseach will answer directly the questions I have for him. At the outset of the referendum campaign, the Taoiseach said the "No" side would raise issues external to the treaty. Exactly the opposite has taken place. The Taoiseach and the Government have discussed everything except what is actually in the treaty, its...
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: What cuts will be required to meet the debt targets in the treaty?
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: What will the impact be on all these forecasts if the Government's current growth projections are too optimistic? How much larger will the cuts be?
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Most important, who will the Government cut and tax? Will there be more property taxes, water charges, health cuts, special needs cuts, education cuts or more sales of natural resources?
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach should show us the cuts, tell us who will feel the pain and how much pain they will feel to meet the targets of the fiscal treaty which the Government is promoting.
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I said "national debt".
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: No, I have not.
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach does not know. What is the structural deficit?
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That was a master class in political deflection of which Bertie Ahern would be proud. The new Teflon Taoiseach has arrived. The Taoiseach's definition of "structural deficit" is extraordinary but I would like him to repeat it to ensure we all understand it.
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: He said the structural deficit was in the cyclical between the growth and the decline of the economy. That is the Taoiseach's definition of "structural deficit", and that is the target we must meet according to this treaty. That is not an explanation.
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I asked the Taoiseach simple questions because this is on what we are voting, and it is compelling us to meet those targets. What are the targets?
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: What will the structural deficit be in the year we exit the EU-IMF programme? Going on the Government's figures, what cuts will be required to meet those targets? What will the national debt be in the year we exit the EU-IMF programme? What cuts will be required to meet the debt to GDP ratio targets in that year and in the following year? The Taoiseach has those figures. What will be the...
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Taoiseach answer those questions? Who will he cut to meet those targets? Which sections of society will be cut? Will it be the unemployed, workers' incomes, special needs or the vulnerable in society? Who will the Taoiseach cut? Will he answer the question?
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Cuts.
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach will not give us the figures on the cuts.
- Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach his views on progress made in the implementation of the Programme for Government after a year in office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11241/12]
- Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to review or change any aspect of the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11242/12]
- Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach committed in the programme for Government to protecting the vulnerable and to burden sharing on an equitable basis. The programme also placed a big priority on job creation. Yesterday in Athlone, a man who worked for 30 years in a small business but who recently lost the business challenged the Taoiseach about the Government's policies, and was told by the Taoiseach that "You...
- Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Those are fine words, but does the Taoiseach seriously believe that it is appropriate to tell a man who has worked for 30 years in a small business, and who only recently lost that business, that he looks like a man who could do with a day's work, in response to him expressing his concerns about the impact of austerity policies? Does the Taoiseach not think that was a serious error of...