Results 1,841-1,860 of 27,064 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Employment Rights (25 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Deputy Tóibín very much. All I want to know is whether that is a commitment from the Minister that the Jane Norman workers will be paid the moneys owed to them and that the Minister is going to investigate the matter and ensure those workers receive the same justice that workers in La Senza and others are attempting to receive? Can I get a commitment that the Minister will...

Employment Rights (25 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The company is trading again in the country.

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is what the Government is doing.

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To swap metaphors with the previous speaker, the Government side in this debate reminds me of the captain of the Italian ship that sank recently because he was so busy trying to impress his friends onshore that he could not face the fact of a massive gaping hole in the side of his ship or that it was going down. The reality is that the Government is keeping the country on an unsustainable...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (25 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the case of workers in the Jane Norman chain who were ejected from their jobs in an almost identical manner to that which occurred in the La Senza chain, when the company was put into administration in June 2011, and where to date the workers have still not been paid approximately a...

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (25 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she raised the issue of growing poverty and inequality resulting from austerity with her European counterparts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39783/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has assessed the impact cuts to rent allowance will have on property levels if landlords insist on passing this cut on to tenants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4476/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way she will ensure that the cuts to rent allowance will not be passed on to the tenant; the way she will ensure there will not be a crisis in accommodation for tenants who find themselves having to seek new accommodation because landlords will not accept the changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4475/12]

Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It was a series of questions and the Taoiseach should try answering them.

Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is called democracy.

Social Partnership (31 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In the second week of January, I was called by a La Senza worker and asked to come out to the occupation they had just begun because their jobs had been terminated and their wages had not been paid. Yesterday, I received another telephone call from a La Senza worker who said their promised wages from KPMG had still not been paid. In addition, they will be subject to emergency tax because...

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would prefer if it created a few.

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is not all the talk of jobs coming out of the sub-committee or the EU Summit yesterday a bit preposterous when at the same time the key element of policy is to continue suffocating the economy with the debt of zombie banks and imposing crippling austerity? Is it not a little bit like saying we have a magical formula to cure a sick man while we are holding a pillow over his face and draining...

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach should have gone himself rather than waffling on at Davos.

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They certainly were not terrified by the Taoiseach's attack on the Irish people.

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is about what they told me. Perhaps the Taoiseach should listen to them.

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: At least we are not blaming the Irish people.

Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I concur with Deputy Martin. This is an issue on which there are very strong views. I believe there is to be a substantial demonstration next weekend on this issue.

Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It was not organised by me but by the people.

Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am doing the Taoiseach a favour. This could become a very big issue if it is not handled sensitively, or if it is seen in any way that we are dragooning something through which people believe interferes with the freedom of the Internet. Of course there are issues that concern musicians and artists and we must deal with those. However, there is big concern about this measure and I do not...