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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is that as much as the Minister of State can say? Yes. The issue was raised repeatedly by me and others as well as by taxi drivers that premiums for them were so high that their livelihoods were at risk. If they had even the slightest prang, it could push their premiums to a point where it was not viable to operate as a taxi driver. That is still a particular problem and we need taxis....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the First Minister of Scotland, Ms Nicola Sturgeon. [25590/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with President Trump. [23992/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the long list of threats that President Trump's agenda represents to the world, near or at the top is his climate sabotage, that is, his determination to derail global efforts to deal with the climate emergency. I am disappointed, to put it mildly, that the Taoiseach made only a cursory reference to that. In recent days, the Government has made great play of its concern and determination...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Lucky you.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Policy (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with the Chinese Ambassador and-or his counterparts across the EU in response to the recent anti-extradition protests in Hong Kong; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25587/19]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Policy (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The power of mass movements and people power to face down repressive, brutal and authoritarian governments has been demonstrated in spectacular fashion in the past couple of weeks in Hong Kong. I mention also in passing the similar heroic protests against brutal repression in Sudan. However, I have to say that although the question is about Singapore, there is a deafening silence from the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Policy (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Sorry, it is Hong Kong. There is deafening silence about this repression and I wonder why that is the case. Are we so silent when this fantastic movement of people power faces brutal repression because we feel compromised by our significant trade relations with China?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Policy (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The persistence of millions of protesters, mostly young people, on the streets of Hong Kong forced the Chief Executive, Ms Carrie Lam, very reluctantly to back off, after first trying brutal repression involving rubber bullets that injured about 80 people. Ms Lam did so because the protesters did not give up, although she will still not resign after what she has done. Let us be clear....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Policy (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I find that approach amazing.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Policy (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do actually because in certain circumstances, we would be very happy to condemn and denounce violence, repression and the destruction of human rights but then we want to pedal softly with China because we have many trade relationships with it. The same goes for Saudi Arabia and I suspect the reason for the silence around Sudan is not dissimilar. The problem with that approach is that if...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Policy (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No, I am saying it was a weak statement.

Proposed Service by Defence Forces with United Nations in Mali: Motion (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: People Before Profit will also oppose this proposal to send 14 more Irish troops, in this case rangers, to a deadly conflict and war that is raging in Mali for many reasons. Before explaining why we are opposing this planned deployment, I should note that our opposition to the Government's plan is not in any sense a criticism of our troops who may be sent to Mali if this House makes the...

Proposed Service by Defence Forces with United Nations in Mali: Motion (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Deputy Jack Chambers will still back the Government.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Migration Crisis (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had or plans to have with his European counterparts with regard to the increased criminalisation of sea rescues of migrants in the Mediterranean; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25228/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with the Chinese ambassador to Ireland and/or his counterparts across the EU in response to the recent anti-extradition protests in Hong Kong; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25226/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the conversations he has had with the Sudanese ambassador to Ireland in view of the recent events in Sudan that have seen hundreds killed and injured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25227/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the recent unrest in Sudan that has seen at least 100 killed and hundreds more injured with his counterparts across the EU; the actions the EU plans to take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25225/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the recent events in Sudan with his counterparts in Europe. [25212/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the recent events in Christchurch, New Zealand, with his counterparts in Europe. [16747/19]