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- Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: This must be before the statutory instrument is introduced.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We certainly need more time. However, it is also important the statutory instrument is not implemented before-----
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Are we getting more time?
- Social Partnership (31 Jan 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: In the second week of January, I was called by a La Senza worker and asked to come out to the occupation they had just begun because their jobs had been terminated and their wages had not been paid. Yesterday, I received another telephone call from a La Senza worker who said their promised wages from KPMG had still not been paid. In addition, they will be subject to emergency tax because...
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I would prefer if it created a few.
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is not all the talk of jobs coming out of the sub-committee or the EU Summit yesterday a bit preposterous when at the same time the key element of policy is to continue suffocating the economy with the debt of zombie banks and imposing crippling austerity? Is it not a little bit like saying we have a magical formula to cure a sick man while we are holding a pillow over his face and draining...
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach should have gone himself rather than waffling on at Davos.
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: They certainly were not terrified by the Taoiseach's attack on the Irish people.
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is about what they told me. Perhaps the Taoiseach should listen to them.
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: At least we are not blaming the Irish people.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I concur with Deputy Martin. This is an issue on which there are very strong views. I believe there is to be a substantial demonstration next weekend on this issue.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It was not organised by me but by the people.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am doing the Taoiseach a favour. This could become a very big issue if it is not handled sensitively, or if it is seen in any way that we are dragooning something through which people believe interferes with the freedom of the Internet. Of course there are issues that concern musicians and artists and we must deal with those. However, there is big concern about this measure and I do not...
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a serious issue and we should allow for proper debate-----
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: If we are to pass new laws on this-----
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: -----they should not be put through as a statutory instrument.
- Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It was a series of questions and the Taoiseach should try answering them.
- Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is called democracy.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 Jan 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has assessed the impact cuts to rent allowance will have on property levels if landlords insist on passing this cut on to tenants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4476/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 Jan 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way she will ensure that the cuts to rent allowance will not be passed on to the tenant; the way she will ensure there will not be a crisis in accommodation for tenants who find themselves having to seek new accommodation because landlords will not accept the changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4475/12]