Results 13,741-13,760 of 26,924 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: In tribute to the late Billy McClurg, to his family, to his colleagues and his comrades, I put this amendment forward as a serious attempt to address what is a scandal in the construction sector around the issue of bogus self-employment. I ask the Minister to look seriously at cleaning up the construction sector and stop this abuse and ensure that the thousands of workers like the late Billy...
- Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I do, because this has gone on and on. Billy fought for most of working life on this but so have many thousands of building workers. Indeed, I have cited to the Minister recent examples of where this sort of practice continues to go on. Let me cite a few facts. Billy and his colleagues would always say, "It is not just that we lose out, but that the public is losing out," because if...
- Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am glad there is some response from the Government and the authorities in the form of these raids, which should be happening on a much bigger scale and should have been happening a long time ago. During the Celtic tiger period, they just were not happening at all and many workers lost out very bitterly as a result of that. Those who stood up for themselves, who fought and protested were...
- Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There is, no doubt, relief among ordinary people across the country that the Taoiseach did not inflict a general election on them in the face of the pressures - often very serious financial pressures - they face in the run-up to Christmas, to gain some cynical political advantage which I think was part of his calculations in how he dealt with this unfolding crisis. How else can he explain...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There is.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a point of order.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Ceann Comhairle has just raised a point of order. I want to raise one.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Seriously-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Ceann Comhairle should outline my response to the points made at the Business Committee.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I also pointed out that Deputy Frances Fitzgerald had come in here last week and answered questions which had not been considered to infringe on the competency of the tribunal. If it happened last week, it can happen this week.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: This is the establishment trying to put the lid back on the can of worms that has been opened. It is quite extraordinary. It was perfectly okay for the former Tánaiste to come to the House last week and for us to ask questions about these matters. There was no problem with the Charleton tribunal, although there had been some suggestions previous to that, mainly from the Government,...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is absolutely extraordinary. Just to conclude-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The people of this country did not want an election inflicted on them before Christmas. The Taoiseach discovered that at the weekend. We all know that. However, that is not an excuse for these questions not being answered.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: After the way the Taoiseach has handled this matter, his legitimacy and that of the Government have been shredded. The people need an alternative Government.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Even earlier.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not what was said at the Business Committee.
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not; I objected to it.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Strategic Communications Unit (28 Nov 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic communications unit and its role in Government information campaigns; and the way in which it works in relation to the Government Information Service. [50208/17]