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Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am referring to a Bill and asking whether it will proceed to Committee Stage. I ask the Government not to seek in any way to restrict access to these products for Ava Barry and others with chronic health conditions who urgently need products to which they are being denied access.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would like a response to my question.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not true.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Accept the GP's recommendation.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Where is that written down?

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Where is it written down?

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A application was made by a registered doctor.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There was an application made by a registered doctor.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There was an application by a registered doctor.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the outcomes of the all-island civic dialogue on Brexit. [10044/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: First, I agree with the Taoiseach on one matter. We need to maintain a robust stance that there should be no return to the Border between North and South. I might underline that point for our colleagues in Sinn Féin, who seem to dispute People Before Profit's absolute commitment to that. We believe there should be absolutely resistance at any attempt to reimpose a border between North...

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I pay tribute to the determination of the Tesco workers to face down what was a deliberate attempt at union busting by one of the most profitable companies in the country. Through their determined action, their willingness to escalate the dispute and moves toward escalating the dispute, they have shown that people power and workers' power work. That lesson is critically needed given the...

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The contagion of people power and workers' power is spreading in a very positive way. We saw this with the Tesco workers able to face down this bullying highly profitable multinational, which called the workers' bluff and have come off the worst and I am very glad of that. As Deputy Barry said, the Government should take on board this lesson for what is coming down the line with the Bus...

Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are very strongly opposed to this Bill. The so-called knowledge development box is being sold as a reasonable incentive to small and medium enterprise to develop our innovative edge. The implication is that the scheme will have a positive benefit on the domestic economy. This is the view expressed by the Government and the Fianna Fáil Party. I do not know what the Labour Party's...

Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes but in a lot of societies and, to my mind, the more progressive societies, the idea that anybody individually owned an idea was considered nonsensical, and it is nonsensical because ideas are generated by society. People often claim the credit for them or they have the machinery to take out patents on them before anybody else and so they claim they own the idea. Now, we are proposing...

Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I apologise to Deputy Mattie McGrath as I must leave.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Regulation (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to deal with discriminatory practices by motor insurance companies against particular categories of drivers in terms of the setting of premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10036/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Regulation (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to deal with discriminatory practices by motor insurance companies against young persons, elderly persons, taxi drivers and those with older cars in terms of the setting of premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10037/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 88. To ask the Taoiseach the number of employees in his Department and under its aegis who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation. [9726/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the advice she would provide to a person (details supplied) who has made numerous complaints to An Garda Síochána between 2004 and 2013, which in the person's view were not investigated satisfactorily; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9656/17]