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Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (25 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The motion that was passed calls for an increase in defence spending to 2% of gross domestic product, GDP, in the specific context of calling for greater military build-up in the Black Sea area, which is becoming the epicentre of a new cold war and where there is a constant aggressive build-up by the US and NATO. The European Union is now pushing to get involved. Does the Minister not think...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (25 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the Minister not deeply concerned that the European Parliament has passed a motion calling for increased military expenditure across Europe, specifically to back a military build-up in the Black Sea? This has been done against a background in which the United States assistant secretary of state for eastern European affairs, Victoria Nuland, used the immortal words "Fuck the EU" in an...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (25 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was quoting Ms Nuland's words.

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (25 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My apologies.

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (25 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was simply quoting the US assistant secretary of state for eastern Europe. The Minister stated he trusts the US Government, yet this is its attitude to the European Union. It was manipulating the political process in Ukraine.

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (25 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have read it.

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (25 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have a copy of the motion here.

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (25 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This document is a manifesto for a third world war.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Meetings (25 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 30. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on his recent meeting with the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25112/15]

Other Questions: English Language Training Organisations (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 17 June 2015, if it is appropriate that students from recently closed colleges such as MEC who had already paid fees are being offered a solution that involves them paying even more money to schools they had not been able to afford; if she is satisfied that Ireland's reputation as a destination for...

Other Questions: English Language Training Organisations (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The closure of the Modern Educational Centre English language school in May was the latest in a long litany of private English language schools closing down and leaving international students high and dry after paying for courses, not to mention teachers being left equally high and dry. What does the Government intend to do about this not only in terms of the unfairness visited on students...

Other Questions: English Language Training Organisations (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We bailed out the banks to the tune of billions, as well as foreign bondholders who, frankly, did nothing for the country and were here just to exploit us and profiteer from us. We bailed them out, although we should not have. However, we do have an obligation to bail out foreign students who come here and who in good faith pay money for courses and then, because of our failure to properly...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Atheist Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9978/15]

White Paper on Defence: Statements (Resumed) (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister for Defence began his opening contribution by expressing one sentiment with which I agree and another with which I thoroughly disagree. I agree wholeheartedly with the Minister that "[m]embers of the Defence Forces are called upon to undertake difficult missions and we remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of the State, including on overseas peace...

White Paper on Defence: Statements (Resumed) (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It was through force but it was in opposition to empires and war mongers, including the biggest war mongers of all who started the First World War. This is why we have credibility. The Minister also stated: Security is the bedrock on which a society's cultural, social and economic achievements are built. In a modern state defence is conceived as the ultimate guarantor of freedom.That...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any possibility of fast-tracking the transfer of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin to its permanent location, as the school has been waiting 20 years and is completely unable to cope in its current temporary location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25822/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Work Allowance (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 203. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her Department's guidelines in respect of entitlement to the back to work allowance (details supplied). [26317/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 214. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) and the €5 deduction out of that person's claim, which was in place due to that person's spouse's claim but is still in place even though the person no longer lives with the spouse. [26425/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 289. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he agrees, in view of European Directive 93/104/EC which was transposed into Irish law under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997, that it is an offence under section 34 of the Act for an employer to pay an employee in lieu of that employee's entitlement to annual leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26251/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 331. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the arrangement with a private body, the Royal Dublin Society, whereby the Forest Service funds the society's annual forestry awards; in relation to these awards, the way Coillte qualifies as a community for the purposes of the recent Royal Dublin Society community forestry award; and if he will make a...