Results 25,121-25,140 of 27,080 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am busier than you.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: And there will be more.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Pay more and get less.
- Order of Business (8 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The bankers.
- Order of Business (8 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Can we come?
- International Co-operation: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: As the present Government and its predecessor have sought to justify Ireland's participation in these battle groups, they try to present the case as though Ireland is doing something that complies with the military neutrality for which this State stands and that we are merely involving ourselves in what essentially are benign humanitarian undertakings and that there is nothing to worry about....
- International Co-operation: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister obviously has not read the documents to which I refer.
- International Co-operation: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Has the Minister read the European Defence Agency's vision documents?
- International Co-operation: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Has the Minister read them?
- International Co-operation: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: No, the Minister is-----
- International Co-operation: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister is totally wrong there. I am 100% on the side of the people fighting for democracy against the brutal Assad dictatorship and have joined with-----
- International Co-operation: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister just cannot resist it.
- International Co-operation: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Funnily enough, only the other week we had a meeting at Liberty Hall, with Syrians involved, talking about how we supported the Syrian uprising against the Assad dictatorship.
- International Co-operation: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The difference is that we are consistent in our support of the democratic and revolutionary forces across the Middle East whereas the Minister is selective. While he claims he supports them in Syria, he is not so quick to support them in Palestine or in Bahrain, and for that matter he is not so quick to say anything about how the generals are crushing the democratic movement in Egypt right now.
- International Co-operation: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister is selective because the real agenda behind his interventions in such situations, as well as the interventions of the European Union and United States, is to pursue their interests and their agenda and not the interest of the people of the aforementioned countries. This is what is of concern to me. In addition, the financial cost of this measure is extraordinary. The Minister...
- International Co-operation: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I apologise; the cost was â¬850,000.
- International Co-operation: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not believe we should participate in battle groups.
- International Co-operation: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I believe Ireland should participate in genuine humanitarian missions but battle groups are not designed or equipped for this.
- International Co-operation: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Minister inform the House with regard to the equipment the battle group will be using? Will there be tanks involved? If so, will they be used for humanitarian purposes? How much is our involvement with the battle group going to cost? From where will the extra money come? Barracks in this country are being closed and it is now intended to deploy an additional 75 soldiers-----
- International Co-operation: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: -----to serve with the new European army, which the Minister obviously supports.