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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the deputation not believe a cooling off period of approximately two years following a period working for NAMA would be appropriate?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am referring to working for companies engaged it that business.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the NAMA officials for carrying on for so long. I would like to place my questions in the context of Mr. McDonagh's point that NAMA is much more transparent and accountable than the banks. While I agree with that point, it is not a brilliant achievement on the part of NAMA in the light of the level of arrogance and contempt that the banks show when they come to this forum and the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Absolutely. This is what I want to ask about. I suspect many people share my fear that the number of social housing units will be relatively paltry. I wonder whether the officials think that is a legitimate fear. In any case, the State will not gain from these units - the approved housing bodies will. Is it not the case that the net objective of NAMA is to get the money back and refloat...
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: As others have said, I do not know what happened in the Taoiseach's conversation with Angela Merkel and I certainly do not know exactly what "special" means. Special could mean better treatment or it could mean basket-case, as is the case with Greece and the impact of troika policies on that country. It would be helpful if the Taoiseach could tell us what he thinks "special" means in terms...
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is a very good analogy.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Through the Chair.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There are 10,000 extra pupils a year.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach was very pleased following the comments by Angela Merkel at the weekend that we were special.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach expected and expects the people of this country to feel pleased at these comments but, apart from the warm fuzzy feeling that we might be expected to feel after Angela Merkel's kind words, can he tell the teachers who are marching to the Dáil today, particularly the young, newly qualified teachers, what their new special status will mean? So far, their experience of being...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: -----because of their special treatment at the hands of the Taoiseach and the troika.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The young people of this country are so special they have had their class sizes increased, their SNAs cut, their language support and resource teachers cut, their capitation grants cut and registration fees increased for third level students. Can the Taoiseach tell the teachers on the streets, the young people of this country and their parents that our new special status means there will be...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: As a former teacher himself, does the Taoiseach think it is fair that young teachers coming into the profession this year should be working alongside people doing exactly the same job but be earning 25% less? Is that not straightforward wage apartheid? Is it not discrimination and ageism? Is it not completely unfair? Is not utterly unfair that the difference in earnings over the lifetime...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Should they pick up the tab? Is it fair that our young people, students with special needs and those entering third level education should pay the bill for the gambling of speculators, financiers and bondholders that the Taoiseach and Angela Merkel are insisting they pay? I ask the Taoiseach to tell those teachers, so they do not have to come out in protest and can concentrate on what they...
- 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?