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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On risk, there are risks that people can see and understand and can say they see the point of them. For example, they could take a risk in investing in developing renewable energy because we need energy and if they invest in that area, they might develop resources that would be useful for the State and create a few jobs. That is a risk I can get. Let us take the risk of investing, for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We will have to agree to disagree, because I think this is dangerous. I shall give a further example to press the point. Credit unions, very sensibly, do not lend out money that they do not have, because they know it is a dangerous practice. We have recognised the need to increase core tier 1 capital in banks because the levels were dangerous. They were lending out way too much money as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have a one line question: why does Mr. Carrigan insist that the risks are low?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have one brief comment and then a question. It seems in all of these matters it is a case of the chicken and the egg. Whether it is corporate tax, financial transaction tax or now shadow banking, we cannot do anything because it is a big international matter anyway and, therefore, we will merely protect our own interests and not worry about the bigger picture. It means the bigger picture...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Good old bowler hats.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to raise something that is not directly related to the Bill, although others have rightly brought it up, which is the Paris Bakery situation. I know the Minister was down there this week and many of us joined the protest yesterday. We have had a litany of situations like the Paris Bakery, including Vita Cortex, Vincenza, Jane Norman and Connolly Shoes. Time and again, employers are...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Some people do. I have major problems with a few elements of the legislation. The measures on recovery of overpayments are scraping the bottom of the barrel. I will give two cases without mentioning names lest the Acting Chairman jump down my throat. One mother, now a pensioner, told me her son, now in his mid-40s, was an apprentice chef when he was in his late teens or early 20s. At the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 19. To ask the Taoiseach the meetings he held with business and industry leaders during his St. Patrick's day visit to the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24237/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 20. To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed the continuing use of Shannon Airport by the US military with President Obama during his visit to the US for St. Patrick's Day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24238/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 21. To ask the Taoiseach if the US-EU trade agreement was discussed at any of his meetings in the US and with whom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24239/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Following on from the TTIP, we are all in favour of trade, but the issue is whether trade is properly regulated and accountable to citizens and whether the interests of citizens and the environment are protected. The critics of the TTIP point to the settlement mechanism proposed for disputes between investors and states, which means that multinational corporations can sue Governments for...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is what it sounded like.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Use the National Pensions Reserve Fund.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What is the quid pro quo?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (10 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if community welfare officers have discretion to raise the rent caps for those searching for accommodation in order to allow them to find housing in the area in which they are based; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24232/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Homeless Accommodation Provision (10 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24231/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (10 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the guidelines regarding time out rooms in schools; the way they are used; the recommendations regarding design including the way windows should be made secure; if there should be a handle on the inside of the door; and the kind of observation there is when a child is in the room. [24658/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (10 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines for teachers and special needs assistants for dealing with challenging behaviour in children; and the supports available to teachers dealing with these issues. [24659/14]

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (11 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to add my support for this amendment. I do not see any reason the Government should refuse it. Sometimes when we are dealing with amendments, the default position of the Government seems to be "No", even when they are very sensible amendments. That default response should not apply to this sensible amendment. In Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, the local authority does not generally...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I agree with the amendments. The following point arises from a suggestion made to me by someone on the list in my area. In expanding tenant purchase, we could provide for people on the list to have the possibility of getting a loan from the local authority to build a house. It is something to examine. As well as being able to purchase a local authority house, we should consider the...