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Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are well short of the money.

Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to ask about the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. We were told at a briefing that Report Stage amendments to this Bill would be brought forward. The deadline for us to put in amendments is tomorrow morning but the Government is going to bring in Report Stage amendments on issues unknown at the last minute. That is completely unacceptable. Are those amendments technical...

Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will they be technical or substantive?

Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Are they substantial? Is the Taoiseach trying to pull a fast one?

Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach is trying to pull a fast one. That is the answer.

Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: One certainly would.

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is difficult to take seriously the Government's belated conversion to the cause of dealing with low pay just six or nine months before a general election, given the fact that the problem has been chronic and worsening for the four years that it has been in office. Compared with our European counterparts, our standing in this matter is stark and shameful. We have the second highest level...

Credit Unions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a topsy-turvy, upside down world in many ways. Nowhere is that more the case than in our attitude to banking. The commercial, for-profit banking sector dragged the country, Europe and much of the global economy to its knees because of its ruthless pursuit of profit. We bailed the banks out to the tune of the best part of €100 billion. Despite that, we continue to give them...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Poverty (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the significant recent increases in the number of persons suffering deprivation and poverty, particularly child poverty and poverty among lone parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24837/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 15. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for changes in the rent allowance caps, in view of the continuing upward spiral in private rents, and the way this is contributing to rising homelessness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24841/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of lone parents who were financially worse-off and the number who were better-off after they transitioned from the one-parent family payment in 2013 and 2014; if this resulted in an increase or a decrease in the numbers involved in activation through employment or education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24838/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Law Cases (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of determination orders from the maintenance recovery unit that will be invalid after 2 July 2015; the annual loss to the State when these determination orders cease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24840/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide figures or estimates on the number of lone parents who will be forced to give up part-time jobs when they transition to the jobseeker's allowance; the estimated additional cost to the State when their claims are re-assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24839/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the case of an application for Rent Supplement by a person (details supplied); the reason the person is being asked to re-apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25324/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Staff (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of plans by Allied Irish Banks to outsource work and staff from its application and development teams within its information technology division; his views that this is a worrying development for customers, staff and the economy in view of the potential loss of domestic jobs and skills and the fact that outsourcing in these areas almost...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What does the Minister think the US troops do in Afghanistan? Eat cakes?

Other Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They did in Vietnam.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No.

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (25 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 9. To ask the Minister for Defence if he has had discussions with any of his European counterparts following the European Parliament report advocating possible military action in the Black Sea Basin, following the annexation of Crimea by Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25111/15]

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (25 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I listened with interest to the Minister’s definition of neutrality in the context of the worsening situation in the Black Sea area. The Minister was excusing the Fine Gael MEPs' decision to vote for this motion, which backs possible North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO, military build-up in the Black Sea. What is the Government’s position on the NATO military build-up and...