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Home Help and Home Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I propose to share time with Deputies Thomas Pringle, Luke 'Ming' Flanagan and Tom Fleming. The Government has talked continuously about health care reform and its determination to reform the public health service. Some of us believe reform is, for the most part, a euphemism for cuts and austerity. There is no clearer example of where this is the case than what the Government is doing to...

Home Help and Home Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Minister reverse the cuts then?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Nuclear Disarmament Initiative (17 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on sanctions on Iran with regard to UN Chapter VII, article 39, which the Security Council used to impose sanctions under article 41 (details supplied) and in the absence of a threat to the peace determination, his views on the Security Council adopting binding measures; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (17 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the funding that has previously been available to Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council for a traveller dedicated social worker is still available; and if not, the reason it has been cut. [45366/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (17 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is funding to all local authorities for dedicated traveller social workers; and if these positions are statutory. [45367/12]

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We must move quickly. Thankfully, this is not an issue that affects my constituency of Dún Laoghaire. However, I want to show my full solidarity with and extend my support for the thousands of families and householders who are affected by this pyrite disaster and tell them that if there is anything I can do, I will be very happy to do it. It is a double whammy for the families and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Harbour Authorities (18 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Minister for his reply. I welcome the fact the representatives of the harbour company will appear before a an Oireachtas committee. The anger felt by the workforce in the harbour company is extreme. Five members of staff were made redundant at the beginning of 2011, the chief executive officer is seeking pay cuts of between 30% and 40% from the workforce and the entire harbour...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Harbour Authorities (18 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I agree that the future of the harbour company is the major concern for the people of Dún Laoghaire and certainly for the workforce. I accept this is a legacy issue which the Minister has inherited. Any reasonable person would say this is an unacceptably high level of remuneration for top executives who appear to give themselves unspecified payments of very large amounts and increasing...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Harbour Authorities (18 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the harbour company be retained or brought back under council control, Dublin Port control or directly under the Department?

Other Questions: Departmental Agencies (18 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) has received any director's fees from November 2011 to June 2012 in view of reports that he has not attended meetings over this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45200/12]

Other Questions: Departmental Agencies (18 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Minister for his reply. These concerns arise as a result of the extreme pressure on harbour workers, a couple of whom are in the Visitors Gallery today. For example, four of the nine harbour policemen have been put on one week a month temporary lay-off for an indefinite period because the company says it does not have the money to pay them, which is a major hit for those...

Other Questions: Departmental Agencies (18 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the Minister's response, with which I agree wholeheartedly. Given that the Minister is reviewing this situation - I can tell from the tone of his responses that he takes these issues seriously - how can we, as public representatives, best put forward our suggestions to him in regard to how this regime could be changed? I put it to the Minister that given the threat to the amenity...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities (18 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the overpayment of expenses to a person (details supplied) by the Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company, if he will confirm the amount the person was overpaid and if this money has been returned to the Harbour Company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45199/12]

Other Questions: National Asset Management Agency (23 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have raised this issue on a number of occasions but I still cannot obtain a straight answer. The Minister of State is not answering the question that has been put to her. Why has NAMA only managed to identify 2,000 suitable units out of a possible 340,000 empty units? Those 2,000 units are not going to help reduce the numbers on the housing lists. Why is the Minister of State expanding...

Other Questions: National Asset Management Agency (23 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: From where are we getting the money to pay out €580 million each year?

Other Questions: National Asset Management Agency (23 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We could build a great many houses if we used the €580 million.

Other Questions: National Asset Management Agency (23 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am painfully aware of it.

Other Questions: National Asset Management Agency (23 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are NAMA.

Other Questions: Property Taxation (23 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the Minister's responsibility for the environment, community and local government or trying to get blood out of a stone? He will not be able to get €400 or €500 from the 1.8 million people who have less than €100 left after they pay their bills each month. Perhaps the Thornhill report might enlighten us on how this will be done. Will the Minister explain how those who...

Other Questions: Property Taxation (23 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We favour a wealth tax on millionaires. I will explain our position during statements on the economy tomorrow.