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Economic Management Council (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----part of their annual salary and these workers have lost, at two days notice and just before Christmas, €2,500 each on average.

Economic Management Council (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Taoiseach, via the economic management council, tell the EBS to give those workers their money back and take the money off the top earners in the EBS instead?

Economic Management Council (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have done.

European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 22: To ask the Taoiseach if there has been further progress in his attempts to meet President Sarkozy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37393/11]

European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 23: To ask the Taoiseach the agenda for the meeting of EU leaders on 9 December 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37394/11]

European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 24: To ask the Taoiseach if he raised the question of protecting democracy in Europe in the context of proposed treaty changes at the meeting of EU leaders on 9 December 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37395/11]

European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 25: To ask the Taoiseach if he raised the contrasting approaches and outcomes of Iceland's methods of dealing with the economic crisis as against those being pursued in the Eurozone at the meeting of EU leaders on 9 December 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37396/11]

European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 26: To ask the Taoiseach if tax harmonisation was part of the treaty changes envisaged for the EU at the meeting of EU leaders on 9 December 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37397/11]

European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 27: To ask the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of the mandate and role of the ECB within the Eurozone at the meeting of EU leaders on 9 December 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37398/11]

European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 41: To ask the Taoiseach if he has discussed the Irish Budget 2012 with his counterparts at the European summit meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39782/11]

European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach rightly condemned Fianna Fáil for crashing our economy and forcing us into the hands of the EU-IMF troika but does he not agree that the proposed deal will institutionalise what he rightly describes as the loss of our economic sovereignty? We will lose democratic control over our economic affairs for perpetuity. There will be centralised, Stalinist control by the European...

European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and it imposed capital controls to prevent money from fleeing the country. As a result, its economy is now recovering. It is on the path to recovery after doing the exact opposite of what Europe is demanding from Ireland. Was there any discussion on the need to find a radically different way of dealing with this crisis?

European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Neither are the 26 now.

European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not according to Nicolas Sarkozy.

European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are getting worse.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, given the limited time available to deal with Committee and Report Stages, will the Ceann Comhairle set out how we can cover as many amendments as possible? Perhaps we might group them in some way.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Other Members might have better ideas, but I was going to suggest-----

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a one-by-one basis.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We will never get through them all.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Could we take them in groups of five?