Results 25,421-25,440 of 27,080 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

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?

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wholeheartedly agree with the Deputy. This measure should be called the social destruction Bill, not the Social Welfare Bill. This legislation will hit people on social welfare through the reduction in qualified child increase. It will also hit the eligibility of pensioners to receive contributory pensions. It will hit widowers, child benefit and the one-parent family income disregard....

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister should see if the people outside welcome them.

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister is deflecting from the issue.

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: Why did she not load on PRSI for high income earners instead of hitting pensioners and lone parents?

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: Deal with the concerns of the people outside.

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Minister think the people outside give a damn about what she says?