Results 23,741-23,760 of 26,986 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is just a loan shark operation.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We knew we were special.
- Other Questions: Property Taxation (23 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the Minister's responsibility for the environment, community and local government or trying to get blood out of a stone? He will not be able to get €400 or €500 from the 1.8 million people who have less than €100 left after they pay their bills each month. Perhaps the Thornhill report might enlighten us on how this will be done. Will the Minister explain how those who...
- Other Questions: Property Taxation (23 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We favour a wealth tax on millionaires. I will explain our position during statements on the economy tomorrow.
- Other Questions: National Asset Management Agency (23 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have raised this issue on a number of occasions but I still cannot obtain a straight answer. The Minister of State is not answering the question that has been put to her. Why has NAMA only managed to identify 2,000 suitable units out of a possible 340,000 empty units? Those 2,000 units are not going to help reduce the numbers on the housing lists. Why is the Minister of State expanding...
- Other Questions: National Asset Management Agency (23 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: From where are we getting the money to pay out €580 million each year?
- Other Questions: National Asset Management Agency (23 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We could build a great many houses if we used the €580 million.
- Other Questions: National Asset Management Agency (23 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am painfully aware of it.
- Other Questions: National Asset Management Agency (23 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We are NAMA.
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licences (23 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with regards to the recent Foreshore Licence granted to Providence Resources to drill an exploratory well just six kms from the Dublin coastline, if he has satisfied himself that there is no threat to the safety and welfare of the people of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46181/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licences (23 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with regards to the recent Foreshore Licence granted to Providence Resources to drill an exploratory well just six kms from the Dublin coastline, if he believes he compiled with the rules of the Aarthus Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46180/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (23 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected savings from the closure of the adult refugee programme run by vocational education committees throughout the country [45859/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (23 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the support alternatives for refugees and migrant workers he will put in place if the expected closure of adult refugee programmes goes ahead [45860/12]
- Other Questions: Departmental Agencies (18 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) has received any director's fees from November 2011 to June 2012 in view of reports that he has not attended meetings over this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45200/12]
- Other Questions: Departmental Agencies (18 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Minister for his reply. These concerns arise as a result of the extreme pressure on harbour workers, a couple of whom are in the Visitors Gallery today. For example, four of the nine harbour policemen have been put on one week a month temporary lay-off for an indefinite period because the company says it does not have the money to pay them, which is a major hit for those...
- Other Questions: Departmental Agencies (18 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the Minister's response, with which I agree wholeheartedly. Given that the Minister is reviewing this situation - I can tell from the tone of his responses that he takes these issues seriously - how can we, as public representatives, best put forward our suggestions to him in regard to how this regime could be changed? I put it to the Minister that given the threat to the amenity...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Harbour Authorities (18 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Minister for his reply. I welcome the fact the representatives of the harbour company will appear before a an Oireachtas committee. The anger felt by the workforce in the harbour company is extreme. Five members of staff were made redundant at the beginning of 2011, the chief executive officer is seeking pay cuts of between 30% and 40% from the workforce and the entire harbour...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Harbour Authorities (18 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I agree that the future of the harbour company is the major concern for the people of Dún Laoghaire and certainly for the workforce. I accept this is a legacy issue which the Minister has inherited. Any reasonable person would say this is an unacceptably high level of remuneration for top executives who appear to give themselves unspecified payments of very large amounts and increasing...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Harbour Authorities (18 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the harbour company be retained or brought back under council control, Dublin Port control or directly under the Department?
- Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We must move quickly. Thankfully, this is not an issue that affects my constituency of Dún Laoghaire. However, I want to show my full solidarity with and extend my support for the thousands of families and householders who are affected by this pyrite disaster and tell them that if there is anything I can do, I will be very happy to do it. It is a double whammy for the families and...