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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...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities (18 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the overpayment of expenses to a person (details supplied) by the Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company, if he will confirm the amount the person was overpaid and if this money has been returned to the Harbour Company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45199/12]

Home Help and Home Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Minister reverse the cuts then?

Home Help and Home Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I propose to share time with Deputies Thomas Pringle, Luke 'Ming' Flanagan and Tom Fleming. The Government has talked continuously about health care reform and its determination to reform the public health service. Some of us believe reform is, for the most part, a euphemism for cuts and austerity. There is no clearer example of where this is the case than what the Government is doing to...

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thought Fine Gael was the champion of small business, but obviously that is not the case. I have a real concern that those sorts of measures can benefit bigger suppliers of goods and services to the education system and to the education training boards at the expense of small and medium-sized businesses. On the issue of membership of the boards and so on, a number of submissions have...

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. We will support the Bill.

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Contrary to what the Government sometimes claims when something positive is being done we are willing to support it. The Bill deals with an important area. Given the huge levels of unemployment, the new education and training boards and the new agency, SOLAS, will have an important role to play in trying to upskill and retrain large sections of society who have been forced into unemployment...