Results 121-140 of 25,511 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister made an amazing suggestion yesterday that the Government's banking policy was a success because Bank of Ireland's share price had risen in the aftermath of its announcement. What planet is the Minister living on that he thinks rising share prices in Bank of Ireland mean anything to the vast majority of people in this country who are suffering brutal costs, have lost their jobs...

Bank Bailout and EU-IMF Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have listened to the arguments of the Government in opposing our call for a referendum and the argument seems to run thus: in January and February of this year we believed that bailing out the banks at the expense of ordinary people was, in the words of the Minister, Deputy Noonan, morally wrong and economically unsustainable and in Deputy Gilmore's words, it amounted to economic treason....

Bank Bailout and EU-IMF Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I put it to the Minister that the EU's threats are empty. They will not pull the funding on our banks because the reason this policy was introduced was to save their banks. That is why they demanded that we put in place a guarantee of the banks and that we pay off the bondholders. It is to protect their banks. They realise that if our banks go down, their banks go down. This is the...

Bank Bailout and EU-IMF Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----they must come back and negotiate with us because they cannot afford to let the euro, which is so important to them, collapse or to let the banking system in Europe collapse. If we say "No" or if we have the right to vote or consider the possibility of saying "No" to this economic madness and social injustice, we would be joined in calling for a proper debate on the matter by the people...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 43: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed reductions in income thresholds in respect of eligibility for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6727/11]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 47: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the potential use of National Asset Management Agency properties for social housing and other social and community uses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6728/11]

Suicide Prevention: Statements (7 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The incidence of suicide is shocking. There were 5,270 suicides between 1996 and 2006, and that was during the good times. Since the onset of the economic crisis the incidence has dramatically increased, with 527 people taking their own lives in 2009, which is a 25% increase on what is already a shockingly high incidence of suicide. In the second quarter of 2010 there were 127 suicides....

Garda Operations (7 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) has established check-points and roadblocks in the Rossport area of north west County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7060/11]

Garda Operations (7 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is something very wrong with how the gardaí are behaving in the Rossport area and with how they are allowing private security companies that are working for Shell Oil to treat protestors. When I submitted this question it was on the basis of reports that IRMS, a private security company working for Shell, was putting up checkpoints on main roads and vetting traffic that was going past...

Garda Operations (7 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to ask a brief supplementary.

Garda Operations (7 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Given that the issues about the behaviour of the Garda are disputed and there are many complaints against the behaviour of the Garda, specifically in this area, is it not reasonable that some independent body would come in or that independent, international observers come in and make an objective judgment on this? Is that not a reasonable request given that the matter is now disputed and the...

Legislative Programme (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The question relates to legislative priorities. In light of the projected growth forecast of the International Monetary Fund, IMF-----

Legislative Programme (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and the reduced-----

Legislative Programme (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a question on legislative priorities.

Legislative Programme (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The worse growth prospects put forward by the IMF and the outcome of Iceland's referendum-----

Legislative Programme (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A Cheann Comhairle, this is about legislative priorities.

Legislative Programme (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If you let me finish the question, I will explain.

Legislative Programme (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The result of the Iceland referendum, where the people in that country voted "No" to the bank bailout-----

Legislative Programme (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Would the Taoiseach consider it-----

Legislative Programme (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----a legislative priority-----