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Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The reason I have brought this issue in here is because 16 parents came into my clinic on Monday looking for help. I did not raise the issue; they did. What they want from the Tánaiste is an assurance that these cuts will be reversed - if it is necessary to lift the public sector recruitment embargo in order to provide the services as they have been, that he should do that - and for...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: By the way, the parents are quite willing to meet the management of Carmona Services, and will meet them. What they need from the Tánaiste and from the Government is a commitment that the staffing and resources will be provided in order to maintain the Angel's Quest 24-7 respite service for these people who desperately need it and whose lives will be devastated if these cuts go ahead....

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not true.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Exploration Licences (11 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with regard to the exploratory licence recently granted to a company (details supplied), when the drilling in Dublin Bay is due to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43741/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (11 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in view of a possible oil find in Dublin Bay, if his attention has been drawn to the pamphlet, produced by Dublin Shell to Sea Campaign, Liquid assets: Ireland's oil and gas resources and how they can be managed for the people's benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43745/12]

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They confirmed it.

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Deputy Murphy did a good enough job of that himself.

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The top 5% are paying an effective tax rate, including the universal social charge, of 36%.

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Why can they not pay an effective tax rate of 50%?

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is the poor who are leaving the country - 40,000 of them a year. Is it okay for them to leave the country because there are no jobs and they are crippled by limited services, austerity and poverty?

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What is not true?

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I just told you. Get out your calculator. Multiply €35,000 by 108,000. It comes to €3.5 billion. That is how we would make up the gap. In addition to that-----

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is the deficit and that is the adjustment that should be imposed in the next budget.

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle?

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In addition to dealing with the €3.5 billion deficit by taking €35,000 in taxes from the richest 5% in our society, which would still leave them very rich, we need money for a stimulus investment programme. One cannot have jobs or recovery without such a programme. Where would one raise the funding for it? From the corporate sector, which is creaming it in profits and pays an...

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes; credit is an issue I will discuss in a moment. None of these areas is improving. Moreover, the incidence of suicide is increasing, as is homelessness, housing lists are lengthening and people must look forward to paying hundreds of euro more in property and water charges and a further €700 million in cuts to the health service, which the Government promised the troika it would...

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: While I do not propose to support this legislation, it is not because I do not respect the decision of the electorate in the referendum on the fiscal treaty. I accept that decision. Nevertheless, a substantial proportion of voters opposed the proposal and it is right and proper that I and others who took the same position should represent that view when it comes to the vote on this Bill....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Discussion with the Ombudsman (10 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Ombudsman for the presentation. Why has there been a delay in bringing forward an extension of the remit of the office? Is there political resistance to extending her remit to the bodies or agencies we hope will be included? It seems extraordinary that it has taken 27 years to do something eminently sensible and reasonable. On the issue of extending the office's remit to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the issue of the failure of regulation, the explanation given by Mr. Cullinan is it had to do with under-resourcing and the lack of powers and he has stated these issues are being addressed. Did the Central Bank complain, publicly or privately, about its lack of power and resources in supervising adequately sectors such as the insurance sector or other sectors that were chronically...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have asked the question.