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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No, I am not wrong in what I am saying about fatal foetal abnormalities.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach does not know what he is talking about.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is extraordinary.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach would want to check his facts.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: So would I.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In what is a very difficult and sensitive matter the Taoiseach needs to be informed of what he is talking about. There is no debate, dispute or controversy about Edwards syndrome, Patau syndrome or fatal foetal abnormalities. The view of doctors is conclusive, definitive and uncontested, that these conditions are incompatible with life. I know this among other things because I had a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is no uncertainty.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the introduction of this Bill. I commend the Minister of State and the departmental officials on producing this substantial legislation in an area that is complex, sensitive and vital for a huge range of people who will be affected by it, be they those who were born with incapacities or disabilities, those who developed them, or elderly people. Huge numbers of elderly people...

Bethany Home: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is inexplicable and frankly inexcusable that Government will not extend the redress and apology it finally and belatedly gave the survivors of the Magdalen laundries and other institutions where children or mothers suffered abuse to children who went through Bethany Home. It is unacceptable. It is very disappointing that the Government seems to be dancing around semantics, finding...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (11 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the costs of tax and PRSI relief for private pension provision for the years 2006 to date in 2013. [53234/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (11 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the cost of tax and PRSI relief for approved retirement funds from 2006 to date in 2013. [53235/13]

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments)(Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In my naïveté I used to think that public sector reform had something to do with improving the quality of public services. I have learnt definitively with this Government that it means nothing of the sort. This amendment seeks to slash the illness entitlement of public sector workers and amend a Bill that has already carved up the conditions of public sector workers. It comes on...

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have made general points around this issue in the previous debate but following on from the more specific aspects of this amendment, the figures the Minister gave were very revealing and confirm the argument I made to him earlier on this issue. The area where there is the highest level of absence through sickness is in the health service. That is no surprise. The percentage is higher,...

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do. That is exactly the point of being here.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is what we are supposed to do, that is, be conduits for the experiences of people outside the House and to bring those experiences into it and, if I might say, to puncture the bubble that sometimes exists around this House, so that the real human reality of how policy decisions made in here play out in real lives is brought back in here. Surely that is the point of democracy. I would...

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Fair enough. I will study the Minister's answers to these questions. As Deputy McDonald has said, illnesses like mental health conditions and depression arising from pregnancy have to be considered carefully. The same problem that applies to medical card discretion and probity could potentially apply in this area. I find it problematic that an onus is being put on people to prove how sick...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent meetings with the social partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40919/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 8. To ask the Taoiseach the social partners he has met recently; if he will report on these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47755/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A number of voluntary and community organisations and trade unions have made statements or published reports recently which stated that poverty and homelessness are worse than ever and that urgent action is needed. The Government has been very quick to engage with banks and developers. The Government is even encouraging property speculation again with these real estate investment trusts,...