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EU Summits (15 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----to reconsider his decision not to do that and his strategy of appealing only to the EU authorities as a whole rather than specifically making common cause with the Greeks, the Portuguese and Spanish, who are in the same plight as us. I am suggesting and asking the Taoiseach to do so on the basis that resistance by the Greek people to the EU-IMF austerity measures is proving more...

EU Summits (15 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----because it is forcing the German authorities-----

EU Summits (15 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----seriously to reconsider the rescheduling-----

EU Summits (15 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----of debt and the burning of bondholders. Is that not proving more effective and do we not have something to learn from the Greeks in that regard?

EU Summits (15 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Are our people not challenged?

EU Summits (15 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: May I ask a supplementary question?

EU Summits (15 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is only four minutes per question.

EU Summits (15 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will consider a fact-finding visit to Greece in the near future in view of the likely consequences of events there for Ireland and the parallels between our two countries in terms of the economic and financial situations. [15321/11]

EU Summits (15 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the issues he intends to raise with his European counter-parts at the forthcoming European Council meeting in Brussels on 23-24 June 2011. [15322/11]

EU Summits (15 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will consider convening a fringe meeting with his counter-parts in Portugal, Greece and Spain at the forthcoming European Council meeting in Brussels to discuss areas of common interest. [15323/11]

Business Regulation (9 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In regard to the Minister's previous answers on the same issue, I ask him to justify what I believe is a completely false connection that he is making between job losses in the construction and retail sectors and those sectors which coincide with the JLCs and REAs. He seems to suggest that there is some connection between the two and that it justifies a review of the JLCs and REAs which will...

Business Regulation (9 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Where is the evidence that lowering the income of the lowest paid workers - even by a marginal degree in terms of Sunday and other premium payments - will create extra jobs? There is no evidence to back it up. The Minister is cutting off his nose to spite his face because he will further constrict demand in the economy. There is an alternative proposal, however. Instead of trying to...

Employment Rights (9 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That was something of a non-answer. Union recognition by employers is a basic issue of democracy and the right to representation. Does the Minister agree, where employees come together for the purpose of securing their interests and protecting their conditions and are of the view that those rights are best served by being members of a trade union and selecting their own representatives to...

Employment Rights (9 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister's response appears to be that the Constitution does not require mandatory recognition of unions but nor does it prohibit it. The question is what will the Government do and not what the Constitution states. While the Minister may correct me if I am wrong, he has adverted to the existence of union-busting employers. When such employers hear that employees of theirs are getting...

Copyright Protection (9 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation 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]

Business Regulation (9 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation in view of the current review of the joint labour committee and registered employment agreements, his views on the statement by the Employment Research Centre in Trinity College Dublin that the JLC system has kept more workers employed because they effectively outlaw zero hour contracts; if he will give a commitment not to...

Fair Deal Scheme: Statements (9 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We will wait a few months.

Fair Deal Scheme: Statements (9 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Deputy Wallace robbed some of my time.

Fair Deal Scheme: Statements (9 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Deputy is right. Like him, I think it is too early to lay the blame for the crisis in the provision of nursing home places at the Minister's door. It is a bit rich for members of the previous Government to be giving out about this crisis, frankly, given that it is clearly a legacy of their policy failures.

Fair Deal Scheme: Statements (9 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is obviously welcome that the Minister, Deputy Reilly, has come before the Dáil to try to explain this. I am pleased that the immediate crisis, at least, is over. Can the Minister assure us that the 500 people in acute hospital beds whose applications have been approved will get the places they need and deserve as a matter of urgency? Can he ensure the 4,500 outstanding applications...