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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: 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.

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What is the Taoiseach going to do to vindicate those rights? They are the rights of women, like Savita Halappanavar, to choose their own fate when they are pregnant, the rights of young children in Gaza not to be massacred by Israeli weapons, the rights of the elderly, the disabled and those with special needs to live a dignified existence and not have their lives degraded by brutal and...

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The question was about human rights.

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The human rights of women and children.

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Last week, there was great fanfare about the appointment of Ireland to the United Nations Human Rights Council. It is ironic that this country should be appointed as an international guardian of human rights when in the week since that appointment the Government has failed so utterly to uphold the rights of vulnerable citizens and their families, both in this country and abroad. The...

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government has failed to vindicate the rights of children with special needs and families affected by disability who are marching on the Dáil today. It has failed to protect the rights of the elderly-----

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----whose representatives delivered a petition here yesterday begging for an end to the cuts being imposed on the vulnerable and elderly citizens.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Semi-State Sector Remuneration (21 Nov 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the number of former semi-State agency executives or employees, on an agency basis, in receipt of pensions in excess of €90,000 per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51614/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Semi-State Sector Remuneration (21 Nov 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the number of semi-State and State agency executives and employees on an agency by agency basis that have salaries of more than €100,000 per year; if he will provide this information in tabular form, detailing any additional allowances, bonuses and the annual cost to the Exchequer of any pension...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Agencies (21 Nov 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the number of semi-State and State agency executives and employees on an agency by agency basis that have salaries of more than €100,000 per year; if he will provide this information in tabular form, detailing any additional allowances, bonuses and the annual cost to the Exchequer of any...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Semi-State Sector Remuneration (21 Nov 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of semi-State and State agency executives and employees on an agency by agency basis that have salaries of more than €100,000 per year; if he will provide this information in tabular form, detailing any additional allowances, bonuses and the annual cost to the Exchequer of any pension packages to such employees,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Semi-State Sector Remuneration (21 Nov 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of former semi-State agency executives or employees, on an agency basis, in receipt of pensions in excess of €90,000 per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52145/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Semi-State Sector Remuneration (21 Nov 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the number of semi-State and State agency executives and employees on an agency by agency basis that have salaries of more than €100,000 per year; if he will provide this information in tabular form, detailing any additional allowances, bonuses and the annual cost to the Exchequer of any pension packages to such...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Semi-State Sector Remuneration (21 Nov 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the number of former semi-State agency executives or employees, on an agency basis, in receipt of pensions in excess of €90,000 per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52143/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Semi-State Sector Remuneration (21 Nov 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of the number of semi-State and State agency executives and employees on an agency by agency basis that have salaries of more than €100,000 per year; if he will provide this information in tabular form, detailing any additional allowances, bonuses and the annual cost to the Exchequer of any pension...