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Energy Security and Climate Change Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Feb 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Do not forget the oil rig in Dublin Bay either.

Energy Security and Climate Change Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Feb 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is plenty of room over here.

Energy Security and Climate Change Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Feb 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are all leaders.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): G8 Summit (12 Feb 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on any discussions he has had with British Prime Minister, David Cameron, regarding the upcoming G8 summit in Fermanagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4037/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): G8 Summit (12 Feb 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Taoiseach the involvement he will have with the upcoming G8 summit in Fermanagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4039/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): G8 Summit (12 Feb 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The G8 is the embodiment of the gross economic and political inequalities in the world today. These eight countries have 16% of the world's population but 66% of its wealth. The decisions they make affect billions of people around the world who have no right to make an input into these conferences. That being said, as a result of pressure from the public, people like President Obama and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): G8 Summit (12 Feb 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was thinking that might be a good idea but of course if he was to do that, he would have to decide not to sell them, as he is planning to do. Otherwise, he might have to ask the Chinese President for permission to go for a walk in the State forests and to take the G8 leaders for a walk in them too.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): G8 Summit (12 Feb 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach is the only one who believes that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): G8 Summit (12 Feb 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The pixie heads have a very bad reputation on this issue.

Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Last week in the early hours of the morning, the Taoiseach nailed the citizens of this country legally to the cross of Anglo Irish Bank's debts for decades to come, ramming the Bill through in the dead of night.

Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It has been suggested that there will be a guillotine on the motion on this matter this week despite the fact that the Taoiseach promised last week that there would be no guillotine and that anybody who wished to speak on it would be allowed to do so. I ask the Taoiseach to remove any plans to impose a guillotine on that motion.

Promissory Notes: Motion (12 Feb 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is me and then Joe and Stephen, or Deputies Donnelly and Higgins. The stroke pulled by the Government last week is not a victory for the citizens of this State. On the contrary, with this manoeuvre, the Government has fully and comprehensively nailed the citizens of this country to the cross of Anglo Irish Bank's gambling debts for decades to come. Claiming this action as a triumph is...

Promissory Notes: Motion (12 Feb 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is Deputy Higgins and myself.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (12 Feb 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the possible designation of the area from Rockabill to Dalkey Island as a special area of conservation by the Department Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, if he will ensure the protection of fishing jobs in the area; and if he will give assurance to the local fishermen that they will receive letters of comfort with regards to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (12 Feb 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service figures for visa applications from Russia and Turkey for 2011 and 2012, in terms of type of visa applied for; the purpose of the visit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6835/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (12 Feb 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide all details of cuts and changes to ambulance services across the country since his appointment, including the rationale for the areas chosen for implementing changes or cuts; the planned savings to his Department of these changes; the actual savings to his Department; and the resulting changes in the response time to ECHO and DELTA calls that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (12 Feb 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that there is no ambulance service in north Kildare between 7.00am and 7.00pm on a Thursday since September 2012, if ECHO and DELTA calls on Thursdays in this area are being responded to in the Health Information and Quality Authority recommended timeframe of 19 minutes [7003/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (12 Feb 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for cutting the North Kildare Ambulance Service on Thursdays between 7.00am and 7.00pm; and if there is any other ambulance area in the country with a population of 100,000 that has a 12 hour period on a weekly basis in which there is no ambulance service [7004/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Feb 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was referred to Crumlin Hospital, Dublin, nine months ago and recently his parents received a letter informing them that the waiting list is so long that he will not be even put on it [7174/13]

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Some of us were less than impressed last week with the hype with great fanfare around the so-called deal on the promissory notes. Some 100,000 people took to the streets at the weekend who clearly did not believe much had changed for them. This morning Professor Patrick Honohan, the Governor of the Central Bank, reminded us that household financial distress was at extraordinary and...