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Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If the Minister was not interrupting.

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will conclude by saying that we should leave it in the ground until we have a regime that guarantees us a proper take and that we do get security.

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Chair, can you ask the Minister not to intervene?

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Seriously, can you shut him up?

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is an incredible way to chair these proceedings, that the Minister interrupts me and you do not say one word of criticism of him, and then you challenge me over speaking. That is utterly biased.

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Deputy Pringle just told you that I-----

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will conclude. We should not take it out of the ground unless we have a State company that is doing it and controlling it, where we are guaranteed security of supply, community gain and proper consultation with local communities, and where it is taken out at a safe distance from human habitation so that there is no danger to communities or to the environment. Norway proves it is possible....

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Statoil is a state company.

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can the Minister not see the difference? The profits there go to the state. They have a vault of hundreds of billions of krone in revenues that would keep that economy secure for decades to come because they take 78% of the profits in royalties, direct taxation, etc., and it is a state company.

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The committee deserves considerable credit for producing this report and its recommendations. It deserves credit because this is a critical issue. However one looks at it and whatever view one takes on how or if we should develop our oil and gas resources, it is important that it is debated fully and that all the angles and aspects of it are understood, debated rigorously and that the wider...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 30. To ask the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of Britain's membership of the EU and the proposed referendum in Britain on that issue during his recent meeting with Prime Minister Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22139/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 31. To ask the Taoiseach his participation in events around the 15th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22141/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sale of Coillte's Harvesting Rights: Discussion (Resumed) with IMPACT (14 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the noises coming from the Government I have heard a narrative to the effect that we do not need to worry because it is not going to be sold off. I do not think we should be complacent until we hear a definitive statement. What does IMPACT make of the noises from the Government on this issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sale of Coillte's Harvesting Rights: Discussion (Resumed) with IMPACT (14 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Further to Deputy Flanagan's point the timber industry representatives said that the key issue was to expand forestry, that this would deal with the price issue. What is IMPACT's view of that? It seems obvious to me that for various reasons we need to expand the amount of forest cover in this country which is very low by European standards. What does IMPACT see as the obstacle to that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sale of Coillte's Harvesting Rights: Discussion (Resumed) with IMPACT (14 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Vice Chairman for the opportunity to address the committee. I commend IMPACT on its campaign and its report, which is an excellent report not just in outlining the need to oppose the plan to sell off the harvesting rights of our public forestry but also in highlighting how important forestry is and its enormous potential for the State and the economy if properly managed,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 88. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in detail the plan for health services in South County Dublin with regards to the new configuration of services at Loughlinstown, St Michael's and St Vincent's Hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22625/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Records (14 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 468. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to ensure that officials keep accurate visa statistics regarding the number of tourist visas being issued in the Beijing office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22418/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (14 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 469. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality under the MEI pilot programme, the number of visas that were issued to non-MEI schools; the exact number of visas issued and the number refused under the MEI pilot programme. [22419/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Ireland Funding (14 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 732. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of the Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland budget for promoting English Language schools in Ireland for 2013; the way marketing targets are agreed with the EFL industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22420/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Ireland Funding (14 May 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 733. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Failte Ireland will fund the MEI workshop in 2013; and the number of meetings that have taken place with Enterprise Ireland to discuss the marketing of Ireland as a centre of excellence in international education. [22421/13]