Results 20,841-20,860 of 26,960 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I question the somewhat arbitrary distinction the Minister is making in setting the threshold at €5,000 if the major purpose of the scheme for refurbishment and redevelopment is to generate employment. The Minister has stated this is the purpose. In so many instances people under pressure are not carrying out routine work because they are not sure whether they should spend the money....
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There is none at the minute.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I broadly welcome the incentive. It is a positive measure which I hope will encourage people to carry out refurbishment and so forth. It may complement the pay-as-you-save installation programme about which there has been much discussion. It could link in very well with that scheme and is a much better-conceived incentive than others that will be discussed later. Sadly, I missed the...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Haddington Road Agreement Negotiations (26 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that ASTI members will continue to be paid the annual supervision and substitution allowance of €1,769 gross, in view of the fact that this is not part of Haddington Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42440/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (26 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 195. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 12 November 2013, the steps that the Revenue Commissioners took to confirm that the person in question was residing with their partner for the years concerned; and if it is the practice of the Revenue Commissioners to withdraw tax credits without looking for confirmation of the reasons for adjusting tax credits....
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Health Contribution Refunds (26 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 409. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to the overcharging of the health contribution in 2009 and 2010, the number of persons who applied for a refund; the number who were given a refund; the total amount refunded; the number of persons still eligible for a refund; and the total amount of these refunds. [50724/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Insolvency Payments Scheme Eligibility (26 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 412. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans in terms of legislative reform to allow workers access to the State insolvency fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50561/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (26 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 637. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the general practitioner visit card review or issue a temporary GP visit card to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [50639/13]
- Youth Employment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Who is sitting inside four walls?
- Youth Employment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The story of young people in this country and their abuse by this Government, and the last one for that matter, is the flip side of the coin of the mirage the Government has tried to conjure up about the so-called exit from the so-called bailout. We are not exiting anything and we were never bailed out in the first place. The human reality of that is vicious, vindictive attacks on the least...
- Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, the motion that was submitted by the Government was a motion tabled at short notice. The Standing Order dealing with motions requires that they be submitted four days before they are taken in this House. The Government's motion was tabled three minutes before 5 p.m. yesterday. Discretion was allowed to the Government to include the short-notice motion but discretion...
- Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: No explanation.
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Ceann Comhairle cannot tell me when the deadline was.
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Whom is it up to?
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I want an answer to the question.
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: No. I want it now.
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: This is a serious abuse of the democratic process.
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to know when the deadline was. This is a vote on an important issue.
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Will somebody answer my question? Can I have an answer to the question from someone? When was the deadline?
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Where is that written down?