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State Visits (29 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Mine is a supplementary question. Could the Taoiseach explain how we can seriously be expected to believe that the rather vague and ill-defined benefits arising from the visit of President Obama, as outlined by the Taoiseach, outweigh the cost of €20 billion to the Irish people, referred to in this connection, which cost the people are bearing through the closure of hospitals and cuts to...

State Visits (29 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I asked a question.

State Visits (29 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am nearly finished.

State Visits (29 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am asking the Taoiseach to explain how the ill-defined benefits of the visit outweigh the alleged cost of €20 billion to the Irish people on foot of US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's intervention on the question of the bondholders. In the Taoiseach's response to Deputy Martin, he stated the ECB makes the relevant decisions and that the question regarding the intervention by Mr....

State Visits (29 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----that if Mr. Timothy Geithner lets his opinion be known on this matter, it carries weight. Is the House not interested in the answer?

State Visits (29 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is €20 billion.

State Visits (29 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No, no. The Geithner-----

State Visits (29 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I had six yesterday.

State Visits (29 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach should have seen some of the articles.

Cabinet Sub-committees (29 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Taoiseach discuss at the health committee as urgently as possible the plans to close accident and emergency services at Loughlinstown and other hospitals and to revisit, reconsider and reverse these decisions and remove the huge anxiety and distress that people are facing as a result?

Cabinet Sub-committees (29 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Taoiseach consider how the-----

Cabinet Sub-committees (29 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ------hospitals that will remain will be overrun-----

Cabinet Sub-committees (29 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: These hospitals, which are already overrun, will be even more overrun if these accident and emergency units are closed.

Cabinet Sub-committees (29 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are queues for both.

Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have a question.

Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not get a chance to finish my last question.

Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want an answer to the question I asked about the energy miscellaneous provisions Bill.

Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will this be before the EU-IMF deal?

Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In recent weeks and again this week much legislation is being rushed through the Dáil in order to meet the target set by the EU-IMF. Given the proximity of the EU-IMFs delegation's visit between 6 July and 16 July, will we have a chance to give our views about the quarterly review in the House, and in particular to discuss the issue-----

Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Precisely on that point-----