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Other Questions: Human Rights (21 Sep 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been in contact with President al-Sisi with regard to the continued detainment of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39874/17]

Other Questions: Human Rights (21 Sep 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are all absolutely delighted at Ibrahim Halawa's release. He has had four years of his life stolen from him without any evidence against him, something which became apparent when the trial began. This raises the question of what he was doing on trial in the first place and how he could have been incarcerated for four years. The greatest credit goes to his sisters and family for their...

Other Questions: Human Rights (21 Sep 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been in contact with his counterparts in Europe to condemn the treatment of the Rohingya people in Myanmar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39875/17]

Other Questions: Human Rights (21 Sep 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To be honest, I am surprised by how tame the criticisms are and by the use of the word "excessive". Even according to the French President, Mr. Macron, this is genocidal violence. It is textbook ethnic cleansing, as the UN representative implied. Some 400,000 people have been driven out. The treatment of these people is reminiscent of scenes from "Apocalypse Now" or "The Deer Hunter". It...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation (21 Sep 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 137. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the implementation of the National Rare Disease Plan for Ireland 2014-2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39936/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (21 Sep 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 138. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make the PKU products from a company (details supplied) available on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39937/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (21 Sep 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 147. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable or fair that persons suffering from haemochromatosis are being charged €80 per visit for treatment when these persons need to attend regularly for treatment and that this represents an intolerable financial burden on persons that must have this treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39966/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Investigations (21 Sep 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 198. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will investigate with Tusla the steps that were taken on a report in 2016 of mental, physical and sexual abuse by a person (details supplied) and other service users and staff in each of the years 2010 to 2012 at a charity; and if she will further investigate the claim that the further complaints of the person that complaints were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Special Meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs meeting with the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence and the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP, European Parliament Brexit Co-ordinator (21 Sep 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Mr. Verhofstadt for his contribution. I have no doubt about the stupidity and, frankly, obnoxiousness of the Tory position when it comes to the negotiations about Britain's exit from the EU. I am thinking particularly of its anti-immigrant policies. Given that the EU insisted on the cruel punishment of our citizens for the banking collapse, can we take Mr. Verhofstadt seriously...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Special Meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs meeting with the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence and the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP, European Parliament Brexit Co-ordinator (21 Sep 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Mr. Verhofstadt for his contribution. I have no doubt about the stupidity and, frankly, obnoxiousness of the Tory position when it comes to the negotiations about Britain's exit from the EU. I am thinking particularly of its anti-immigrant policies. Given that the EU insisted on the cruel punishment of our citizens for the banking collapse, can we take Mr. Verhofstadt seriously...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Special Meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs meeting with the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence and the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP, European Parliament Brexit Co-ordinator (21 Sep 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Mr. Verhofstadt for his contribution. I have no doubt about the stupidity and, frankly, obnoxiousness of the Tory position when it comes to the negotiations about Britain's exit from the EU. I am thinking particularly of its anti-immigrant policies. Given that the EU insisted on the cruel punishment of our citizens for the banking collapse, can we take Mr. Verhofstadt seriously...

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 41. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for new legislation to ensure proper wages and conditions for workers and full tax compliance, with particular emphasis on bogus self-employment, in all public contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40479/17]

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I ask the Minister to answer the question both in respect of individual instances and the general principle. Should companies that get public contracts, that are then found to be in breach of the law and of fire safety standards and that fail to comply with the tax code be banned for ever from being awarded public contracts? I will go into a little more detail. Before the summer recess, I...

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay. I will return to the issue of Western Building Systems.

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On 5 July last, I pointed out in the House that workers had been working on a public contract for Purcell Construction, which is the developer, and Rapid Developments, the subcontractor. The workers were employed since April or May and still had not received payslips. Even after I raised the matter with the Minister, which was followed by a raid by the joint investigation unit, JIU -...

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That was a scripted answer telling us what we already know. I have given two examples of companies that received significant public contracts worth a great deal of money. There is proof in the case of Western Building Systems and strong evidence in the case of Purcell Construction and Rapid Developments, in the Dolphin's Barn development, that they are breaking the law. In the...

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not.

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister of State did not quote all of the question.

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am asking if there will be sanctions against companies that are not in compliance.

UK Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is important, when considering the issue of Brexit and what is happening in the European Union more generally, that we do not lose sight of the wood for the trees. We are always in danger of doing precisely that on a whole range of issues and certainly on the issue of Brexit. We will try to focus on issues that I fully accept are very important for the many who are affected and the...