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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am trying to get clarification on something. This is not the agency's direct concern but one of the big issues at stake here is whether there were differences in the detection rates of the outsourced American laboratories and the Irish laboratories that were testing the samples, as warned about by Sam Coulter Smith and the quality assurance people in the HSE who resigned in 2008. What Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: None of them is from the Coombe.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is the big news here and it says it all, frankly. The warnings issued in 2008 have proven to be correct. That is quite stunning but it has taken us until now to get to that truth. We could not get that information last week or in the Dáil today. We have to have scoping exercises and all sorts of hullabaloo but actually, we just needed to know whether the issue was with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does Mr. Breen know of any other cases where gagging orders have been sought?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay, it was just CPL that was looking for a gagging order. Mr. Breen is asserting that under no circumstances would the State Claims Agency seek a gagging order in a case like this involving medical malpractice or clinical error. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If the Coombe had made a mistake - which very tellingly it has not - and was being sued, would that change the likelihood of a gagging order being sought? Would the situation be different if a case involved the Coombe and a domestic laboratory that is part of the health service here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Let us say, hypothetically, that a case had been taken over a false reading carried out in the laboratory at the Coombe. In those circumstances, Mr. Breen is saying that neither the HSE nor the State Claims Agency would have sought a gagging order. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Whatever about screening quality, there is a difference in how the State treats a victim of a false reading if it involves the Irish health service as against a privatised, outsourced company. One puts the patient through the wringer and the other, that is, the public agency, does not do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of clarification, the indemnity kicks in or might be sought where the misreading is beyond normal error. Will Mr. Breen clarify whether it is only in those circumstances? A certain number of false negatives are expected. I just want clarification on that. Can anybody who gets a misreading under any circumstances take a case, and would the State Claims Agency seek...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In all those cases, beyond normal, was the-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (9 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: President Donald Trump is very dangerously banging the drums of war against Iran, supported enthusiastically by Saudi Arabia, a nasty little dictatorship, and Israel.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (9 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A big dictatorship, and Israel. He is seeking to isolate Iran, impose sanctions and escalate a dangerous conflict in the Middle East. Many countries which are signatories of the nuclear deal with Iran are, rightly, rejecting what President Trump is saying and contending that the deal should be maintained. It is important in this context for Ireland to nail its colours to the mast on this....

Topical Issue Debate: Middle East Issues (9 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise matter of the ongoing crisis in Gaza, for his interest in the plight of the Palestinian people generally, and for those in Gaza in particular. I am glad that the Tánaiste is present. Many people in Gaza will watch the recording of this debate. The elected representatives of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Gaza have...

Topical Issue Debate: Middle East Issues (9 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: People in Gaza will appreciate much of what the Tánaiste said. They will also appreciate any additional support that can be given, including humanitarian support and support to develop and regenerate a shattered infrastructure. However, the problem is ultimately political in nature.

Topical Issue Debate: Middle East Issues (9 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The question the people in Gaza, who are desperate, are asking relates to what they are supposed to do. How often have Palestinians been condemned for armed or military responses? One can say that they were right or that they were wrong but in this case, the people of Gaza have stated they would march with their hands in the air, unarmed, behind banners of Martin Luther King and Mahatma...

Topical Issue Debate: Middle East Issues (9 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Let us ask.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Applications (10 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether it is now time to examine the possibility of requiring Israeli citizens who reside in illegal settlements to undergo the same visa application process as that which Palestinians are subject to in order to enter here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20762/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (10 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether it is now time to examine the possibility of requiring Israeli citizens who reside in illegal settlements to undergo the same visa application process as that which Palestinians are subject to in order to enter here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20763/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (10 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 296. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has the right to reduce jobseeker's benefit for non-attendance at Intreo meetings (details supplied). [20764/18]

Order of Business (15 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government will not engage with Hamas.