Results 15,381-15,400 of 27,080 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Earlier this week, I raised with the Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy English, the problems that are pretty rampant with the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme. I cited the example of a working couple with a clean credit rating who saved their deposit. One of them is working in telecoms and the other is a hairdresser. Their application...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Appointments to State Boards (15 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 15. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she plans to take to ensure representation of all stakeholders and grades in the film industry on the board of Screen Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47419/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry Development (15 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 21. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to ensure that the film industry forum is convened as soon as possible; if all industry stakeholders are invited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47417/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (15 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she plans to take to reduce precarious work in the film industry and create training and career pathways; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47418/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry Development (15 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she plans to take to ensure that public funding of the film industry will result in quality employment and training; the number of permanent jobs that exist in the industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47420/18]
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not know about that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent engagements with the National Economic and Social Council. [45825/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Has the Taoiseach read the NESC report on land management produced in April 2018? I ask this because it will explain to him what those of us who will be marching for emergency action on the housing and homelessness emergency on 1 December want and the sort of radical change in policy we are looking for. What the NESC report does is set out examples of what is done in places like the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government should not be selling public land.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if A Programme for Partnership Government progress report will be published in December 2018. [45824/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to take the Taoiseach back to what was a fairly disappointing response to the Stardust families earlier and what I feel is a bit of a buck-passing exercise on his part when one considers the programme for Government and what it says about what the Government would do about the Stardust tragedy. It stated, "Full regard will be had to any new evidence which emerges which would be likely...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We should give him more time.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Taoiseach answer the other questions?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Can we get responses to the other questions?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: He did not talk to witnesses.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the humanitarian crisis in Yemen with his counterparts in Europe; the actions the European Union plans to take in that regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47968/18]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: My question is very simple. Why is the Tánaiste not demanding, and why is the EU not imposing, sanctions on Saudi Arabia? The humanitarian catastrophe that is unfolding in Yemen is due, to a large extent, to the Saudi military intervention, the blockade and the deliberate attempts to starve and bomb the population into submission. Of course, standing behind Saudi in this regard are...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: My ideology is informed by arms sales to Saudi Arabia by the western world.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There should be a second round of contributions.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: My comments about the embassy were not directed at Saudi citizens.