Results 101-120 of 25,507 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (5 Apr 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 234: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of applications the petroleum affairs division of his Department has received for the 2011 Atlantic margin licensing round. [6440/11]
- Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (5 Apr 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 235: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources based on data supplied from licence holding companies and from State sponsored studies, the number of barrels of oil equivalent, BBOE, the petroleum affairs division estimates to be offshore Ireland. [6441/11]
- Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (5 Apr 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 236: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimate of barrels of oil equivalent offshore, the amount that is gas and the amount that is oil and the amount of these resources that are thought to be recoverable. [6442/11]
- Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (5 Apr 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 237: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources based on data supplied from licence holding companies and from State sponsored studies, the number of barrels of oil equivalent, BBOE, the petroleum affairs division of his Department estimate to be onshore Ireland. [6443/11]
- Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (5 Apr 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 238: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources of the estimate of barrels of oil equivalent onshore, the amount that is gas and the amount that is oil and the amount of these resources thought to be recoverable. [6444/11]
- Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (5 Apr 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 279: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to substantially reduce income thresholds for eligibility for social housing and to increase the age threshold to 65 years whereby older citizens can apply for the senior citizens housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5850/11]
- Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (5 Apr 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 280: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to reduce the income thresholds for eligibility for social housing; the numbers of persons now on local authority housing lists that will be disqualified from eligibility as a result of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6029/11]
- Oireachtas Reform Programme (6 Apr 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: He could join the Spanish protestors.
- Census Data (6 Apr 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement in relation to the company that has been contracted to conduct the national census currently underway and to confirm if this firm is a foreign based company (details supplied) and if his attention has been drawn to the allegations that have been made against this company in the United States that it was involved in torture and...
- Census Data (6 Apr 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government is not taking on board the serious question marks that stand over the extremely sensitive and comprehensive information about Irish citizens that will be gathered by the census. To say that CACI International has not been prosecuted is not dealing with the issue. CACI International currently has-----
- Census Data (6 Apr 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am asking whether the Minister of State-----
- Census Data (6 Apr 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am asking a question. Will the Minister of State explain why the Government does not have greater concern about the integrity of the census given that there are 200 Iraqi plaintiffs seeking to mount lawsuits over CACI International's involvement in Abu Ghraib Prison. There are another four Iraqi plaintiffs before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond,...
- Census Data (6 Apr 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am asking the Minister of State about a very serious matter.
- Census Data (6 Apr 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: He is not responding to the question I asked.
- Census Data (6 Apr 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not making a statement. I am asking whether the Government takes these matters seriously. CACI International has avoided legal cases against it by seeking immunity on the basis of its status as a defence contractor, with most of its income coming from the Pentagon. These are serious allegations and simply to point out that the company has not been prosecuted is not good enough. There...
- Census Data (6 Apr 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I said I was not encouraging them to do so.
- Census Data (6 Apr 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government should be reassuring people about the integrity of the data.
- Census Data (6 Apr 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I understand its importance.
- Census Data (6 Apr 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: This company is providing the hardware, software and the data processing systems for the census process. Can the Minister of State assure us that the company has no access to the information in the census? Is he aware that the Registrar General in Scotland, where a census is also being conducted, has observed that the "sneak and peek warrants" provided for in the United States PATRIOT Act...
- Census Data (6 Apr 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: How does the Minister of State know?