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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Smaller Hospitals Framework (20 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Health when the Framework on Smaller Hospitals Report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14350/13]
- Interim Report on Equine DNA-Mislabelling of Processed Meat: Statements (14 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay, but it is a pretty serious problem which raises questions about the role of big business in the food industry and its attitude to food quality and integrity. It also raises important social questions. Academics in Britain have been making the point that in time of recession, people in financial distress or who have lost their jobs economise on food purchases and, as a result, are much...
- Interim Report on Equine DNA-Mislabelling of Processed Meat: Statements (14 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: If I understand the report correctly, one food producer in this country, B&F Meats, was involved in mislabelling meat which was then sold on to the Czech Republic. From the looks of it, this was deliberate and there should be prosecutions. The fact that Silvercrest, owned by someone who is notorious in the beef industry as a result of the activities of his firms in the 1980s and 1990s,...
- Interim Report on Equine DNA-Mislabelling of Processed Meat: Statements (14 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: What is concerning is the report states there is no evidence that Silvercrest and Rangeland Meats knowingly purchased or used horsemeat in the production of beef products. Neither is there any evidence that they did not, however. One could argue it is quite incredible that they would not know these facts. I met a well-known celebrity chef on the street in Dún Laoghaire recently who...
- Interim Report on Equine DNA-Mislabelling of Processed Meat: Statements (14 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: As the Minister and everyone else is aware, the discovery of horse and pig DNA in what are supposed to be beef products raises the most serious questions. It raises questions for the food industry across Europe and for the political authorities. The fact that it is a pan-European problem and scandal should not be a source of comfort for the Government. I note that at the outset the...
- Interim Report on Equine DNA-Mislabelling of Processed Meat: Statements (14 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Where are our copies?
- Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: He was someone who chose to repudiate his wealth and walk among the poor. The Government might consider taking a leaf from his book. My main question relates in a way to something we might consider at the weekend when we commemorate another saint, St. Patrick. The occasion is a celebration of our national identity. As Minister in charge of Coillte and the State forestry, will the Minister...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not much of an answer from the Minister. He could indicate who those stakeholders are and who the Government is talking to about the sale of the forests. I asked the Minister whether he would reconsider and review the commitment of the Government to sell off the harvesting rights to our State forests. If we do this - if we sell off our forests - we will be the only country in...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Minister for Finance review it?
- Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Just to pick up on the Minister's reference to the election of the Pope-----
- Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: What does the Minister think of the significance of the Pope's choice of the name Francis? The Minister will be aware that St. Francis was the son of a wealthy merchant who made the decision to repudiate his wealth.
- Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The trees will not be around for long.
- Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Self-evidently the Government's policy on jobs and its promise to get Ireland working is failing. We lost 14,000 full-time jobs last year. If it was not for emigration the unemployment crisis, which is already very severe, would be at absolutely catastrophic levels. It really seems as if emigration is the Government's jobs policy and that is a shame for any Government, given the history of...
- Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Self-evidently the Government's policy on jobs and its promise to get Ireland working is failing. We lost 14,000 full-time jobs last year. If it was not for emigration the unemployment crisis, which is already very severe, would be at absolutely catastrophic levels. It really seems as if emigration is the Government's jobs policy and that is a shame for any Government, given the history of...
- Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The trees will not be around for long.
- Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: In our budget submission, we proposed that the effective rates relating to these people should be increased and that hundreds of millions or perhaps billions of euro could be captured as a result. There are alternatives but the Minister just does not accept that they exist. He is of the view that it is more acceptable to hit women who are bringing up children and we believe he is wrong.
- Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I referred to those with incomes over €100,000 all the way up to €8 million.
- Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I stated that their average earnings are €185,000.
- Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I just did.
- Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I did. The Minister is just not listening.