Results 281-300 of 26,842 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

EU Accession (21 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Tánaiste not agree that we could take a leaf out of the Icelandic people's book in holding a referendum on our bank bailout? Icelandic voters were allowed to have their say and that gave their Government a stronger hand in negotiations on how to deal with their banking crisis. The demand of the people, expressed in two referenda, that the bondholders should pay some of the cost...

Human Rights Issues (21 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the Tánaiste's support and commitment for sanctions against the Burmese dictatorship and in support of Aung Sang Suu Kyi. As has been noted, she is an inspirational figure and her campaigning and that of her supporters have brought pressure to bear on Burma to an extent. However, I refer to the issue of consistency and double standards in another regard. Should the Government,...

Human Rights Issues (21 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I refer to hundreds of billions in arms sales. Should Ireland not demand clearly and unequivocally, within the European Union, sanctions against such regimes, as well as an end to arms sales?

Overseas Missions (21 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 11: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he attended or was represented at Ministerial or official level at the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Berlin on 14 April 2011; and if he will report on that meeting. [8809/11]

Overseas Missions (21 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is it appropriate that troops from a neutral country such as Ireland should be involved with NATO in Afghanistan in what is by any serious definition an aggressive military action headed up by the United States, Britain and other large powers in a conflict characterised by atrocious violence against a civilian population, including the use of drones to bomb civilian areas on the border with...

Overseas Missions (21 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and the elections that brought him to power were rigged? What are we doing there? Why have we troops in Afghanistan when we are supposed to be a neutral country? Why are we linked with the NATO military alliance, a US-led, aggressive, Cold War relic?

Telecommunications Services (21 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are always more of us present, though.

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (21 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 40: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will lend his support to the forthcoming second international peace flotilla to Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9014/11]

Appointments to State Boards (3 May 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In the context of the questions posed by Deputy Higgins, I will be interested in hearing the Taoiseach's comments on workers and service users. Will the proposals regarding reform of the process relating to appointments to State boards extend to dealing with the outrageous salaries paid to executives on such boards? These individuals are being paid hundreds of thousands of euro at a time...

Appointments to State Boards (3 May 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What about the salaries paid?

Departmental Officials' Remuneration (3 May 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Only the socialists called it right.

Euro Plus Pact (3 May 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the pact for the Euro agreed at the recent meeting of EU heads of State; the implications for member States in terms of their ability to decide their own economic policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6645/11]

Euro Plus Pact (3 May 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government has rightly and justifiably criticised the previous Government for its policy failures and actions which contributed to the property bubble and crash, the banking crisis and so on. However, while the Government may be able to excuse itself from what the previous Government did, it is signing up to a pact which will be as destructive of our democratic right to control our...

Euro Plus Pact (3 May 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I supported the revolution that led to the overthrow of the dictatorships in eastern Europe and support the democratic revolutions in the Arab world. It is precisely because of my commitment to democracy that I am worried about the pact for the euro, on which the Minister has not responded. This is not about his view of my ideological position but about whether there is a recognition on his...

Euro Plus Pact (3 May 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Was competitiveness not responsible for the banking crisis?

Euro Plus Pact (3 May 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: People's wages.

Order of Business (3 May 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would like to press the Taoiseach on whether there will be a debate-----

Order of Business (3 May 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Has a debate been promised on the health service, given the long overdue decision of the Minister to get rid of the HSE board which has made such a mess of the health service? Following that decision and the news a few days later that waiting lists were increasing again, will there be a debate on the escalating crisis in the health service?

Written Answers — Banking Sector: Banking Sector (3 May 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will name the bondholders of the Irish banks who were repaid between 29 September 2008 and to date in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9713/11]

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (3 May 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 90: To ask the Taoiseach the areas of policy on which he will answer questions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9682/11]