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Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a pity the Minister keeps interrupting me. The Government’s response was sad but predictable.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I commend Deputy Donnelly on his excellent work in putting the Bill together. The Government’s response is extraordinarily disappointing if not entirely unpredictable. There is a very clear pattern with the Government. It is one it shares with the previous Government, namely, that it will move hell and high water to protect big corporate and financial interests but when people come...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (5 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I accept that the committee has little choice but to respond to the petitioner indicating that the petition is closed. In the intervening time since Ms Halpin, on behalf of the Save our Seafront campaign, submitted her petition, the group's aim has been achieved in that Providence Resources has been forced to withdraw its application. The Government has indicated that the maritime area and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (5 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I commend Mr. Smyth on bringing this proposal to the committee. Most people agree there was reckless lending by financial institutions, that these practices landed individuals and the country as a whole in a great deal of trouble and that legislation should be introduced to criminalise the type of behaviour that did so much damage. I accept, however, that the request for such legislation...

Northern Ireland: Statements (5 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The worrying rise of sectarian violence, confrontation and attacks in the North in recent years, most recently during the flag protests, is an indictment of the failure of the structures established under the Belfast Agreement, the failure of the power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and the failure of the political architects of the Agreement in the North, Britain and the South. There is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice Issues (5 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 23. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be an inquiry into the death of a baby (details supplied) in Dalkey in 1973 and the circumstances surrounding the death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5354/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (4 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not mention protest.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (4 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We should have a system of recall.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (4 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Arising from the results of the referendum on the Seanad, any conclusion that does not conclude there is deep alienation and disaffection from the political system as a whole is not facing reality. It was not simply about the Seanad but was about politics and politicians in general. There is deep distrust of the lot of them - that is, of all of us.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (4 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am. My point was on the conclusion one should draw from the Seanad result and how that should inform how we deal with the Seanad issue. While the Taoiseach may smirk all he likes, that is the level of anger that exists.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (4 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: One point that has been clearly expressed in this Chamber and which is the subject of an absolute consensus across the wider public is that one cannot have a democratic institution in which all citizens do not have a say. There are finer points to that debate as to how one would make it universal and not merely a replica of this institution, and they must be discussed. However, everyone...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Freedom of Information Requests (4 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the Taoiseach's commitments to a greater level of transparency and accountability, although we can debate what led to them. Some of us feel that the scandal of the consultants at Irish Water is what forced his hand on this, but whatever the reason, we are moving on with the commitment from the Taoiseach to open things up and to have more information in the public domain and on his...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Freedom of Information Requests (4 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a question. It is absolutely a question and I want the Taoiseach to answer it. What is behind that sum of €44 million? When one considers the level of scrutiny of other areas of public expenditure, including how much public servants are paid, their hourly rates, what the Taoiseach's salary is, what my salary is, what our expenses are and so forth, then the same level of detail...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Freedom of Information Requests (4 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The public are entitled to that information. Will the Taoiseach furnish us with that level of detail?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Freedom of Information Requests (4 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not what I asked about. Can we know the hourly rate for the consultants?

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing (4 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I also want to hear the answer to that question.

Other Questions: Irish Water Staff (4 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: All of the private consultants have it already.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (4 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 110. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in detail by local authority, the number of houses to be built under the capital programme for social housing; the number of houses to be acquired from the National Asset Management Agency for the purposes of social housing; the number of units to be funded in co-operative housing; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (4 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 116. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the executive and board structure of Irish Water; the number of executive and board members, the salaries and pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4924/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Local Employment Service Issues (4 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the case of a person (details supplied) who has been denied funding to train as a security guard because they have no promise of work and as a result cannot apply for work because they have not got the qualification; and if this regulation contradicts the stated policy to encourage persons into training and back to work. [5212/14]