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EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, you are. You make it up as you go.

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Having correctly criticised the last Government for this, the Minister of State is seriously telling us it is a bad thing for Greece to get an unsustainable debt written down and it is a good thing for us that we must continue to pay off the gambling debts of bankers and bondholders.

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am nearly there. How can it be a good thing? The Minister of State might argue it is necessary and I would strongly disagree with her, but it is bizarre in the extreme to say it is a good thing for Ireland because the financial markets will be happy. The financial markets got us into this mess. Who cares what they think?

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What are we going to do about jobs and growth and how does paying off gambling debts to bankers and bondholders help jobs and economic growth?

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am looking at the statement.

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach's statement.

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Tell that to the 450,000 unemployed.

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Where is the investment?

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Where is the investment?

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Tell us where there is investment.

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Investment is collapsing.

Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I call Deputy Boyd Barrett on behalf of People before Profit.

Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am glad the Government finds the current crisis in Europe so amusing.

Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I find Deputy Buttimer amusing as well.

Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Amusement is not the reason we are here. Given the severity of the crisis ripping through the eurozone and the serious uncertainty about the outcome of this crisis, the very least the people of this country are entitled to is that the Taoiseach would report back after the European Council meeting to discuss the outcome and the implications of it. Given that even the Taoiseach has...

Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----we also deserve a proper report on the outcome in regard to that issue.

Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Greeks got a write-down because they resisted. We have got nothing because we kowtowed. As we approach the budget, and ordinary people in this country are quaking in their boots at the prospect of further austerity measures, surely we deserve a proper debate before next Wednesday on the Taoiseach's plan to hand over almost €0.75 billion to the bondholders of Anglo Irish Bank when he...

Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Make it Tuesday and Wednesday.

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (25 Oct 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to improve the living conditions of asylum seekers living in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31226/11]

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (25 Oct 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the role of a company (details supplied) in deportation flights from Ireland; the way this company is operating here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31225/11]