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- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (27 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach is doing so deliberately. The former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern used to do that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (27 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach should not be engaging in the same carry-on.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (27 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach suggested earlier that Ireland was much better off than Greece despite the fact that, unlike Greece, we have no write-down of our debt. In this regard, he cited the disastrous consequences of austerity for Greece. Is it not the case that the reality is the other way around? Europe was forced to give a write-down to Greece, recognising the disastrous consequences of austerity...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (27 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not suggesting that. I am saying we should stop before we get there.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Semi-State Sector Remuneration (27 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of the number of semi State and State agency executives and employees on an agency by agency basis that have salaries of more than €100,000 per year; if he will provide this information in tabular form, detailing any additional allowances, bonuses and the annual cost to the Exchequer of any pension packages to such employees, in terms of...
- European Council: Statements (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The entire strategy of the European Union, endorsed from what I can see by the Government, has been to recapitalise and repay banks, to make them more profitable, to focus on them all of the time and to pay for this by means of austerity, supposedly in the name of competitiveness and efficiency. Is there any recognition on the Government's part or that of European leaders that this is just...
- European Council: Statements (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is hardly an even conflict.
- Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: My remarks will be in a similar vein to Deputy Doherty's. I acknowledge that we had a constructive engagement on Committee Stage with regard to the amendments that we tabled largely on behalf of the Irish League of Credit Unions. Generally speaking, the Minister indicated a willingness to deal with the concerns raised by the credit union movement and to bring forward his own amendments in...
- Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Likewise with amendments Nos. 3 to 5, inclusive, in my name.
- Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We discussed this issue on Committee Stage and while I do not want to elongate the debate unnecessarily, I feel particularly strongly about this point because it relates to the bigger macroeconomic picture. We are in dire need of a stimulus and investment. The credit union movement wishes to ensure there is no impediment to its members investing money in a way that could be beneficial to...
- Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Whatever we may think on this side of the House, the Government often pleads that it does not have the money it needs for the investment and stimulus programme we would like to see. With the credit union movement, we have an institution with money which wants to assist the State and its citizens in stimulating the economy by backing projects that would create jobs and pay social dividends....
- Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have an amendment down as well.
- Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am a mover as well.
- Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is it only the mover of the first-----
- Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, when am I supposed to move my amendment?
- Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The amendments before the House, which are of the same nature, relate to what has been termed "shared banking". The Irish League of Credit Unions is well aware of the need to protect the funds of credit union members and to ensure the necessary infrastructure is in place to support any move towards the provision of shared services to members. Obviously, there is no question of running into...
- Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The points have been made but I will put one other argument. The Minister of State could call me a conspiracy theorist.
- Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is highly likely that the commercial retail banking system would not be enamoured by the idea that credit unions could offer a greater level of shared services for members. We are talking about front-office services not back-office services. I accept the Minister of State’s point that there is no obstacle to the latter currently. This is about credit unions, through sharing...
- Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Do we move an amendment and then withdraw it? Is that how it works?
- Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Has amendment No. 8 been moved?