Results 24,021-24,040 of 26,986 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion with Irish League of Credit Unions (19 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The figure relates to the whole island.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Setting aside our different views on the morality of what Clare County Council has done and the precedent it may set, has the council legal authority to refuse third level grants to students whose parents have not paid the household charge?
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I thought the only legal basis for refusing third level grants is failure to meet the eligibility criteria. Has anything changed legally? In other words, it does not matter and people will get the grant.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Could we have clarity on that? The second issue I wish to raise, which I have been doing for the past year, is the housing Bill. When will it be brought before the House for discussion, given the atrocious situation where 96,000 families continue to rot on housing waiting lists for up to ten years in a State with almost 250,000 empty houses? The Taoiseach claims the State does not have...
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach does not have to answer the question about the household charge.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: They are coming in.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Discussions with European Leaders (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not know if Dr. Angela Merkel and EU leaders are making a fool of the Taoiseach or he is making a fool of the people of this country.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Discussions with European Leaders (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Someone is leading the people of this country on a merry dance where we are told there are negotiations and discussions that may lead to something and there are hopes of relief, but nothing materialises. Meanwhile the hammer of austerity falls again. People in this country are quaking in their shoes at the prospect of what may be done to them in the budget in December. The Taoiseach should...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Discussions with European Leaders (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Unsecured and unguaranteed bondholders-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Discussions with European Leaders (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We have to write a cheque for bondholders.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Discussions with European Leaders (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Last week, the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, which was set up as part of the troika deal, warned that growth forecasts had been consistently off and overly optimistic and that unless growth targets were met - it is looking highly like that they will not be met - our debt would become unsustainable. That is what the Fiscal Advisory Council, not the left or the Opposition, is indicating. It...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Discussions with European Leaders (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Taoiseach the EU leaders he intends to meet in the autumn and winter period; the issues he intends to raise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39031/12]
- Other Questions: Local Government Fund (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and threatening the future of young people and their career and education prospects?
- Other Questions: Local Government Fund (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is it okay to blackmail people?
- Other Questions: Local Government Fund (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Minister think it is completely unacceptable that Clare County Council is blackmailing applicants for higher education grants in the context of the household charge-----
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for dealing with the 96,000 families on the housing list and to substantially reduce the long waiting times for permanent, secure and affordable housing for those families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39035/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licences (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his intentions regarding a foreshore drilling licence applied for by a company (details supplied) concerning an area six kilometres off the Dalkey and Killiney coast, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39036/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) with regard to the Redress Board for Victims of Abuse. [39285/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new building at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will commence. [39286/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (18 Sep 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [39219/12]