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Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (29 Mar 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Hear, hear.

Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (29 Mar 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This debate is not primarily about Deputy Lowry. Given the amount of speaking time he has been given, I find it slightly frustrating that he cannot be bothered to stay to hear what the rest of us have to say on these issues.

Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (29 Mar 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This debate is about the credibility of the entire political system, which has been battered as a result of a series of scandals which have revealed the rotten relationship between politics and big business. Like most people, I feel that the rotten relationship in question has contributed to the desperate situation in which we now find ourselves. People want to know that things have...

Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (29 Mar 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Do we not also have to address a more systemic problem in terms of selling State assets in a competitive market driven by profit? Should we not draw from the series of scandals of this nature, as well as the banking crisis and the global crisis, the lesson that where a society and an economy driven by profit puts public assets on the market, the political system is inevitably corrupted?

Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (29 Mar 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is that not the issue we have to address? The last thing we should do is sell State assets to pay off the bad gambling debts of speculators and developers, as is proposed in the programme for Government.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Mar 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of returning Irish citizens who have applied for means tested social welfare schemes; the number that have been refused on the grounds of not satisfying the habitual residence condition and further in the case of applications being refused, the number of these decisions that are being made by the deciding officers in social...

Social Partnership (30 Mar 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Taoiseach agree that while the idea of social partnership sounds like a good and fair idea, the reality of social partnership during the past 20 or 30 years has favoured employers and the wealthy over workers to a great extent? For example, the Taoiseach may or may not be aware of the share of national wealth that has gone to wages and salaries as against the share that has gone to...

Social Partnership (30 Mar 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It has a more general point or question to it. Does the Taoiseach see it as his objective to change a situation whereby an employer could do this to workers, some of whom have worked for 38 years in a shoe shop, serving the people? This could happen and other employers could develop the confidence to do this.

Social Partnership (30 Mar 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Should we not enact legislation which will ensure that workers cannot be treated like this by their employers? Perhaps the Taoiseach will examine that particular instance.

Employment Rights (30 Mar 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Could I ask a supplementary question?

Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (30 Mar 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to pass on a request for the Minister to give-----

Universal Service Charge: Motion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can I have slightly longer because Deputy Wallace took less time than expected?

Universal Service Charge: Motion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Thank you, Chairman. One of the Government spokespersons described the USC as an anomaly and said it was not perfect. That is an unbelievable understatement in view of the reality of the USC. I hope it is not, but I fear it is, an indication of a lack of intention on the part of the Government to reverse the charge, perhaps watering it down or diluting it instead. The USC is not an...

Universal Service Charge: Motion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the Minister reading Deputy Lenihan's speech?

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Mar 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reverse any of the welfare cuts imposed by the previous Government in the areas of disability payments, child benefit, rent allowance and jobseeker's payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6028/11]

Written Answers — Trade Agreements: Trade Agreements (30 Mar 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the details of any trade agreements between Ireland and the Gadaffi regime in Libya and the volume of trade between Libya and Ireland; the status of same in view of the current crisis in that country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6026/11]

Written Answers — Trade Agreements: Trade Agreements (30 Mar 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the details of any trade or other agreements between Ireland and the Gulf states of Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait or Saudi Arabia; and if same should be suspended in view of the repression being visited by those states on pro-democracy movements and activists, and their more general denial of basic civil rights to their citizens....

Written Answers — Energy Security: Energy Security (30 Mar 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding contracts and other arrangements for oil imports to this country from Libya, in view of the crisis there and Ireland's dependence on imported Libyan oil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5849/11]

Banks Recapitalisation and Restructuring: Statements (31 Mar 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We know how to be brief.

Banks Recapitalisation and Restructuring: Statements (31 Mar 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Last February, the current Minister for Finance rightly stated that it was neither morally right nor economically sustainable for taxpayers to be asked to beggar themselves to make massive profits for speculators. This is the moment in which the Government betrayed the aspirations of the people who voted for it. Precisely that which the Minister said was unsustainable and morally wrong he...