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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Recruitment (8 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 562. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of retired civil and public servants that have been rehired on temporary contracts or as consultants under his remit; if he will provide a breakdown of those figures in tabular form, providing associated costs of such rehiring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30555/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Rehiring (8 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 580. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of retired civil and public servants that have been rehired on temporary contracts or as consultants under his remit; if he will provide a breakdown of those figures in tabular form, providing associated costs of such rehiring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30553/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Rehiring (8 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 612. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of retired civil and public servants that have been rehired on temporary contracts or as consultants under his remit; if he will provide a breakdown of those figures in tabular form, providing associated costs of such rehiring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30550/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Rehiring (8 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 794. To ask the Minister for Health the number of retired civil and public servants that have been rehired on temporary contracts or as consultants under his remit; if he will provide a breakdown of those figures in tabular form, providing associated costs of such rehiring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30557/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff Rehiring (8 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 854. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of retired civil and public servants that have been rehired on temporary contracts or as consultants under his remit; if he will provide a breakdown of those figures in tabular form, providing associated costs of such rehiring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30561/14]

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the same theme, we discussed this on Committee Stage and we have been trying to inject a sense of urgency in the Dáil on this issue over the past three years, because this crisis is getting worse. Finally, we have an opportunity to do something about it. When this issue was first raised and when we said the solution was to build council houses rather than rely on the private sector,...

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am discussing them. I am highlighting from the point of view of the stability of the economy, providing housing for those who need it and improving the public finances and creating a revenue stream for the State which it could use in providing public services, housing, etc. why we need to use the relevant funds to invest directly in fully public housing. That is what has been repeatedly...

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Probably, but we want to hear what the Minister of State has to say.

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are hoping to get answers to them from the Minister of State.

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thought it was the case that he would respond and then we would do so.

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would like to hear from the Minister of State about the problem the Government has with taking on board what we are asking for. I have never heard a convincing argument from that side of the House about why we should not and cannot do that. It is not that we want to take political potshots and accuse the Minister of State of ideological this, that or the other. I simply cannot get my...

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Did those students all have to wear Coca Cola T-shirts?

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sorry.

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: First, on the regional development amendments which I believe were championed by Deputy Deasy, and which the Government appears to have taken on board, I believe he is absolutely right. Far too often in Irish politics, in my observation, there has been a city against country, or rural against urban, fake war or fake debate which is sometimes used cynically by politicians on either side of...

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is. We are 150% in favour of strategic investment. Indeed, it was part of our policy platform before the last election, and we were very glad when the Government talked about it. However, the difficulty is that there seem to be a whole series of caveats and qualifications about the need, essentially, to bring in the private sector and to make its investments conditional on getting the...

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We agree on the need for strategic investment, but there are serious questions about whether this fund can deliver such investment. Even if the Minister of State says he wants that to happen and acknowledges the need for regional development and the need to invest in areas such as social housing or vital infrastructure, the money people want to know the bottom line and what they will get out...

Free Travel Pass: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is absolutely right to ring the alarm bells that there is a real and serious threat to the free travel pass given the review of the scheme, talk of there not being enough money to meet increased demand and cuts in the subsidies to Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann. Aside from all that, when the Government says it has completely protected the free travel scheme to date, even that is not...

Free Travel Pass: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Operators in Cavan, Longford and other areas have stated recently that they cannot afford to run the free travel pass scheme and have withdrawn from it. The Government is planning to outsource 10% of the orbital routes in Dublin. It is already clear from the evidence coming in from private operators who were able to provide a free travel scheme that they cannot now afford to do it. This is...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 1:In page 6, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following:“ “ancient woodlands” means those woodlands which have had continuous tree cover since 1650 or before and which are most likely to have arisen naturally and to be descended from Ireland’s original forests;”.Some 80 to 90 amendments to this Bill have been tabled, many of which I...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is another contribution we have made to the global lexicon. It also demonstrates the historical, heritage and cultural importance of the matter and how it intersects with a defining moment in our history. Oliver Cromwell understood that as part of destroying resistance to the plantations, he had to fell the forests. This was to give the lands to the soldiers who fought with him but also...