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- Order of Business (18 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: A very significant and alarming event took place yesterday in County Antrim where the oil extraction company Infrastrata began test drilling on land owned, interestingly enough, by Northern Ireland Water. Three reservoirs have already been closed down. While Northern Ireland Water and the company claim there is no danger to the water, they have had to close three reservoirs. They started...
- Order of Business (18 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is an urgent matter.
- Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the Bill tabled by Fianna Fáil in so far as it attempts to address the issue of profiteering by the banks at the expense of mortgage holders with variable interest rates. This is a positive move. It is equally positive to try to introduce measures whereby the State, the Government and the Central Bank would intervene where the market has failed or is failing. The market is...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals (18 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to examine an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the rent allowance scheme. [10883/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Data (18 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a breakdown of salaries across the public service, including the number of employees affected by financial emergency measures in the public interest who are earning up to €22,000, from €22,001 to €30,000, €30,001 to €40,000, €40,001 to €50,000, €50,001 to €60,000,...
- Order of Business (19 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have two questions. The Harbours Bill 2015, that was passed shortly before the dissolution of the previous Dáil, allowed for the Minister to make decisions about the status of particular harbours. This morning I heard an alarming report that a decision has been made regarding Dún Laoghaire harbour to establish a new quango. The House should be informed of such a decision on...
- Order of Business (19 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That was not my question.
- Report of Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform: Motion (19 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: First of all, I welcome the chance to discuss the issue of Dáil reform and make some comments about the wider need and popular thirst for political reform. This is at least a step towards addressing that concern. I pay tribute to the members of the committee who, by all accounts, have worked well together, not withstanding the differences of opinion that they have, in trying to make...
- Report of Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform: Motion (19 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is what we should be. I thank the Deputy for the translation.
- Report of Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform: Motion (19 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We must take extremely seriously that we are messengers. We are not rulers; we are the messengers of the people, and we must have faith and belief in the wisdom and power of the people to bring change, as has always been the case, as Connolly mentioned. This is absolutely true about the recent election. To my mind, there is no doubt whatsoever that the changed political landscape in...
- Report of Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform: Motion (19 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Filibustering. There should be time limits put on-----
- Report of Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform: Motion (19 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It does but Taoiseach's Questions was an exercise in serious filibustering on the Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe's, side as well. Let us do something about that. All of this democratic reform can be undermined by what is going on in Europe at present and the control that the banks and the financial institutions, which the ECB is acting as a conduit for, wield can circumscribe and...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (19 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the pay of teachers and ensure that new entrants are paid the same as those who were previously employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10767/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (19 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reverse the changes that see new-entrant teachers being paid at a different rate to previously employed teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10766/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (24 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not a conspiracy. It is really open.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (24 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There are vehicles with which one can negotiate.
- Order of Business (24 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to speak on one of the issues raised by Deputy Martin.
- Order of Business (24 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: During the past week the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Coveney, made a number of comments on housing matters, which, as we are all aware, are in a dire situation. Following the comments of the Minister, is legislation or Government action on these issues imminent? The first issue is the scandal of an estimated 250,000 empty houses in the State. To use...
- Order of Business (24 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is what he was quoted as saying.
- Order of Business (24 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: My point is that it is NAMA property - publicly owned property. Is the Minister going to clarify his comments? We should be getting 100% council and affordable housing on what is public land.