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Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach committed in the programme for Government to protecting the vulnerable and to burden sharing on an equitable basis. The programme also placed a big priority on job creation. Yesterday in Athlone, a man who worked for 30 years in a small business but who recently lost the business challenged the Taoiseach about the Government's policies, and was told by the Taoiseach that "You...

Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Those are fine words, but does the Taoiseach seriously believe that it is appropriate to tell a man who has worked for 30 years in a small business, and who only recently lost that business, that he looks like a man who could do with a day's work, in response to him expressing his concerns about the impact of austerity policies? Does the Taoiseach not think that was a serious error of...

Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----because of the failure of this Government to deliver on its promise to protect the vulnerable and to get the country working again. The facts speak for themselves. I do not know people in Athlone, but I understand that Gordon Hudson was not threatening the Taoiseach or anything like that, but was expressing his frustration. This is someone who has worked all his life-----

Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and cannot believe that he finds himself in this situation now. He is like so many other people who want to work and contribute to society and cannot believe our Government is unable to allow them to contribute their skills and abilities to getting our society out of the mess it is in. Is the Taoiseach going to help people like Mr. Gordon Hudson and prevent the outflow of our talented,...

Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach should have said that to the man in Athlone.

Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What?

Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Through cutting. Eight billion euro of cuts.

Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is the small matter of €3 billion in cuts this autumn.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Who is getting that contract?

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My heart is very much in the debate about the fiscal treaty. I hope the Taoiseach will answer directly the questions I have for him. At the outset of the referendum campaign, the Taoiseach said the "No" side would raise issues external to the treaty. Exactly the opposite has taken place. The Taoiseach and the Government have discussed everything except what is actually in the treaty, its...

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What cuts will be required to meet the debt targets in the treaty?

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What will the impact be on all these forecasts if the Government's current growth projections are too optimistic? How much larger will the cuts be?

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Most important, who will the Government cut and tax? Will there be more property taxes, water charges, health cuts, special needs cuts, education cuts or more sales of natural resources?

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach should show us the cuts, tell us who will feel the pain and how much pain they will feel to meet the targets of the fiscal treaty which the Government is promoting.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I said "national debt".

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No, I have not.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach does not know. What is the structural deficit?

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That was a master class in political deflection of which Bertie Ahern would be proud. The new Teflon Taoiseach has arrived. The Taoiseach's definition of "structural deficit" is extraordinary but I would like him to repeat it to ensure we all understand it.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He said the structural deficit was in the cyclical between the growth and the decline of the economy. That is the Taoiseach's definition of "structural deficit", and that is the target we must meet according to this treaty. That is not an explanation.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I asked the Taoiseach simple questions because this is on what we are voting, and it is compelling us to meet those targets. What are the targets?