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Economic Management Council (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Was it at this meeting that the Taoiseach gave the banks the veto? Why did he not tell them that the Government was going to tell the banks what to do and that it was going to impose fair debt settlement arrangements because the Government is now the boss of the banks and, having recapitalised them, they should serve the people rather than their own interests? Why did the Taoiseach not do...

Economic Management Council (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I spoke to someone affected by the problem.

Economic Management Council (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Why did the Taoiseach not get such people to write the Bill, not the banks?

Economic Management Council (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: By us, the people.

Homeless Persons (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a matter regarding jobseeker's allowance for young persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34957/12]

Homeless Persons (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are many obscenities to the austerity agenda one of the worst of which is homelessness and of that, the worst of all is youth homelessness. There are approximately 1,000 homeless in the Dublin city area. The number has increased dramatically and the homelessness organisations estimate that 100 young people sleep alone on the streets at night in Dublin. The Fianna Fáil Government, in...

Homeless Persons (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My question to the Minister is simple. Whereas a person in the care of the homeless services retains his or her full social welfare, a person who becomes homeless between the ages of 18 and 24 does not get the full social welfare payment and, consequently, becomes trapped in homelessness because even if the person finds private rented accommodation and gets rent supplement, the person's...

Homeless Persons (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I cannot believe I am hearing this from a Labour Party Minister. This is the Michael McDowell school of economics - if we have inequality and if people are downtrodden, this will somehow act as an incentive for them to get a job. Does the Minister understand the question? People who are homeless as a result of whatever circumstances led them into homelessness are trying to get out of...

Homeless Persons (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They have no future on the streets.

Homeless Persons (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is to cut their social welfare.

Homeless Persons (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What about a roof over their heads?

Homeless Persons (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We all agree with that. What about the ones who are homeless?

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In the programme for Government the Taoiseach stated: [O]ur parties are committed to protecting the vulnerable and to burden-sharing on an equitable basis. Fianna Fáil presided over an unequal and increasingly divided Ireland. We are both committed to forging a new Ireland that is built on fairness and equal citizenship. They are fine words but the facts revealed this week confirm again...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The figures are from 2012.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is about poverty and inequality in this country, it is not about Europe and the debt crisis. The figures I quoted to the Taoiseach on the top income earners are 2012 figures provided by the Department of Finance. They also show, for example, that the top 10% of earners earned €29.5 billion in total income last year. They have average earnings of €136,000 per year and they are...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The budget cuts to lone parents, rent allowance and other social welfare payments and community employment schemes are further attacking the least well-off while the wealthy are being protected and are not paying their fair share of taxes.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can we have a radical shift in policy where people who earn between €130,000 and €600,000 a year – the super-wealthy in society-----

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----are made to shoulder the burden of the cuts and austerity instead of people who are homeless or on social welfare, low and middle income workers and people who are struggling to pay their bills?

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Government change its policy and stop protecting the super-wealthy?

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Two hundred thousand children are living in poverty. Is the Taoiseach dreaming?