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Order of Business (30 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not a technical issue.

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Better Leon Trotsky than Joseph Stalin.

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Give us a break.

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is pure dishonesty. We proposed a wealth tax and it is well the Tánaiste knows it.

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is because half the population has left the country.

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Some 300,000 people have emigrated.

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Ceann Comhairle is quite right.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale (30 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 32. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has had any input into the proposed sale of Coillte harvesting rights in view of the importance of forests to our national heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26282/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale (30 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 37. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he and the National Parks and Wildlife Service have concerns regarding the impact on biodiversity in our forests should the proposed sale of Coillte harvesting rights go ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26283/13]

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister was heckling me a moment ago.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have received a lot more from the Minister.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is a side issue.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not what I said.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not what I said.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is a real attack. This is anti-trade union legislation. It is not only anti-low and middle income worker legislation or a specific austerity measure. It is about giving draconian powers to the Government and future Governments to attack by fiat the conditions of trade unionists over their heads and making a mockery of the basic principles of trade unionism.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not understand why my amendment on section 2B was ruled out of order because it would not impose a charge on the Exchequer and it was not declaratory.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It seems there is a third string to the exclusion bow but we will deal with it later. Section 2B is the draconian heart of the Bill.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No, the last section demonstrated the injustice of imposing the burden of cuts and adjustments on people earning less than €100,000. This section is the draconian heart of the Bill because it is essentially telling public sector workers that the Government will negotiate with them as long as there is agreement. If the workers dare to disagree, the Government will inflict whatever it...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The point has been made. I will let matters proceed.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not understand why my amendment on section 2B was ruled out of order because it would not impose a charge on the Exchequer and it was not declaratory.