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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Protection (24 Apr 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What does the Minister intend to do about that, and what measures will she put in place to ensure it cannot happen again?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Protection (24 Apr 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The person I quoted complained to the Department of Social Protection on 21 March. It is now 24 April. The Minister says she is considering the complaint made. How long does it take to consider this matter and adjudicate on it? It appears to me to be a cut and dried case of abuse by, I repeat, a company that has a major contract with a local authority and is profiting from the contract...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Protection (24 Apr 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: More needs to be done to monitor this scheme. Will there be prosecutions of firms that have abused the scheme?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Protection (24 Apr 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They all came from employees.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Protection (24 Apr 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It has nothing to do with Trotsky. It is about four people who lost their jobs.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Protection (24 Apr 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister should have some respect for them.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Protection (24 Apr 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Talk to the employees.

Other Questions: Rent Support Schemes (24 Apr 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 6. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering revising the rent caps in urban areas in view of the recent reports that rents are increasing in urban areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18803/13]

Other Questions: Rent Support Schemes (24 Apr 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have finally heard some good news.

Other Questions: Rent Support Schemes (24 Apr 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I hope it really is good news. I am glad the rent limits are being reviewed. It could not have come a moment too soon. I ask the Minister to consider a random sample from daft.ie of rents in the south Dublin area. In the case of bedsits, there is not a single rental property in south Dublin that is available today under or on the cap the Minister is proposing. This is causing havoc for...

Other Questions: Rent Support Schemes (24 Apr 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I agree it is an improvement to move rent supplementation to local government, for all of the reasons outlined by the Minister, particularly in terms of people seeking employment. I agree also that the long-term solution to this, or even the medium-term solution, is a major social housing programme, which would be better value for everybody and would far better secure the wants and...

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (24 Apr 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In the past week or so a local newspaper in County Wicklow reported on what can only be described as a secret meeting involving the Tánaiste and senior administrators and medical personnel from St. Vincent's and Loughlinstown hospitals. It was also attended by Deputies from County Wicklow and the Labour Party Senator Aideen Hayden. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the...

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (24 Apr 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister of State's response is not satisfactory. Virtually every month for the past year and a half I have asked what is happening in regard to the reconfiguration of services in this area and about the possible downgrading of accident and emergency services at Loughlinstown hospital. I have been told time and again by the Minister, Deputy Reilly, that the report is imminent but it has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (24 Apr 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider setting up a pilot project in primary and secondary schools to start coding clubs with the aim of incorporating coding skills into the national curriculum. [19206/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities Appointments (24 Apr 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with regards to the new Commercial Executive Officer that has been appointed to Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company, the place in which the details of the job were advertised; the selection process; and the amount the new officer is being paid. [19203/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities Staff (24 Apr 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the persons, if any, employed within his Department or within the Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company to work on the Diaspora Centre project; the selection process for the job; and the salary details. [19204/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Issues (24 Apr 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the guidelines for the placing of mobile speed cameras. [19205/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (24 Apr 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the representatives of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council for their attendance. I always find our engagements interesting. The council's reports contain weeks of reading. The information is always interesting. I want to follow up on the questions asked by Deputy Humphreys by asking about alternatives that could be considered. I apologise for not being here for the entire meeting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (24 Apr 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not asking the witnesses to agree with me. I am merely asking whether we should be looking at these scenarios.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (24 Apr 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would like to elaborate on this question a little. Maybe others would like to comment. I take Dr. Donovan's point. The lines begin to get very blurry when one examines the matter a little. It seems to me that the council believes it has a role in examining what might happen if we do not make the adjustment. It considers whether we might meet certain targets. The issue of unemployment...