Results 24,841-24,860 of 26,986 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No, it has not.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: People will be obliged to pay out even more money when that tax comes into being.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Exactly.

Leaders' Questions (15 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Until next January.

Leaders' Questions (15 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It was privatised by Fine Gael and Labour Party councillors.

Leaders' Questions (15 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is the opposite of what the Tánaiste wanted in the 1980s with water charges.

Leaders' Questions (15 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not what the Tánaiste said in the 1980s on the water charges.

Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister will be aware of the significant oil find off the coast of Cork. Does the Government plan to introduce legislation to deal with the current tax and licence arrangements, which, because of capital write-offs and low tax rates, will mean that the State will get virtually nothing from this natural resource that is being developed?

Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is no legislative requirement to give that supply to the State. Does the Government plan to introduce legislation or to review existing legislation so that the people benefit from the exploitation and development of our natural resources?

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does that mean that ministerial questions will be taken?

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Given the speedy passage of the final stages of the Finance Bill 2012, the Dáil may have to suspend during the course of today because the schedule as originally set down-----

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have only started.

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I ask whether another matter of public interest may be debated to fill the time.

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is on the Order of Business today.

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have made the request. I would like to have a debate on housing if that is at all possible.

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Given what many of us regard as the humiliation of this country and its Government in the aftermath of the Spanish derogation on its deficit targets, can the Taoiseach use the Order of Business to stiffen our negotiating position?

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is on the Order of Business. I have not yet finished.

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I ask the Taoiseach to announce that the legislation-----

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----dealing with the European stability mechanism and the European Communities (amendment) Bill will be introduced subsequent to the treaty. That would send a clear message to the European authorities that we will not allow them to put a gun to our head -----

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Taoiseach give his commitment that the legislation on the European stability mechanism will not be introduced before the referendum to ensure a gun is not put to the head of the people during the referendum campaign?