Results 26,021-26,040 of 27,080 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Why did the Greeks get a write-down?
- Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Can we share time?
- Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order-----
- Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is the last thing I want.
- Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I agree. On the point of order, it is news to us that we could not share time because normally-----
- Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Clearly, it was not passed on to anybody because the other parties in Opposition are also-----
- Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Can I finish my point? First, it has not been passed on to us and we were not aware of it. The normal procedure for these debates is that it is stated that main spokespersons will make statements and that they can share time. That is what normally goes into the order.
- Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: At what point do we shout that the emperor has no clothes? The European empire that is the troika of the EU, the ECB and the IMF, has no clothes, or to put it more accurately, it has not got a clue. Everything it has done over the past two years and everything it has dictated, which it claimed would improve the situation, has made the situation worse. That is blatantly obvious for...
- Prison Committals (5 Oct 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To add to what Deputy Higgins said, I cannot believe the Minister of State is hiding behind legal waffle. This is a fully publicly owned company under the aegis of the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Rabbitte. Consequently, he can intervene and tell the ESB to put the cable underground. It is as simple as that.
- Prison Committals (5 Oct 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Of course he can.
- Prison Committals (5 Oct 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is typical. It is a publicly owned company. Who else runs it?
- Prison Committals (5 Oct 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is just nonsense.
- Prison Committals (5 Oct 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister of State is trying to wash her hands of it, like everything else. The Minister should intervene and tell the ESB to put underground these cables. It is as simple as that. Incidentally, the suggestion that Members were told by Mountjoy Prison that they were obliged to submit anything in writing is not true. The deputy governor, John Quinn, told me he had contacted the...
- Prison Committals (5 Oct 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The ESB can commit to her-----
- Prison Committals (5 Oct 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: -----that it will not rampage over her land.
- Prison Committals (5 Oct 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Of course it can.
- EU-IMF Programme (5 Oct 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is very hard to get straight answers about the outrageous plan to dispose of State companies and State assets, in part or in whole. As I understand it, and the Minister can correct me if I am wrong, there is no specific requirement in the EU-IMF memorandum of understanding that we sell State assets. It says that the Government will consider options for an ambitious programme of asset...
- EU-IMF Programme (5 Oct 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister is not answering the question. What is the rationale which the troika or he is putting forward for the sale of State assets? How is it of benefit to this country and its prospects for economic recovery or growth? I cannot see any other logic behind the demand of the EU-IMF, or the Minister's support for the sale of State assets in the programme for Government, other than asset...
- EU-IMF Programme (5 Oct 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Did it work with the banking sector?
- Public Investment Projects (5 Oct 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The question partially relates to an earlier question and also follows on from the Minister's response. Has he carried out any serious assessment of whether bringing in private capital into the strategic infrastructural investment programmes is effective and will lead to higher levels of investment, job creation and growth? The ICTU and UNITE, among others, which studied those matters are...