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Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government's finger is in the dyke but the cracks are growing.

Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am trying to put a serious argument to a Government which is failing to address the unemployment crisis. I would be amazed if Deputy Humphreys did not believe the domestic economy is on the floor or that we have a real problem with our banks. If the banks do not start lending this €90 million fund will not even begin to address the problem. How many businesses are likely to succeed,...

Written Answers — Rent Supplement Scheme: Rent Supplement Scheme (27 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the situation whereby if a housing applicant in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown unable to find rented accommodation in the Dun Laoighaire area due to the new rent allowance caps and finds a home in Bray or North Wicklow area within the caps, is then forced to move from the housing list in Dun Laoghaire to the housing list in...

Written Answers — Rent Supplement Scheme: Rent Supplement Scheme (27 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the case of a person who is unable to access rent allowance in Bray without forfeiting their years on the housing waiting list in Dun Laoghaire and cannot find a home in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown because of the rent caps and as a result is forced to live at home with their mother and leave their children with other...

Written Answers — Rent Supplement Scheme: Rent Supplement Scheme (27 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on how successful the new rent allowance caps have been in forcing landlords to reduce their rents. [31228/12]

National Cultural Institutions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the opportunity to debate the vital importance of arts, culture and our heritage. Arts and culture are not optional extras and should not be measured by financial or economic metrics. It is not too grandiose to say that arts, culture and heritage are what make us human and define us as creative beings. They are what separate us from every other species on the planet. Treating...

Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I am pleased that the Government and Deputies on all sides of the House have made it clear in recent weeks and months that there is an urgent need to do something about this issue. In light of the horrific revelations that have emanated from the Ferns, Ryan, Murphy and Cloyne reports in recent years - and most recently the report on the...

Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am well aware of that but the problem is we also have more children than at any time in the history of the State. There are 10,000 extra children entering the primary school system every year. In absolute terms, the question is not about how many SNAs we have; it is about the ratio of SNAs to the number of children in the education system, specifically to the number of children with...

Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We could start by not paying the-----

Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We could get ten special needs assistants from the salary of the head of the VHI.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Of course, the bondholders must love us; Angela Merkel must absolutely adore the Taoiseach at this stage.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is our reputation with those people more important than the future of vulnerable citizens and children and ordinary people in this country who are being crucified with the cuts that are having to be made in order to repay these speculators-----

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and bondholders?

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What sort of priorities are those?

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: People are working very hard.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Ruthless is the right word.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Do not guarantee the bonds.

Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Ceann Comhairle, please.

Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Last week, I raised with the Tánaiste the deepening crisis as a result of cuts in the rent allowance, which has seen more families being made homeless or threatened with homelessness. In that context, when will we discuss the housing Bill on the legislative programme? Despite asking several times, we have been given no specific timeline for when that Bill will be discussed. Given the...

Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----can the Taoiseach say when the Bill will be introduced? Can he accelerate the process so we get a chance to discuss this most serious issue?