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- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: No, I did not.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I was speaking in response to the Minister's answer and refining the point because he said there was an impediment to this.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I note the Chairman has cut across me twice in a way he has not cut across any other speaker.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have made my points.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: My amendments are similar to the others in the group. The Minister has indicated that there are three aspects to this matter, namely, the sharing of back office services, shared branching or front office services and credit unions being in a position to use their assets to invest in socially beneficial projects. I do not want to question anyone's bona fides in this regard, but will the...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Chairman, does the group of amendments we are discussing include those tabled by myself?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I tabled amendments Nos. 16 and 17. Are those not being discussed?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Should I move those?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: My amendments deal with the issues being discussed, but with a slightly different formulation. These are among the most important amendments being proposed by the Irish League of Credit Unions. When I discussed the proposals with representatives of the league they put it to me that we have had a catastrophic failure of the for-profit banking model. The credit unions are asking that the...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The amendment is exactly about shared services.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I was speaking to the amendment, Chairman. What aspect of the amendment was I not speaking to?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Shared services.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not understand the point, Chairman. I was talking about shared services, the capacity of credit unions to provide those shared services and removing impediments to their providing them. That is precisely what they have asked for in their representations to me and in their discussions with me. I suspect this is also the case for other members. It is very creditable that the credit...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister has acknowledged the concern raised by the Irish League of Credit Unions and Opposition Deputies. We take it that the Minister is on the job trying to deal with those concerns. The main point is that credit unions are not banks and should not be treated like banks in a way that could damage their essential character. As long as the Minister is committed to amending the...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Like other speakers, I welcome the acknowledgment by the Minister that these concerns need to be addressed and he is attempting to do so. That is vitally important for reasons on which we all agree. The credit unions were at pains to stress that they should not suffer the backlash as a result of the failures of other sectors of the financial services industry, the banking sector and so on,...
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to raise two points, both of which require the Government to develop spine and backbone to speak up for the citizens of the country and citizens elsewhere who are suffering because of the failed policies of the European Union and the failed policies of the major Western powers. The Tánaiste has done everything to demonstrate to Europe that we are the best boys, that we will obey...
- Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Taoiseach do the job that he was appointed to do in the United Nations and vindicate the rights of women to choose their own fate? Will he vindicate the rights of children in Gaza not to be massacred by Israeli weapons? Will he vindicate the rights of the disabled, those with special needs and the elderly in our society so that we can truly deserve this appointment as a guardian...
- Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is about human rights, very simple.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I only stated facts. There may be grey areas, including who's, why's and wherefores, concerning the death of Savita Halappanavar, but Praveen Halappanavar's word about one fact is good enough for me. For three days, Savita Halappanavar asked for an abortion and she was denied her right to that abortion. The word of families who are on the streets today with children with special needs or...
- Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There is something wrong if their rights are not being vindicated. In addition, children have been massacred in Gaza, like the al-Dallu family whose four young children were killed during the week.