Results 741-760 of 26,842 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Written Answers — EU-IMF Programme: EU-IMF Programme (5 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will meet with the EU-IMF delegation during its forthcoming visit to Ireland for the next quarterly review of the EU-IMF deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17336/11]

Written Answers — EU-IMF Programme: EU-IMF Programme (5 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance the input he will have in the preparations for the forthcoming quarterly review of the EU-IMF deal and visit of the EU-IMF delegation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17337/11]

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: According to Standing Order 26(2)(a), the Taoiseach orders the business of the Dáil on the Order of Business and arranges the sittings. In that context, I want to ask the Taoiseach if the Dáil will have a chance to discuss the cannibal logic that the IMF-EU delegation, which is coming here in the next two weeks, is applying to our economy.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That logic involves destroying our economy and our services, supposedly in order to save them.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is sucking us dry to the tune of €9 billion.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are looking for clarification.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Every time we ask, the Government Whip says "No".

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We asked about the McCarthy report.

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a detailed report on the discussions he was involved in at the recent European Council meeting in relation to the Gaza flotilla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18613/11]

Public Transport (6 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will agree to a meeting with a group (details supplied) recently established to campaign against the cuts to Dublin Bus as a result of network direct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18994/11]

Public Transport (6 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am extremely disappointment with that answer. It is the same script that the communities that have been affected by these bus cuts have heard since the swingeing cuts in the provision of bus services across the city have been ripping through the bus service. The Minister should meet the people affected. It is astonishing that we get this stuff, which we got from the previous Government,...

Public Transport (6 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If the Minister does not, it seems he should. Will the Minister meet the users of bus services - pensioners, those with disabilities, young people, and so on - who have been affected by these cuts and they will explain what is going on. If he met them, he would discover that the line being spun by Dublin Bus is disingenuous and akin to the logic of the United States in the Vietnam war that...

Public Transport (6 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I put it to the Minister that there is a contradiction in his statement. On the one hand he maintains it is about a review and streamlining services but then he admits that the constraints are all to do with the EU-IMF deal and the package of budget constraints that follow from it. I suggest this is the truth of the matter: it is about the EU-IMF austerity package but it is glossed over...

Public Transport (6 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: By not giving €9 billion to the ECB.

Public Transport (6 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are giving it to them.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I commend the people of Roscommon for coming out and protesting to defend their hospital. I commend the people of Portlaoise who are mobilising to defend their accident and emergency services. I want to encourage the people of Shankill and Wicklow and Loughlinstown to join the people of Roscommon and Portlaoise in protesting to defend their hospital's accident and emergency service which is...

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (6 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason full-time taxi drivers, one licence, one holder, are not represented on the new taxi sector review group, set up to explore all aspects of taxi regulation here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18845/11]

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (6 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the basis on which information on the activities of a publicly owned semi-State company, namely Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company, and the identity of the leaseholder for the Harbour Court Building owned by the company can be deemed confidential when a question is put by an elected representative of Dáil Éireann; and if he will...

Special Educational Needs (7 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Minister really expect the parents of the most vulnerable children in the country to accept that answer, given that both the Labour Party and Fine Gael were extremely vociferous in demanding full implementation of this legislation just one year ago? Does he really expect them to accept that money cannot be found when the value of the most recent bond paid for Anglo Irish Bank far...

Voluntary Contributions (7 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I echo the sentiments of Deputy Keating. I am aware of a school in my constituency which I will not name. There have been consistent complaints about serious pressure being put on less well-off students to come up with extra money for things that are part of the core curriculum, such as art and other subjects. Parents have had stand-up rows with a headmaster, during which they have told...