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- Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is highly likely that the commercial retail banking system would not be enamoured by the idea that credit unions could offer a greater level of shared services for members. We are talking about front-office services not back-office services. I accept the Minister of State’s point that there is no obstacle to the latter currently. This is about credit unions, through sharing...
- Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have an amendment down as well.
- Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am a mover as well.
- Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is it only the mover of the first-----
- Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, when am I supposed to move my amendment?
- Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The amendments before the House, which are of the same nature, relate to what has been termed "shared banking". The Irish League of Credit Unions is well aware of the need to protect the funds of credit union members and to ensure the necessary infrastructure is in place to support any move towards the provision of shared services to members. Obviously, there is no question of running into...
- Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Whatever we may think on this side of the House, the Government often pleads that it does not have the money it needs for the investment and stimulus programme we would like to see. With the credit union movement, we have an institution with money which wants to assist the State and its citizens in stimulating the economy by backing projects that would create jobs and pay social dividends....
- Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Likewise with amendments Nos. 3 to 5, inclusive, in my name.
- Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We discussed this issue on Committee Stage and while I do not want to elongate the debate unnecessarily, I feel particularly strongly about this point because it relates to the bigger macroeconomic picture. We are in dire need of a stimulus and investment. The credit union movement wishes to ensure there is no impediment to its members investing money in a way that could be beneficial to...
- Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: My remarks will be in a similar vein to Deputy Doherty's. I acknowledge that we had a constructive engagement on Committee Stage with regard to the amendments that we tabled largely on behalf of the Irish League of Credit Unions. Generally speaking, the Minister indicated a willingness to deal with the concerns raised by the credit union movement and to bring forward his own amendments in...
- European Council: Statements (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is hardly an even conflict.
- European Council: Statements (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The entire strategy of the European Union, endorsed from what I can see by the Government, has been to recapitalise and repay banks, to make them more profitable, to focus on them all of the time and to pay for this by means of austerity, supposedly in the name of competitiveness and efficiency. Is there any recognition on the Government's part or that of European leaders that this is just...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of all pensions payments by year paid to a person (details supplied) from January 1985 to 2012. [53134/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Exploration Licences (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received a detailed application from Providence Resources for approval to drill on the standard exploration licence 2/11 granted last year. [53348/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Exploration Licences (28 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has satisfied himself that there will be no adverse affects on fisheries in Dublin Bay and the surrounding area in view of the licence given to a company (details supplied) to explore for oil in the area. [48406/12]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (27 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not suggesting that. I am saying we should stop before we get there.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (27 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not wish to extend the debate as I understand the Ceann Comhairle's difficulty.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (27 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Could I just-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (27 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, consideration should be given to dividing the hour allocated for dealing with these questions equally among the different groups.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (27 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That would seem reasonable. I appeal to the Taoiseach to stop talking down the clock. That is what he is doing.