Results 13,161-13,180 of 26,924 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Does Mr. Coffey accept, as I think everybody does, that we have an enormous housing crisis? Apart from the social impact, it is now a macroeconomic problem and threat. If one does not have affordable accommodation, it becomes a problem for economic growth. It is now a serious disincentive for those who have left this country, including graduates, to come back and it may be a reason for...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am finished.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I accept that. Is it fair to say that the proportionate increase in corporate tax revenue is not as great as the proportionate increase in gross profits?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have Mr. Coffey's report helpfully out here in front of me, and it shows the increase is not as great.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Only if one accepts that the enormous allowances, which Mr. Coffey's paper gives the figures for, are all legitimate.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Their extent is pretty staggering.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It happens to us all the time.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I will not spend much time on Brexit. Would Dr. McQuinn agree that many of the things that could be issues for us as a result of Brexit are really difficult to pin down at this point? We had the fluctuations, but on a range of other things we just do know what could be the potential impacts. There could be upsides and downsides. While I agree with Dr. McQuinn's point about encouraging...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Does Dr. McQuinn not want to comment on the section 110 issue?
- Order of Business (20 Sep 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: In December of last year, this House made a unanimous decision to send the Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill of Deputy Gino Kenny to Committee Stage. Shamefully and disgracefully, a joint health committee, comprising members from Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin, the Labour Party, the Rural Independent Group and some other Independents, has ignored the opinion and advice...
- Order of Business (20 Sep 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: One person has got it.
- Order of Business (20 Sep 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is Professor David Finn a scientist?
- Special Meeting of Joint Committees with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP: Motion (20 Sep 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Ceann Comhairle want me to read it out?
- Special Meeting of Joint Committees with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP: Motion (20 Sep 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have it.
- Special Meeting of Joint Committees with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP: Motion (20 Sep 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order-----
- Special Meeting of Joint Committees with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP: Motion (20 Sep 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a genuine point of order.
- Special Meeting of Joint Committees with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP: Motion (20 Sep 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, which is a genuine question to the Ceann Comhairle, if we vote for this motion, what standing does it have?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Sep 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet Committee D (Infrastructure) will next meet. [39619/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Sep 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Six years of failed and flawed policies by a Fine Gael and Labour Party Government and, more recently, a Fine Gael, Independent and Independent Alliance Government have left us with a national housing and homelessness emergency. I want to know more about the references the Taoiseach belatedly made - six years too late - to the possibility of NAMA, instead of flogging land and property as it...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Sep 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: What about the right to a home?