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Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not me.

Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We were leading the protest and I warned the Tánaiste what would happen.

Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are 21,000 cases a year.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Losses (23 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In the short time available I will not get into an argument with the Minister on this issue, except to say the workers have a different perspective, wide knowledge of the industry, skills and so on. They tell me there could be a glut of the engines in which they specialise in the market soon and that work could be done in Rathcoole but not if the plant is stripped down. I appeal to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Losses (23 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Minister meet the workers?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Losses (23 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Minister meet the workers?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Losses (23 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What about the jobs?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Losses (23 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the recent job losses at Lufthansa Technik Airmotive Ireland, if he will step in to ensure the protection of skilled Airmotive jobs, keep the plant viable as an aircraft engine overhaul facility and ensure that all redundancies owed will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3146/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Losses (23 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In the Visitors Gallery there is a delegation of workers from Lufthansa Technik Airmotive Ireland, 400 of whom have learned in recent weeks that they will lose their jobs. Sixty-five were laid off last week, with the remainder to go in the coming weeks and months. I am asking on their behalf whether the Government intends to do anything to seek to save and maintain this highly skilled...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Losses (23 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is a strategic closure by Lufthansa. The idea that we have a contracting market opportunity is nonsense. The reality is that the aircraft industry is booming. The Government's commitment to seek investment and expand employment in this area is proof of that. The Government is taking that approach because it knows it is an industry that is expanding. Therefore, we should not take too...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Grant Payments (23 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 100. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form, year by year from 1997 to 2013, the amount of money Lufthansa Technik Airmotive Ireland, based in Rathcoole in Dublin received in public money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3279/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Management Remuneration (22 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons in Government Departments, State agencies and semi-State bodies that are being paid over the recommended public sector salary cap, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2696/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Remit (22 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Irish Water will be opened to freedom of information; if he is considering opening Coillte and other semi-State companies to freedom of information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2695/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (22 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is he satisfied that the Data Commissioner has the capacity and the resources to adequately monitor whether private companies and particularly those making use of external contractors who are in possession of sensitive data pertaining to members of the public, are fully adhering to data protection legislation; and if he will make a...

Topical Issue Debate: Prison Committals (21 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Quite simply - this is what I believe Margaretta D'Arcy would want to convey to the Minister - the Minister would not have to spend €17 million if the Government stopped facilitating the US military machine at Shannon Airport and stopped facilitating CIA aircraft that are involved in the illegal torture and kidnapping of persons. Margaretta is acting also on the principle of the...

Topical Issue Debate: Prison Committals (21 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is deeply ironic that Ministers are expressing concern about events in Ukraine, the Government of which is trying to pass a law to make it a serious offence to engage in peaceful sit down protests at public buildings. This has caused a near revolt. Everybody acknowledges that the actions of the Ukrainian Government, following on from the actions of President Putin's Government in Russia,...

European Council: Statements (21 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can the Minister of State respond to my questions on Israel and drones?

European Council: Statements (21 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Direct answers to my questions would be very much appreciated. Does the Minister of State believe it is acceptable that the European Union is purchasing military hardware, including drones, from Israel, given its appalling human rights record? For that matter, does he believe it is acceptable that the Israeli military-industrial complex is being integrated into this European drive towards...

European Council: Statements (21 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Sometimes it is sad when one's predictions are dramatically confirmed. The prediction made by those of us who opposed the Lisbon and Nice treaties and the Iraq war that Europe was moving towards becoming a corporate, militarised, imperial power - to use what some might consider the archaic language of the left - is dramatically confirmed by this European Council meeting. There is a huge...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (21 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I endorse the call for a debate on the North because there are many issues and we need some kind of regular space to discuss these. While we all want to see greater levels of all-Ireland co-operation and common work North and South, there are worrying signs that we are co-operating or echoing one another in the wrong areas. Last week, in the Royal Victoria Hospital there was a trolley...