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Other Questions: Property Taxation Administration (16 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Some €80 million of that amount is being spent on consultants.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2014 (16 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 19. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of recent ESRI analysis of budget 2014, which stated that the budget hit the lowest income bracket hardest, if he intends remedial measures or adjustments to the budget to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1656/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (16 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 29. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the recent acknowledgement to the EU Parliament in responses to its questionnaire on the troika programme that the lowest income bracket had been disproportionately affected by austerity measures under the programme, the policy measures he proposes to address this unfairness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1655/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are two commitments in the programme for Government which the Government has abandoned or completely failed to deliver on, the first of which, following on from Deputy Joe Higgins' question, is in the area of transparency and accountability. The democratic revolution, with a new openness and transparency, was central to the programme, as well as the Taoiseach’s speech when he...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will be brief. The Taoiseach committed in the programme for Government to end homelessness by 2016. He has failed abysmally on this commitment. The levels of homelessness have not improved one iota but are getting worse, facts confirmed by all agencies and individuals dealing with the problem, including Fr. Peter McVerry. What does the Taoiseach have to say about this? Far from...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes. I would like to know much the individuals were paid.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I referred to the transparency and accountability elements.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Consistency is a good thing, not a bad thing.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Do we know the hourly rates of the consultants? One hundred euro an hour.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Because council houses are not being built.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Because the housing list is 14 years long.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would welcome this as soon as possible.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government should build a few council houses.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (21 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 19. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent meetings he has had with Northern Ireland Executive representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53849/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (21 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I endorse the call for a debate on the North because there are many issues and we need some kind of regular space to discuss these. While we all want to see greater levels of all-Ireland co-operation and common work North and South, there are worrying signs that we are co-operating or echoing one another in the wrong areas. Last week, in the Royal Victoria Hospital there was a trolley...

European Council: Statements (21 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Sometimes it is sad when one's predictions are dramatically confirmed. The prediction made by those of us who opposed the Lisbon and Nice treaties and the Iraq war that Europe was moving towards becoming a corporate, militarised, imperial power - to use what some might consider the archaic language of the left - is dramatically confirmed by this European Council meeting. There is a huge...

European Council: Statements (21 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Direct answers to my questions would be very much appreciated. Does the Minister of State believe it is acceptable that the European Union is purchasing military hardware, including drones, from Israel, given its appalling human rights record? For that matter, does he believe it is acceptable that the Israeli military-industrial complex is being integrated into this European drive towards...

European Council: Statements (21 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can the Minister of State respond to my questions on Israel and drones?