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Written Answers — EU-IMF Programme: EU-IMF Programme (15 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the aftermath of the Greek Government's announcement that it will hold a referendum on the EU-IMF programme agreed at the recent European Council meeting, if he will also now consider holding a referendum on the EU-IMF deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33037/11]

Order of Business. (15 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Chair, I-----

Programmes for Government (15 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the fish-----

Programmes for Government (15 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It was raised in the question.

Programmes for Government (15 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Taoiseach agree with the saying which an old Jewish socialist comrade of mine used to say, that the fish rots from the head, that is, that responsibility lies at the top? In so far as the Taoiseach has put an emphasis on employment as a priority for this Government, in the programme for Government and in many statements in this House since, does he agree that if we do not make a...

Programmes for Government (15 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am baffled by the statement the Taoiseach made earlier. Somebody should analyse it.

Programmes for Government (15 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Please, a Cheann Comhairle, I am almost finished.

Programmes for Government (15 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is unbelievable.

Programmes for Government (15 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have almost finished my question. The Taoiseach said that reducing costs in the health service - by which I presume he means staff cuts and so on - will improve our competitiveness and is somehow linked to our export recovery. That connection baffles me.

Programmes for Government (15 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: How do cuts in health spending help our competitiveness, improve employment prospects or contribute to export-led recovery? It is a baffling assertion.

Programmes for Government (15 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: How will that enhance competitiveness and exports?

Programmes for Government (15 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What does that have to do with exports?

Social and Affordable Housing (15 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not understand how property transferred or sold by NAMA can contribute to dealing with the 93,000 people on housing lists when the Government announced over the summer that there would be no more direct building of council housing. Will the Minister square that circle for me? Will the Minister also explain the economic rationale behind local authorities leasing properties from NAMA, as...

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are the ones who are interrupting.

Fiscal Policy (15 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is bad enough that we have effectively seen a political coup d'état by the markets and the troika in Italy and Greece in recent weeks and all the suffering resulting from these so-called fiscal adjustments but is there any recognition on the Minister's part, as projected growth rates for Europe are being downgraded on a daily basis, that the austerity might not be working? Does the...

Fiscal Policy (15 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am asking about fiscal adjustment.

Fiscal Policy (15 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To what does the Minister ascribe the contraction?

Fiscal Policy (15 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What about Spain and Britain?

Middle East Peace Process (10 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will you group it with the other questions on Palestine so we can discuss it?

State Visits (10 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: While we welcome any trade development for this country in the current circumstances, the Tánaiste is well aware of the brutal human rights record of the Chinese regime, its completely undemocratic character, its persecution of Falun Gong and the people of Tibet and its regular execution of political dissidents. Did the Tánaiste raise these issues with the Chinese authorities during his...