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Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rates Application (18 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the increase in commercial water charges next year when Irish Water add VAT to the bills, his plans to ensure that small and struggling businesses avoid this increase. [38443/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (18 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 435. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the Kill O'Grange Garda Station; and if he will consider it being used by local community and or sporting groups. [38442/13]

Order of Business (19 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: When can we expect to see the Taxi Regulation Bill 2012?

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Technical Group were the first people to raise this issue and to table a motion in the Dáil in April 2011. Nothing has been done about the crisis since and it has become worse. People have been clinging on for the past two years. It is evident to me and many other Members that the crisis is coming to a head. The Government’s strategy has demonstrably failed. The banks...

Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will explain it to Deputy Buttimer in a while.

Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have to say that Deputy Buttimer deserves ten out of ten for brass neck and loyalty to the party line when it comes to trying to put a positive spin on what is, frankly, a scandal and part of the looting of public resources. There is no other word for it. The Deputy said that most of Bord Gáis is going to stay in public ownership, but this Bill is about putting public resources into...

An Appreciation of the Life and Work of Seamus Heaney: Statements (24 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am privileged to be able to join in this tribute to Seamus Heaney. I pass on my sympathies and commiseration to Marie and all his family. I pay tribute to the Government for facilitating these statements. It is a great thing to spend a little time thinking about poetry and writing in the Parliament. We would do well if, before we came in to start our political day, we read the lines of...

An Appreciation of the Life and Work of Seamus Heaney: Statements (24 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----which is about dealing with human suffering, that is, starting from that point and trying to do something about it. Seamus Heaney was a giant in both Irish world poetry and to try to do justice in words to someone who was a master of words is quite intimidating. Anything Members say in this Chamber will be poor tribute to the enormous poetic and literary achievement of Seamus Heaney...

An Appreciation of the Life and Work of Seamus Heaney: Statements (24 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, but he yearned for the republic of conscience, as the Minister stated.

An Appreciation of the Life and Work of Seamus Heaney: Statements (24 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Moreover, I actually do live in the real world. I think we all live in our different real worlds. I also recall the debate in college about the relationship between politics and literature and there always were people who thought writers should be more engaged with the Northern conflict in particular. While this of course is not a place to rehearse that interesting debate, Seamus Heaney...

An Appreciation of the Life and Work of Seamus Heaney: Statements (24 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Absolutely. He also took positions on things that mattered to him and got involved in them. He was a supporter of the anti-apartheid movement. He took a stand on the issue of protecting the Hill of Tara when the motorway was being built through it and he of course wrote the poem, From the Republic of Conscience, as his contribution to International Human Rights Day and was a supporter of...

Private Members' Business - Cuts in Education: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Any further education cuts are completely inexcusable. It is not just that we cannot and should not cut any further, we should urgently reverse the cuts that have been made to the education budget which amount to €170 million over the last two years. The Minister should reverse them and increase the amount of money we spend on education. Anything less than an increase in education...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (24 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 523. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that there is a waiting list in excess of 200, if there is a specific date for the hiring of five nursing personnel and three EEG technicians needed in the Epilepsy Monitoring Units in Cork University Hospital, two bed unit and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, four bed unit, to provide a round the clock in-patient service; and if he will make...

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: At this point I bristle when I hear the words, public sector reform.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: And you, Minister, are constantly heckling.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Hold on, Chair.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Hold on, Chair.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He heckled.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is disgraceful bias by the Chair.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Disgraceful.