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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ireland Country Report and Country-Specific Recommendations: European Commission (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank our guests for their presentation. On the Brexit issue, Mr. Martínez Mongay stated that Ireland is at the centre of the Commission's concerns in this matter. I am a little sceptical that this is part of a political blame game the Commission is playing about Brexit and the decision by a member state to leave the European Union, in other words, that the Commission wants to send...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ireland Country Report and Country-Specific Recommendations: European Commission (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is worrying that Mr. Martínez Mongay is saying that the European Union cannot give us assurance on the Border.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ireland Country Report and Country-Specific Recommendations: European Commission (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Mr. Martínez Mongay said nothing is agreed until everything is agreed because when I asked for reassurance-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ireland Country Report and Country-Specific Recommendations: European Commission (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We were told some aspects were agreed but it seems they are not. Am I correct that the preference of the Commission is to reprivatise the banks, which the Government is busy doing? I understood from the beginning, when nationalisation of the banks was required as a result of the financial collapse, that the position of the European Union that we might have to nationalise but at no point...

Referendum of 25 May: Statements (Resumed) (31 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There was no Trump effect here. The commentators warned there might be a Trump effect, that it would be terribly close and they referred to Brexit. There was never any doubt in my mind. This was a revolutionary upsurge that had been a long time coming. It was an unprecedented movement of people power and, in particular, of Irish women. It began way back with women being allowed to enter...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Citizens Assembly (31 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on his plans to implement the recommendations from the Citizens' Assembly. [22708/18]

Questions - Ceisteanna: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Chancellor Merkel since the last EU Council meeting. [23580/18]

Questions - Ceisteanna: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the meetings he attended in Sofia, Bulgaria. [23581/18]

Questions - Ceisteanna: Brexit Issues (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May. [22709/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Merger (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the transfer of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25417/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Mergers Expenditure (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the transfer of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25416/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed. [24749/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a permanent building will be completed for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24763/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 743. To ask the Minister for Health if in the case of a fair deal scheme being granted to an applicant, if the money can be backdated to the day of application in the event that the applicant had to go into a nursing home in advance of the decision on application being made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24931/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; the reason the person is being pressurised to engage with a JobPath scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24881/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Ms Leilani Farha and Ms Julieta Perucca for their presentations. I thank Mr. David Joyce, Ms Sinead Kerin and others from the Mercy Law Resource Centre for their great work, as well as for often looking at and assisting with the cases that flow through my door of people facing the consequences of the current housing crisis. I thank Ms Leilani Farha for her intervention over the past...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I love it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is what one wants to see.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Did the Taoiseach discuss the issue of multinational tax evasion with the Belgian Prime Minister? I say that because it was reported late last year that $221 billion worth of profits were shifted offshore from Belgium to tax havens around the world, which is obviously a matter of very serious concern to the tax authorities. That equates to about half of Belgium's GDP. We might be...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department's legislative priorities. [25390/18]