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Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A lot of politics is being played with this issue. The Government has of course questioned Fianna Fáil's credentials, and rightly so given that the latter reduced the minimum wage and signed up to the IMF-EU deal which demanded this so-called labour market restructuring. The Government also has described this Bill as being inadequate, which it is, but that is all politics. The Government...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If the Government is not so minded, it should give this assurance now and should do something before the summer to ensure these protections remain in place while all its members go on holidays.

Employment Support Services (20 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We could create a few internships monitoring the website.

Social Welfare Benefits (20 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she can reassure the 161,000 carers in the country that there will be no further cuts to their payments in Budget 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21409/11]

Social Welfare Benefits (20 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: When talking about the liberalism of the means test for the carers allowance, is it not the case that the real story is that carers save the State an estimated €2.5 billion euro per year, according to the Carers Association? The cost to the State would be massively higher if those being cared for had to be looked after fully by the State. Is it not also the case that what the Minister...

Social Welfare Benefits (20 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is alarming that the Minister cannot confirm there will not be cuts in this area in the budget. The EU-IMF-ECB troika requires that there be "reforms" - as they are euphemistically called - in the social welfare system. Has the troika commented or made any specific demands concerning carer's allowance?

Commission of Investigation Report in the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (20 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The pain and suffering of people who have been victims of abuse by church institutions is just too horrific to describe. In that context the catalogue of abuse, and cover-up by the church authorities of it, and failure to act is an absolute outrage. While this motion constitutes a good start in being so critical of the church authorities, Members must go considerably further. First, as...

Eurozone Heads of State and Government Meeting: Statements (20 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As the Taoiseach heads off to this meeting, has it dawned on him even a little that the EU, IMF and ECB simply do not have a clue what they are doing, that the policy of bailing out the bankers and the bondholders and imposing brutal austerity on ordinary people is not only unjust but is making the crisis worse and is spreading the contagion? Has it occurred to him - flashed on his radar...

Eurozone Heads of State and Government Meeting: Statements (20 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If necessary.

Eurozone Heads of State and Government Meeting: Statements (20 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Policies, policies.

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It does not work.

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have experienced exactly the same frustration as has been expressed by others-----

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----because they all get transferred.

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I put in about six or seven questions last week. The majority of my questions are being transferred.

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will give the Taoiseach a few examples.

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes. Why, for example, when I asked a question as to whether the Taoiseach had met personally with the EU-IMF delegation during their visit, was that transferred? When I asked a question about the Taoiseach's role in the Economic Management Council, that question was ruled as being subject to Cabinet confidentiality. In addition, a document that we got as new Deputies referred to the fact...

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are not meaningless at all.

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I asked if the Taoiseach met them.

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: So the Taoiseach did not meet them.

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I had a question about the Economic Management Council refused on the basis of Cabinet confidentiality.