Results 22,381-22,400 of 26,960 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have suggested increasing corporate tax, introducing a financial transactions tax etc.
- Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister has not really grasped the central point made by some of us on this side of the House. His defence for this move to effectively cut maternity benefit does not recognise the contribution and role of women in society as a whole and the economy. When he argues that we have to make fiscal choices, he is implying that there is fiscal rectitude and proper fiscal management, on the...
- Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We will consider our view on that issue when we see who is mining it and who will gain the benefit.
- Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister is diverting the discussion slightly. The economic cost of an oil spill in the bay would be far greater than the cost of any benefit we might receive. In any case, we would not receive the same benefit as the private multinationals. The Minister has alternative proposals which have been put to him by various Members. As I pointed out to him, responses from his own Department...
- Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Likewise, as I indicated on Committee Stage, I oppose this move to tax maternity benefit. In the various comments from the Minister and Government spokespersons when this issue was first highlighted, the defence put up was to suggest this was a significant anomaly where, if people were on maternity leave, they would end up with more than if they had stayed at work. The problem lies in the...
- European Council: Statements (13 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am for a social Europe. It would depend on whether it was a social Europe or a corporate Europe.
- European Council: Statements (13 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have four minutes and 53 seconds, so why did the Chair cut across me before I had finished?
- European Council: Statements (13 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have a practical and simple proposal for the Government to increase investment in this country. It should ask the European authorities-----
- European Council: Statements (13 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: If the Chair had not cut across me 15 seconds before I had finished, I would have concluded by now.
- European Council: Statements (13 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Those in the Chair have a habit of doing that.
- European Council: Statements (13 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Why should I not make it?
- European Council: Statements (13 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have plenty of respect for myself. The Chair should show some respect for the House as well.
- European Council: Statements (13 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Taoiseach realise how frustrated people have become from watching the endless merry-go-round of EU summits? They are littered with fine phrases about jobs, economic growth and returning to normal lending, but the reality experienced by people is one of deepening stagnation in the European and Irish economies and the persistence of the scourge of mass unemployment. The fact that 26...
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to press the Taoiseach on that issue of-----
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: No, because he did not answer. Hold on, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: No, it is not.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: No. Hold on.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am asking about legislation. You did not even let me get one sentence out of my mouth before you cut across me.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to ask about legislation.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Are you going to let me ask a question?