Results 20,521-20,540 of 26,960 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government should build a few council houses.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (21 Jan 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 19. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent meetings he has had with Northern Ireland Executive representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53849/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes. I would like to know much the individuals were paid.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I referred to the transparency and accountability elements.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Consistency is a good thing, not a bad thing.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Direct-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Do we know the hourly rates of the consultants? One hundred euro an hour.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Because council houses are not being built.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Because the housing list is 14 years long.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I would welcome this as soon as possible.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There are two commitments in the programme for Government which the Government has abandoned or completely failed to deliver on, the first of which, following on from Deputy Joe Higgins' question, is in the area of transparency and accountability. The democratic revolution, with a new openness and transparency, was central to the programme, as well as the Taoiseach’s speech when he...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I will be brief. The Taoiseach committed in the programme for Government to end homelessness by 2016. He has failed abysmally on this commitment. The levels of homelessness have not improved one iota but are getting worse, facts confirmed by all agencies and individuals dealing with the problem, including Fr. Peter McVerry. What does the Taoiseach have to say about this? Far from...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (21 Jan 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide reassurances to parents and teachers that there will be no cuts or reductions in services to the visiting teacher service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2349/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (21 Jan 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will instruct his Department to engage and consult directly and openly with the board of management of a school (details supplied) with the aim of briefing the board and parents on his Department's efforts to find a location for the school; if he will meet with them within the next two weeks; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licences Applications (21 Jan 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 468. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council will hear the results of its foreshore applications for the slipway at Dalkey Island and the baths site in Dun Laoghaire. [2764/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Care Services Provision (21 Jan 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 612. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an assessment by an early intervention team in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2489/14]
- Other Questions: Property Taxation Administration (16 Jan 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: What the Minister appears to be saying is that he, as Minister for Finance, has no role in scrutinising the spending of the €490 million that is being handed over via the Minister-----
- Other Questions: Property Taxation Administration (16 Jan 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I find that pretty extraordinary because the money concerned is tax receipts. The Government in levying this unpopular, regressive austerity tax tried to neutralise opposition to it by saying that all the moneys collected would go back into local areas and services. We then discovered last autumn that not a single cent would go towards local services but would be used to meet the start-up...
- Other Questions: Property Taxation Administration (16 Jan 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am entitled to raise the issue.