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Order of Business (2 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The citizens of the country will have been scandalised again today to find that top management and executives in banks bailed out and financed by the public-----

Order of Business (2 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Vast numbers of them are earning in excess of €100,000 and €200,000 per year.

Order of Business (2 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have examined the draft of the fiscal responsibility Bill. I am surprised there is nothing in it relating to remuneration of the top managers and executives.

Order of Business (2 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Are further amendments proposed to the fiscal responsibility Bill? Will there be another Bill to deal with this matter and to rein in the obscene salaries of top executives and managers in our banks.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government and the Taoiseach have shown great urgency in ramming through legislation to impose austerity and cuts on working people in this country. With his new best pals in Fianna Fáil, he is showing great energy and enthusiasm in pushing through the austerity treaty.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Where is his energy and urgency when it comes to protecting worker's rights in this country? Over the past year we have seen a litany of cases where workers in Jane Norman, La Senza, Lagan Brick, Vita Cortex, Game and Connolly Shoes in my constituency have been treated with despicable contempt by rogue employers. The latest victim of rogue employers and the Government failure to protect...

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----one of the biggest companies in the country and one of the most profitable. Last year CRH boosted its profits by 33% to nearly €750 million-----

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and its CEO, Mr. Myles Lee, was paid €2.4 million in salary and bonuses. A third of that, his salary alone, would pay the workers the moneys they are owed.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Taoiseach condemn Irish Cement and CRH for their despicable treatment of these workers and tell them to pay the money these workers are owed, as the Labour Court has recommended? Will he pull in the CEO of CRH and Irish Cement and point out to them that they have benefited from €220 million in free profits given to them by this State in carbon credits, a scandal in itself?

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As the Taoiseach of the country, will he insist those workers are paid and allowed to return to work, where they want to be?

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: You should.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My point was that the Taoiseach shows great urgency and energy when it comes to protecting the interests of bankers, bondholders, financiers and the super-wealthy.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can he show the same energy, enthusiasm and urgency when it comes to protecting the rights of workers which are being trampled on in a whole series of cases by rogue and unscrupulous employers? I am asking a very specific question in this case, where we are talking about one of the biggest companies in the State, which has been a huge beneficiary of State support, including a big portion of...

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Taoiseach condemn CRH and Irish Cement's failure to do what the Labour Court has recommended and pay these workers the money? Will he directly contact Irish Cement and CRH and point out to them that they are beneficiaries of State subsidies and, therefore, he is invoking his authority as Taoiseach and demanding that they pay those workers the moneys owed, and show a bit of backbone...

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (1 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 491: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households registered for the household charge; the number of these registrations entitled to waivers; the amount of money that has been raised to date by these registrations. [21996/12]

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (1 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 492: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households in the State; the number of households liable to register for the household charge; the number of these entitled to waivers and the number of households exempt from the household charge and to detail the waivers and exemptions under the different categories. [21997/12]

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (1 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 493: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the data he is using to calculate the number of households in the State for the purpose of collecting the household charge. [21998/12]

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (1 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 494: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who registered for the household charge that registered multiple properties; the details of the numbers of properties registered in these cases. [21999/12]

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (1 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 495: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the National Asset Management Agency properties have been registered for the household charge and if so, the number of properties registered in this category; if any of these properties are eligible for a waiver and if so, the number of same. [22000/12]

Order of Business (1 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government has indicated that as part of the EU-IMF arrangements it is its intention to sell off the forests of Coillte, if not the lands, a distinction that, frankly, some of us find a little bizarre and confusing and a prospect which many in this country-----