Results 25,061-25,080 of 27,080 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Order of Business (21 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is happening.
- European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I apologise to Deputy Joe Higgins.
- European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: No, it will be okay as long as we both get a chance.
- European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: My questions are related to whether there was any discussion at the Council meeting in January on the impact of the austerity programme on the potential for growth in the economy, on what it had done to the Greek economy and on what, according to all the mounting evidence, it was doing to the entire European economy. The Taoiseach may have seen an article by the economist Paul Krugman in...
- European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On suicide rates, it not a rant; they are factual.
- European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That was an amazing dodge of the questions I posed.
- European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Taoiseach accept what health professionals in Greece and Ireland are stating, namely, that austerity has led to a dramatic increase in suicide rates? Is the Taoiseach stating that there is no connection and that it is just a coincidence? Is he saying that a reduction of 12,000 in numbers in the community and voluntary sector, as a result of the cuts introduced by the Government,...
- European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a fact. The Minister should read the evidence in this regard in the ICTU's report. If she had attended the launch, she would already have seen the evidence to which I refer. What does the Taoiseach have to say with regard to the rate of child poverty here being ahead of that which obtains in Greece?
- European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have plenty of friends who-----
- European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I was asking about the connection between austerity and suicide which is highlighted in the report to which I refer.
- European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is rich. It is the Government which is imposing the austerity. The Taoiseach must be kidding.
- European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: What has that to do with the European Council?
- Human Rights Issues (21 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the Minister's strong words of condemnation of the appalling treatment by Israel of the people of Gaza. Frankly, it is difficult to understand how this State or other states in Europe continue to treat Israel as if it is a normal state when it does this type of thing, yet they impose sanctions on Iran and roundly condemn it. Did the Minister raise the matter of Khader Adnan on his...
- Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: What about people who lost their jobs through no fault of their own?
- European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the issues that he raised at the EU leaders' summit on 30 January 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5268/12]
- European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a full report of the EU leaders' summit on 30 January 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5269/12]
- European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a detailed report on the discussions around the Eurocompac intergovernmental treaty at the EU leaders' summit on 30 January 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5270/12]
- European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach if he made any further progress on the Anglo Irish Bank promissory notes at the EU leaders' summit on 30 January 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5273/12]
- European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 14: To ask the Taoiseach if the recent IMF warnings about the severity of the global crisis and Europe's pivotal role in the crisis were discussed at the EU leaders' summit on 30 January 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5274/12]
- European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 15: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details on discussions at the EU leaders' summit on 30 January 2012 on creating jobs and growth in Europe; the measures agreed or proposed at the summit in that regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5275/12]