Results 20,401-20,420 of 26,924 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (11 Feb 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: They are registered here as brass plate companies.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (11 Feb 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: What about the pre-tax profits of €70 billion?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (11 Feb 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: No country does.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (11 Feb 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Forests
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (11 Feb 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Our oil into their pockets.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (11 Feb 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Can we see the legal advice?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (11 Feb 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 6. To ask the Taoiseach the date of the most recent meeting of the Economic Management Council. [4932/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (11 Feb 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I agree with that proposal and I will be interested to see what the Taoiseach has to say about it. I offer another proposal for a referendum which is rather simple, that is, to change the wording in the Constitution relating to natural resources from the current wording which refers to "the State" owning the resources to "the people" owning the resources. In fact, that was the wording in...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (11 Feb 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: This was discussed already and it is related to referendums.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (11 Feb 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It was discussed already, it is related to referendums and you did not pull anyone else up on it.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (11 Feb 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: As with others, I shared the disgust that public money was handed over to an organisation that wants to deny equality to same-sex couples and people with a different sexual orientation. That decision was made on the basis of fears of litigation. The Taoiseach has said in respect of the necessity of holding a referendum and not legislating straightaway on these matters that there are...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Governance (11 Feb 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that there is a sufficient degree of transparency and accountability in the policies, management and operation of Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6350/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (11 Feb 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific measures he proposes to increase the level of afforestation here in view of the failure in recent years to meet afforestation targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6351/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (11 Feb 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 613. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate reports received by this Deputy that three relatives of the chief ambulance officer of the national ambulance service have recently been employed in the positions of ambulance control supervisor, acting team leader and ambulance controller following interviews by a panel, the membership of which included the chief ambulance officer;...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Feb 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 655. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the private hospitals which have received patients transferred from public lists; the costs paid to each hospital for patients transferred from public waiting lists for 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6959/14]
- County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government is nothing if not consistent in its determination to apply neoliberal economic doctrine to dealing with the plight of the economy in its approach to trying to create jobs. That doctrine is pretty simple and has been applied consistently by the current Administration as it was by the previous Government, albeit with minor tinkering. However, the broad strokes of the policy the...
- Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Feb 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It does speak to the Bill.
- Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Feb 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I just explained how the Minister’s main argument against the Bill is to defend creditors.
- Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Feb 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Members opposite are cynical, petty politicians who do not give a hoot about the people they claim to represent. They dismiss positive suggestions and will not even allow them to be discussed further. They have also dismissed out of hand suggestions we might examine a regime of differential rates to give a break to small and medium-sized enterprises.
- Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Feb 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We have made umpteen submissions.