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Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (9 Nov 2010)

Seán Barrett: Question 296: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason for the delay in renewal of a passport in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41098/10]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (9 Nov 2010)

Seán Barrett: Question 297: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the EU-Korea free trade agreement will be ratified at EU level and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41106/10]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2010)

Seán Barrett: That is not a matter for the-----

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2010)

Seán Barrett: Which is a waste of time.

Fifth Report of the Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security: Motion (11 Nov 2010)

Seán Barrett: I pay tribute to my colleague, Deputy Liz McManus, who, during my period as Chairman of the Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security, championed the need for legislation on climate change. Thanks to her work as rapporteur to the joint committee, we produced a report on the issue and were subsequently assured that the Government would introduce legislation on climate change. We...

Fifth Report of the Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security: Motion (11 Nov 2010)

Seán Barrett: They are spending more time talking about having another mayor than they are on dealing with this issue.

Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)

Seán Barrett: We live in a democracy. Officials do not negotiate policy.

Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)

Seán Barrett: They are not entitled to negotiate policy on the 12.5% tax rate.

Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)

Seán Barrett: It is up to this House and the Government to negotiate the issues.

Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)

Seán Barrett: We should remember that we belong to this Parliament.

Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)

Seán Barrett: It has nothing to do with officials. This is a policy issue. People's futures are at stake.

Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)

Seán Barrett: What technical discussions?

Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)

Seán Barrett: The Taoiseach is playing with words.

Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)

Seán Barrett: These are policy issues

Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)

Seán Barrett: These are policy issues and not technical.

Suspension of Member (18 Nov 2010)

Seán Barrett: I suppose he could raise the matter on the Adjournment Debate.

Suspension of Member (18 Nov 2010)

Seán Barrett: This is joke.

Suspension of Member (18 Nov 2010)

Seán Barrett: Stop the hoodwink.

Overseas Development Aid (18 Nov 2010)

Seán Barrett: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a Human Rights Watch report entitled Development Without Freedom How Aid Underwrites Repression in Ethiopia, which urges foreign donors to examine the ways in which the Ethiopian Government uses donor supported resources and aid as a tool to consolidate the power of the ruling Ethiopian People's...

Overseas Development Aid (18 Nov 2010)

Seán Barrett: I thank the Minister for is reply. Does he accept that Human Rights Watch is a respectable organisation and one needs to pay serious attention to any report it produces? This report, Development without Freedom: How Aid Underwrites Repression in Ethiopia, is 105 pages. The African director of Human Rights Watch, Rona Peligal, states: "The Ethiopian Government is routinely using access to...