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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Middle East Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: How can we allow this to continue when Israel is doing this to the Palestinians, particularly Gazans?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Middle East Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They should not have to rely on tunnels for such materials.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Middle East Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the pressure his Department is putting on the Israeli Government, through the Irish embassy in Tel Aviv or other channels, to address the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza; if he will provide details of his Department's most recent correspondence with the Israeli Government; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Middle East Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Tánaiste rightly described the need for urgent action following the natural disaster that has afflicted people in the Philippines. However, a man-made disaster on a similar scale has been occurring in Gaza every day for years and the humanitarian situation is worsening by the day. When will we say "enough is enough" to Israel? The lack of fuel at Gaza's power plant means there are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Why in the witnesses' opinion do countries such as Germany, Britain, Norway and others set a distance from the coast inside which these things are not permitted? Do the witnesses not think they have good reasons for doing this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The strategic environmental assessment, SEA, looked generally at the potential environmental impact of developing energy resources in the offshore. An issue arose in relation to oil rigs that could potentially arise in relation to the Dublin Array project. It was suggested in the context of the oil rig that the SEA covered the requirement for an environmental impact assessment, which we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is there any danger in terms of this Bill that we are doing away with the need for specific projects to be properly assessed environmentally?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Ms Dubsky for her presentation. I will take up the last point first, which is very interesting. Is Mr. Crosbie saying that the Bill essentially gives the Minister too much discretion to fully enforce provisions in the legislation, which are good but which the Minister is not bound to implement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Coastwatch Europe has a sympathetic ear on that matter. Mr. Crosbie should send us the amendments. Similarly, I worry about the forestry Bill where there is a lot of discretion because things are not specifically tied down. Apart from the general problem of a lack of democratic accountability because people are not operating under rules, is Mr. Crosbie also saying that a real problem is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Do the witnesses want to elaborate on that? Obviously it is bad that native oysters are being displaced.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Apart from Coastwatch, are other people expressing concern about this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Ms Dubsky for that interesting information. As regards coastal zone management, developing renewables and other energy, oil rigs were also an issue. Ms Dubsky said we should not be against everything and we have to develop renewables in particular. I suspect she might have a slightly different attitude to oil rigs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As Ms Dubsky knows, I am involved in the Save Our Seafront campaign. To cover both we should apply the exclusion zone that seems to exist in most other European countries. In that way, the foreshore area is excluded from major developments be they wind farms or oil rigs. What does Ms Dubsky say to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can I get some clarification on the definition of the foreshore because there seems to be a slight difference of opinion? I thought the foreshore was 22 or 24 kilometres.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My understanding is that there were the low and high water marks, and then a bigger zone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It does not do away with the notion of the foreshore.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I agree with the witnesses on coastal zone management.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Internship Scheme Data (19 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of schools currently utilising the JobBridge scheme to employ interns in a teaching capacity. [48863/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (19 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a list of schools currently utilising the JobBridge scheme to employ interns in a teaching capacity. [48862/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Investigations (19 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 684. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for an inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [49360/13]