Results 441-460 of 26,842 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Official Engagements (24 May 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 34: To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed with Prime Minister Cameron the terms of the EU-IMF rescue package during the recent State visit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12617/11]
- Official Engagements (24 May 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Setting aside the fanfare and celebrations surrounding the Queen's visit, and following some commentary in newspapers on Sunday about what one might term the deeper political subtext to the meeting with the Prime Minister, Mr. Cameron, and the two State visits in general, it has been suggested there is a tactical or strategic shift taking place in our policy - towards the Anglo-American...
- Official Engagements (24 May 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It was shorter than Deputy Martin's.
- Official Engagements (24 May 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I put it to the Taoiseach that his response has confirmed what he described as my conspiracy theory, which was nothing more than commentary in the Sunday newspapers. Perhaps he was too busy to read the newspapers at the weekend. While I am open to correction, the Taoiseach appears to have indicated he did not discuss with the British Government the interest rate on the bilateral loan. I...
- Official Engagements (24 May 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am seeking clarification from the Taoiseach.
- Official Engagements (24 May 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have not been given a clear answer.
- Official Engagements (24 May 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach did not discuss the alleged intervention of Timothy Geithner on the issue of burning bondholders. If, as he informed the House, he only discussed the terms of the IMF-EU deal, is it not the case that we are grovelling before the United States and Britain in the hope-----
- Official Engagements (24 May 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: -----that we may obtain a small change in the interest rate on the IMF-EU deal?
- Official Engagements (24 May 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is that not a pathetic approach when we should be pointing out that Britain and, it appears, the United States and European Union-----
- Official Engagements (24 May 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: -----are all enforcing the gambling debts of bankers across Europe, including British bankers, on the backs of ordinary people in this country?
- Order of Business (24 May 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Given the leaks at the end of last week about the JLCs and REAs, and the possible contents of the review, and the fact the review is hanging like the sword of Damocles over the heads of hundreds of thousands of workers in this country, can the Taoiseach tell us if the Government has formulated its response to the review, when we will have a chance to debate it or what legislation might come...
- Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (24 May 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The centrepiece of the Bill is the pension levy. It is outrageous and economically stupid that we should attack the pensions savings of 750,000 workers and 65,000 pensioners, who are already struggling under the impact of the current crisis, and that this attack should take place to fund a jobs initiative that will do next to nothing to deal with the unemployment crisis and may significantly...
- Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (24 May 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It does not work.
- Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (24 May 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I gave three suggestions.
- Written Answers — Defence Forces Deployment: Defence Forces Deployment (24 May 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 308: To ask the Minister for Defence if he intends to continue the deployment of Irish military personnel in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12287/11]
- Official Engagements (25 May 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to the US; the persons with whom he met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10701/11]
- Official Engagements (25 May 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: If I understand the Taoiseach correctly, he has told the House that he met Timothy Geithner in March-----
- Official Engagements (25 May 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: He has. He met Timothy Geithner in March, he visited the United States again to discuss economic matters and he recently met the President of the United States. He knows, I know and the entire country knows that Ireland is on its knees as a result of the requirement placed on us to pay off the gambling debts of bankers and bondholders. Is the Taoiseach seriously telling the House that he...
- Official Engagements (25 May 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the Taoiseach telling the House that, despite the allegation, he gathered no knowledge in all of his meetings that this was the US Government's policy position on Ireland's economic situation? After the allegation was out in the open, did the Taoiseach ask President Obama about it? In the newspapers, he described the President as a political super star.
- Official Engagements (25 May 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Are we to take it that the Taoiseach was so star struck by his meeting with President Obama that he forgot about the most pressing issue facing this country and did not ask whether the US Government torpedoed our plan-----