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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin regarding dental surgery [39216/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin [39217/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin [39218/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Merger (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is currently considering a merger of Dun Laoghaire harbour with Dublin Port or into Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council or any other merger of the harbour; and if so, the stage these negotiations are at. [39283/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities Membership (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the report in a newspaper (details supplied) regarding a pay rise for the CEO of Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company. [39284/12]
- Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (19 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Like other speakers, I welcome the Bill. The Government has been positive in putting what is clearly substantial work into this Bill, which is long overdue. It is over 100 years since the primary legislation in this area was put on the Statute Book in 1911. We are long overdue in updating that legislation to ensure a greater level of protection for animals and put in place controls to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion with Irish League of Credit Unions (19 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The figure relates to the whole island.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion with Irish League of Credit Unions (19 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the delegation for the extremely illuminating explanation of what is going on in the credit unions and how the legislation will have an effect. I have learned much from it, which I appreciate. I would also like to echo the general commendation that people have given the credit union movement for what it does as a model of providing financial services to the community and ordinary...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion with Irish League of Credit Unions (19 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: In that regard, if the concerns are not taken on board, is there a real threat to the credit union movement? Given how reasonable the concerns are and how they revolve around the core ethos of the credit union movement, which has been an example of how to run financial services, why on earth would anybody propose legislation that could possibly damage it or have an adverse effect? That is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion with Irish League of Credit Unions (19 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: They may know more than we do because they have been through the process. Perhaps they are being a bit coy in telling us what the difficulty is. They are the people running the credit union movement and having expressed these concerns, they have said the concerns were not adequately taken on board in the draft legislation. I am wondering what the problem is, or is it anticipated there will...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion with Irish League of Credit Unions (19 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I understand that. I am getting the vibe in the committee-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion with Irish League of Credit Unions (19 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am wondering if the vibes match the reality that we are confronting. If the concerns were not taken on board in the drafting of the legislation, what possible objections could anybody have to the delegation's requests? I do not understand why it cannot be a straightforward matter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion with Irish League of Credit Unions (19 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I hope so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion with Irish League of Credit Unions (19 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I understand that perfectly, and I do not wish to pre-judge this process. If everything turns out as positively as it sounds in the committee, we will be fine. In some legislation we can experience sharp differences of opinion about what is good for certain areas. I am convinced by what the Irish League of Credit Unions has said about what is needed in this legislation to protect the ethos...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion with Irish League of Credit Unions (19 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Irish League of Credit Unions did not respond to one aspect of my question. Perhaps they are being cautious in providing answers. How serious will the problem be for credit unions if their concerns are not reflected in the final legislation and it is not amended to meet them?
- Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Last year, we saw an unprecedented public revolt and mass boycott against the unjust household charge the Government imposed. Faced with that revolt, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government went into hiding for a period but the Government finally admitted that the charge was unfair and unjust and promised something fairer. In recent weeks, it is becoming clear,...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Tánaiste should not insult the people of this country by suggesting that the more than 1 million households that refused to pay the household charge before the deadline his Government set on 31 March earlier this year did so simply because we advised them to do it, they did it because they recognised it was an unjust and unfair charge. As a result of that boycott and revolt, the...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We want to see a wealth tax. This is my question-----
- Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Why does this Government not levy taxes on those who can afford it rather than continuing to hammer those who cannot? They are hanging on by their fingernails and being driven into poverty because the Government's determination to bail out the banks and protect the super wealthy.
- Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: A Cheann Comhairle-----