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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (5 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will remove the restriction whereby new jobseekers are disqualified from various labour activation schemes such as JobBridge on the grounds that they have not been unemployed long enough; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10473/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (5 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will list the companies that have tendered to be involved in the JobPath scheme; if she sees this scheme as having a negative impact on the local employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10475/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Restorative Justice (5 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) who was made an award under the restorative justice system that was to include a weekly pension payment will receive this weekly payment. [11025/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (5 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on any increases in burglaries in the Dún Laoghaire constituency on an area basis; the measures put in place to deal with the recent increases in burglaries; his plans to deal with any increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11081/14]

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This must happen soon.

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I apologise, but I am angry. I am sorry.

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Build some council houses.

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are paying it out in rent allowance.

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Let me summarise the speeches of the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste. It was a case of blah, blah, blah, mumble, mumble, mumble and "success". What a load of bullshit.

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government is living so far from reality that it might as well be in the outer stratosphere of a planet on the other side of the universe. Its definition of success is utterly perverse. If one defines success as looking after bankers and international speculators and lining the pockets of consultants and an army of spin doctors, then the Government is a spectacular success. However, if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 425. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with spinal injuries that have been transferred from Tallaght hospital to the Mater Private Hospital for treatment; and if this transfer was under the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [10547/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Recruitment (4 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 426. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been two spinal surgeon consultants appointed recently in Tallaght hospital to deal with the waiting lists. [10548/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities Appointments (4 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 511. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of the current directors of Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company; the date their appointment commenced; the period of time each director has been appointed to serve as per each warrant of appointments approved by him; and if he will set out the remuneration package in each case. [10535/14]

Ireland's Engagement with Europe: Statements (27 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To follow on with the same theme, there is an extraordinary disconnect between the rhetoric and the aspirations that often surround discussions about the EU by the supporters of the EU, such as the Minister of State, the Government and the main Opposition party, and the reality of what is going on in Europe. It is not an exaggeration to say it is Orwellian. That term is often thrown around,...

Post Office Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I commend the Irish Postmasters' Union and the communities throughout the country who have mobilised this week and over recent weeks and who have come to protest at the Dáil today. The main thing I would say to them is that they should not stop here because they are producing a very interesting effect in the Dáil. They know they are getting somewhere when the Government parties...

Post Office Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Their usual tactic is to divide us in order to rule us and to play us off against one another-----

Post Office Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ----- but this campaign is succeeding in setting them against one another. The people can see the impact they are having and the Government does not like it. I ask them to keep up their campaign-----

Post Office Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The important thing is that they keep up their campaign. There is something very strange indeed when speaker after speaker from the Government side says they must commit themselves to the defence of the post office network and they will do nothing to endanger rural post offices or post offices in small villages and towns, yet the Government does not commit, and presumably the very same...

Post Office Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What is worrying about the Government amendment and about its whole approach to this issue is that, essentially, it is saying that post offices will stand or fall depending on market forces. If they can cut the mustard in the cut-throat competition with the banks and Tesco, maybe they will survive, but if they cannot, the post offices are gone. That is not good enough. What this motion...

Other Questions: Universal Health Insurance White Paper (26 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is more to it than that. Leaked documents suggest that, even though the paper is in draft form and the details are sketchy, it could cost €5 billion. We could be talking about an annual cost of €1,672 per person. There is even talk of €700 per year in drugs costs for medical card holders. These are terrifying figures. Will the Minister comment on them? From...