Results 22,921-22,940 of 26,986 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Topical Issue Debate: Forestry Sector (31 Jan 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Can we have public hearings on the matter?
- Topical Issue Debate: Forestry Sector (31 Jan 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The plan to sell off the harvesting rights of 1.2 million acres of State forestry, the people's forests, to pay off the debts of bankers is an act of national sabotage and betrayal. Public ownership of the forests and the trees that stand on them is the birthright of Irish citizens. I do not know if the word "treason" has its roots in the word "trees" but to sell off the State forestry is...
- Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister did not really answer my question. In so far as there has been an improvement to the domiciliary care allowance, I give credit to the staff.
- Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I give most credit to-----
- Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister had her chance. I give most credit to the families who came out on the streets last year and embarrassed the Government into acknowledging the disgraceful mistreatment of families with special needs. They forced the Minister to address the problem, but it is now being moved to another area. She has completely failed to address the fact that since the Government took office the...
- Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I can provide the statistics.
- Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have no problem with them. My problem is with the policy.
- Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I can provide the statistics showing that two thirds are being refused.
- Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: My question relates directly to the Minister's Department and policies. Last year, there was an outcry from families of children with special needs about the dramatic increase in the refusal of the domiciliary care allowance, a consequent alarming increase in the number of appeals and the waiting times for those appeals, which often went up to a year. In a parliamentary question I put to...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (31 Jan 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the implementation of recommendations in the Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration here in relation to the licensing and tax terms for oil and gas exploration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4598/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Exploration Licences (31 Jan 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will give a commitment that no licences for on-shore unconventional shale gas exploration will be granted at least until the new Environmental Protection Agency report on the Environmental Impacts of Unconventional Gas Exploration and Extraction is completed and considered. [5059/13]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (30 Jan 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: This is an issue that most of us have come across as public representatives. It appears there is a gap in the legislation or regulations in this area. The Minister for Justice and Equality has indicated that his Department is working on legislation to provide for some sort of scheme of compulsory mediation and restrictions on height.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (30 Jan 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We should press the Minister on when the legislation will be introduced and suggest that he might look to the UK and elsewhere for templates for regulating this area.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (30 Jan 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I concur.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (30 Jan 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We need to seek clarification on several issues the petitioner has raised. Through the investigations of the secretariat, we have uncovered that the 2008 application form was cross-referenced to the 2005 application with regard to cross-compliance which seems to support the petitioner’s assertion that he acted in good faith and not, as was suggested by the Department, fraudulently in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (30 Jan 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I support that proposal. The recent report showing a dramatic increase in suicide levels over the past several years, particularly among young people, means this is an issue that we need to take seriously. The suggestion that there would be a national campaign sponsored by the Government on suicide awareness would be absolutely beneficial.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Election of Chairman (30 Jan 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Well done.
- Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: In the past week, the economist Peter Bacon has joined the chorus of voices who are, in polite language, saying the Government's plan to sell the harvesting rights to Coillte represents economic and financial madness. The plan is to give away a vital resource that could generate many jobs and considerable revenue for the State. It could be given away for a song. Incredibly, at a meeting of...
- Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the forestry Bill come before this House before the Taoiseach concludes any deal to sell off our forestry, or will he allow for some debate in this House on the merits, or otherwise, of the sale of our national forestry to, say, Swiss wealth asset managers or the Chinese Government?
- Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We all know that.