Results 641-660 of 26,842 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Cabinet Sub-Committees (21 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am trying to get clarification about the national economic advisory council.

Cabinet Sub-Committees (21 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am trying to establish if it is a Cabinet sub-committee.

Cabinet Sub-Committees (21 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My question is about sub-committees. Is it a sub-committee?

Cabinet Sub-Committees (21 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I just want to know if it is a sub-committee.

Cabinet Sub-Committees (21 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a question about sub-committees.

Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Briefly, on the same issue, I add my voice to the appeal to such a debate. Could that debate also include the issue of State assets and what the Government plans to do with them?

Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Before the EU and IMF come here in July, surely Members have the right to discuss what is on the table in respect of public assets to be handed over to pay off the bankers.

Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I recently met the parents of a disabled child who is a ward of court and I was quite shocked when I was acquainted with the situation of wards of court. They have no rights whatsoever and are governed by legislation that dates back-----

Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----to the 1870s. The Government's legislative programme lists the mental capacity Bill but in many cases, wards of court who are quite intellectually capable have no right to vote, no right to marry and are termed in some legislation as "idiots". This is appalling and I appeal to the Taoiseach to bring the mental capacity Bill forward as quickly as possible because the is outrageous.

Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (21 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the promised review on licensing arrangements for oil and gas exploration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15887/11]

European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Taoiseach tell our European counterparts at the European Council meeting that the IMF deal and the demands of the ECB, in its determination that ordinary working people and the vulnerable in our society should pay the gambling debts of bankers, speculators and the super-wealthy, is grossly unfair and is worsening the economic crisis and not improving it? Will the Taoiseach tell our...

Workers' Remuneration: Motion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No matter how one tries to dress up the Government's review or reform of the JLCs - many Government Deputies have done so - it is nothing more than a despicable attack on the lowest paid, vulnerable workers in our society. It is an attack that has been dictated by the EU-IMF vultures who are demanding that working people and the vulnerable in society should pay off the gambling debts of...

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (22 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he is planning to bring the new mental capacity legislation before Dáil Éireann. [16769/11]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (22 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied). [16770/11]

Citizenship Applications (23 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) was not granted in view of the fact that both their spouse and children have been granted a certificate of naturalisation and are residing here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16777/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (23 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons over the past ten years employed by him, who did not undergo the required one year probation and appropriate screening procedures for their posts; the number that were promoted; if any of these persons were convicted of crimes against children or were charged with such crimes but were not able to stand trial...

Written Answers — Financial Services Sector: Financial Services Sector (23 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of previous responses by him that it was not possible to identify the bondholders of Irish banks because of the selling on of bonds to secondary markets if he will identify and provide details of the original buyers of those bonds. [16969/11]

Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (23 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to Anglo Irish Bank repaying a €750 million bond on 31 January 2011, if it was senior unsecured debt borrowed on the 17 January 2006 at the height of the property boom; and to whom was this money repaid [16970/11]

Official Engagements (28 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent European Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17328/11]

Official Engagements (28 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the issues he raised with his European counter-parts at the recent European Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17329/11]