Results 26,341-26,360 of 26,986 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Before the EU and IMF come here in July, surely Members have the right to discuss what is on the table in respect of public assets to be handed over to pay off the bankers.
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (21 Jun 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am trying to get clarification about the national economic advisory council.
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (21 Jun 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am trying to establish if it is a Cabinet sub-committee.
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (21 Jun 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: My question is about sub-committees. Is it a sub-committee?
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (21 Jun 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I just want to know if it is a sub-committee.
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (21 Jun 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a question about sub-committees.
- Proposed Legislation (16 Jun 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Does Deputy Ellis not get to go first?
- Proposed Legislation (16 Jun 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I apologise if I cover ground that has already been covered, as I came in late. Could the Minister tell us whether we are facing fines? Where are we in terms of our EU targets for reducing emissions? Are we on track to meet these targets? I believe, although I cannot swear to it, that we are close to meeting our Kyoto targets, but are we close to meeting the EU targets, and are there fines...
- Proposed Legislation (16 Jun 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There you go. The Minister of State must not have responded to the call. Anyway, he had a very good idea, which I think is fiscally neutral - I see the heads pop up - for large-scale retrofitting of houses with insulation, thus reducing CO2 emissions, saving energy and potentially creating jobs, on the basis of a loan scheme at reasonable interest rates. This would make up the gap between...
- Accident and Emergency Services (16 Jun 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Of course Joyce was a socialist who left the country because he felt those who were going to inherit the Irish revolution would replace one form of subservience with another. The IMF-EU deal seems to vindicate many of Joyce's thoughts on the matter.
- Accident and Emergency Services (16 Jun 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Many people are already being forced into exile because of the deal and let us hope that more are not forced out if we continue along this disastrous path. One more victim of the austerity being forced on the country by the IMF and EU is our hospitals. In a shocking announcement yesterday, Loughlinstown hospital's 24-hour accident and emergency service is to be abolished and replaced with a...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (16 Jun 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 30: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding local authority moves to remove housing applicants on the rental accommodation scheme from the social housing lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15603/11]
- Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (16 Jun 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 48: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to establish a loan scheme through local authorities for the retrofitting of houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15604/11]
- Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I oppose this.
- Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We do not have leaders.
- Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am opposing the proposal on the basis that when the same proposal to raise the pension age was proposed by the Slovenian Government the people of that country demanded a referendum, such was the seriousness of forcing people to work longer and harder for less. The people of Slovenia got their referendum on the matter and they said "No". The Government will not give us a referendum. It...
- Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On that basis I oppose the proposal and I appeal to the Government to stop kowtowing to the IMF and the EU and allow for a democratic debate on a very serious matter which attacks the basic rights and entitlements won by working people in this country.
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (15 Jun 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason executives from companies in the private sector are being given responsibility for overseeing the implementation of the national internship scheme; if they are being paid; the amount they are being paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15325/11]
- Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (15 Jun 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 427: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider introducing a differential rates scheme for all local authorities that will ensure profitable multinationals will pay considerable more in rates than small local businesses as part of a job creation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14731/11]
- Pension Provisions (15 Jun 2011)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the recent referendum in Slovenia when the people were consulted on raising the pension age will have any bearing on her proposals to raise the pension age here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15324/11]