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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Taoiseach include Egypt on his itinerary of foreign visits? As the Taoiseach knows, the trial of Ibrahim Halawa has dragged out for more than four years. He has suffered terribly in that time. He is going through a laughable legal process under what is now just a tin-pot repressive dictatorship that is locking up en masseanyone in its own population who politically dissents...

Srebrenica: Statements (11 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The horror of the Srebrenica massacre in 1995 is totally unspeakable. Some 8,000 people were murdered. There were mass graves. Some 440 children were among the dead who have been identified, while more than 1,000 of the victims still have not been identified. It is an absolutely horrific moment in European history. It is right that we should commemorate it and learn the lessons in order...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Allowance Payments (11 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 356. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which rent is calculated for a person living in State care at a location (details supplied) and on disability allowance of €188; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32580/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 438. To ask the Minister for Health if it is mandatory for a member of staff of a State institution (details supplied) to accompany a resident to a medical appointment; if it is permissible for the resident's next-of-kin to accompany the person alone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32581/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 447. To ask the Minister for Health the advocacy services that are available to a person resident in a State institution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32618/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (11 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 695. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of contracts agreed with a company (details supplied) and contracts that have been entered into regarding the construction of the Dublin Airport metro in view of the fact that contracts have already been signed. [32930/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That was very democratic.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada. [31465/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The fairly desperate scramble of the political establishment in this country and elsewhere to understand why it is so discredited often focuses on trivia and superficial impressions about what is important and what motivates the electorate. Never more did we see this on show than during the visit of Prime Minister Trudeau, when the focus of much of the commentary was about socks, image and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach just forges ahead with his support for this deal that will only benefit multinational corporations.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is historically declining.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Many small companies will go out of business.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is because there is not too much detail.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The political establishment, which I will define for Deputy Micheál Martin, comprises the people who have dominated this State since its inception-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will consider establishing a Cabinet committee on the arts. [31466/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As I was saying, the political establishment, which I will define for Deputy Martin as being the people who have dominated the State for the past 75 years, like a narrative in which they say they are the people in favour of enterprise and jobs whereas the left just wants to give out about things.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The truth is that we just want different priorities in developing jobs and enterprise. One of those, which we have talked about incessantly, and at the time of the previous budget, People Before Profit was the only group of people to include it in their budget submission, is the need to increase the arts budget significantly and to recognise the enormous, cultural, economic and social...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There has been some rhetorical acknowledgement of that issue by the Government and Fianna Fáil, largely because of the work of the National Campaign for the Arts and others. In reality, however, the arts budget for 2017 was reduced by 16% on what it was in 2016 and we are at the bottom of the league table when it comes to expenditure on arts as a proportion of gross domestic product,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We snuffed out the Blueshirts for a while.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was not talking about Michael D.