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Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It does speak to the Bill.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I just explained how the Minister’s main argument against the Bill is to defend creditors.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Members opposite are cynical, petty politicians who do not give a hoot about the people they claim to represent. They dismiss positive suggestions and will not even allow them to be discussed further. They have also dismissed out of hand suggestions we might examine a regime of differential rates to give a break to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have made umpteen submissions.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a pity the Minister keeps interrupting me. The Government’s response was sad but predictable.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice Issues (5 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 23. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be an inquiry into the death of a baby (details supplied) in Dalkey in 1973 and the circumstances surrounding the death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5354/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (5 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I accept that the committee has little choice but to respond to the petitioner indicating that the petition is closed. In the intervening time since Ms Halpin, on behalf of the Save our Seafront campaign, submitted her petition, the group's aim has been achieved in that Providence Resources has been forced to withdraw its application. The Government has indicated that the maritime area and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (5 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I commend Mr. Smyth on bringing this proposal to the committee. Most people agree there was reckless lending by financial institutions, that these practices landed individuals and the country as a whole in a great deal of trouble and that legislation should be introduced to criminalise the type of behaviour that did so much damage. I accept, however, that the request for such legislation...

County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government is nothing if not consistent in its determination to apply neoliberal economic doctrine to dealing with the plight of the economy in its approach to trying to create jobs. That doctrine is pretty simple and has been applied consistently by the current Administration as it was by the previous Government, albeit with minor tinkering. However, the broad strokes of the policy the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (11 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I agree with that proposal and I will be interested to see what the Taoiseach has to say about it. I offer another proposal for a referendum which is rather simple, that is, to change the wording in the Constitution relating to natural resources from the current wording which refers to "the State" owning the resources to "the people" owning the resources. In fact, that was the wording in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (11 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This was discussed already and it is related to referendums.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (11 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It was discussed already, it is related to referendums and you did not pull anyone else up on it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (11 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As with others, I shared the disgust that public money was handed over to an organisation that wants to deny equality to same-sex couples and people with a different sexual orientation. That decision was made on the basis of fears of litigation. The Taoiseach has said in respect of the necessity of holding a referendum and not legislating straightaway on these matters that there are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (11 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Forests

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (11 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Our oil into their pockets.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (11 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can we see the legal advice?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (11 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 6. To ask the Taoiseach the date of the most recent meeting of the Economic Management Council. [4932/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (11 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No country does.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (11 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The cover-up about what is really happening with Ireland's corporate tax rate has to end. We need an open, honest, transparent and comprehensive debate about what is really happening with the corporate tax rate. An eminent Trinity professor of finance has flatly and completely disagreed with the repeated assertions by the Government, the Minister for Finance and the Taoiseach that the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (11 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What about the ceramics firm with 60 employees?