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Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 16: To ask the Taoiseach the amount he spent on thevisits here of Queen Elizabeth II of England and the President of the United States of America visit; the amount of that spent on food and beverages; if he will provide a detailed breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21136/11]

Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What was the total cost? Members of the Government have referred in previous questions to the overall cost of the visits being in excess of €20 million or €23 million. The Taoiseach might remind me of the full cost of the two visits. How much of the total expenditure was spent on food, beverages, entertainment for the various guests and so on? Does the Taoiseach think it is...

Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----occasions with celebrities and personalities quaffing fine wine and eating fine food-----

Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----at the same time as brutal austerity is being imposed on people who are struggling to put food on the table or pay their bills? It is an aspect of the visit that some of us who were opposed to it are concerned about. Is it appropriate, given the suffering so many people in the country are going through?

Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach is not associating me with them.

Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach did not answer one part of my question.

Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I asked about the appropriateness of such expenditure when austerity is being imposed on the people.

Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Glitzy occasions and spending money on fine food for select invitees-----

Order of Business (20 Sep 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We need clarification on this matter. The debate on Second Stage is to be guillotined, which is unacceptable. May we have clarification with regard to Committee, Report and Final Stages which have been timetabled for tomorrow at 9 p.m? Is the debate on these Stages to be guillotined and will Opposition amendments be accepted? Earlier today it was suggested to me we could not submit...

Order of Business (20 Sep 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We need clarification about the process to be followed.

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (15 Sep 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 47: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will explain the financial logic, in terms of making best use of public funds, behind his new social housing policy and its focus on providing social housing through leasing and other arrangements with private landlords and bodies rather than through the direct provision of new local authority housing;...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (15 Sep 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 20: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address the growing concerns among thousands of council housing applicants, many of whom have been on housing lists for seven, eight and nine years, that his new social housing policy, focused on leasing arrangements with private landlords and other bodies, will mean that those applicants will...

Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to raise two questions. In regard to the temporary agency workers' Bill, it appears that Stena in Dún Laoghaire, in an effort to pre-empt the introduction of this Bill, is trying to get rid of its permanent staff essentially so that it does not have any permanent staff against which to compare the rights of agency workers.

Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: When will the Bill come before the House and what measures will be taken to deal with a situation where companies may try to get rid of their permanent workforce, as appears to be the case, before the Bill is enacted? In regard to the legislative programme distributed yesterday, emphasis was placed on job creation and economic recovery. Given that hundreds of jobs are being lost at TalkTalk...

Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have very positive proposals.

Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (14 Sep 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will guarantee that in the event of granting licences of any kind to a prospecting company for hydraulic fracturing, fracking or by unconventional means, that every single drilled bore hole will require an Environment Protection Agency licence; if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Sep 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 294: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual amounts paid out to private landlords via the Health Service Executive and local authorities in the form of rent allowance payments; the number of such payments or arrangements; and the average amount of these payments on an annual and monthly basis.. [24245/11]

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (14 Sep 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 498: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider establishing a home retrofit loan scheme with a view to creating a major source of employment and substantially reducing energy costs and C02 emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21134/11]

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (14 Sep 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 501: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the CER consultation paper on high level design of the petroleum safety framework CER/11/137, is aimed at creating a safety framework exclusively for the existing petroleum industry, both onshore and offshore; and if it is not, the reason it does not cover unconventional methods such as hydraulic...

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (14 Sep 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 502: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the recent granting of licensing options in the northwest carboniferous basin, in which local persons have developed concerns that consequent production may involve hydraulic fracturing if these companies are granted petroleum leases in the future, will he permit hydraulic fracturing in these...