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Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed) (20 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They will be created through public works programmes.

Commission of Inquiry into Banking Sector: Statements (20 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Nyberg report spectacularly fails to identify the causes of the financial and economic crisis in simple and straightforward language. Some €1.2 million was spent on producing 100 pages of insipid financial jargon and meaningless psychobabble that blames everybody and nobody at the same time and explains little or nothing about what created the financial and economic crisis. It is...

Public Transport (20 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport his views on the Dublin bus network direct and its impact on communities across the city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8595/11]

Public Transport (20 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the number of bus drivers that will lose their jobs as a result of network direct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8596/11]

Public Transport (20 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I found the Minister of State's response rather depressing. It was the same stuff I had heard from Dublin Bus when I asked it about the savage cutbacks to bus services across Dublin. I remind the Minister of State that before the general election, a policy document suggested "the bus remains the only public transport option with the short and medium term capacity to meet the growing...

Public Transport (20 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the Deputy suggesting the Queen is more important than the elderly?

Public Transport (20 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: She will not be using Dublin Bus.

Public Transport (20 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the Minister of State's offer and will take him up on it. However, this is a much bigger issue. Thousands of elderly people in Dublin, including those who are immobile or disabled, have been affected by cuts to many bus routes, including the Nos. 3, 5, 10, 13a, 25x and 38c routes. There has been a disastrous attack on bus services, including Nitelink services, which are needed by...

Public Transport (20 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: May I ask where is the money?

Public Transport (20 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am asking the Minister to ask the Taoiseach not to spend €25 million on the visit of two individuals to this country. The money should be spent instead on increasing the subvention for Dublin Bus and providing the funds required to reinstate bus services which have been cut across Dublin.

Written Answers — Military Neutrality: Military Neutrality (19 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to change Ireland's traditional policy of neutrality, which in popular consciousness is not purely limited to our non-membership of military alliances. [8388/11]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (19 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on requirements for increased spending on defence under the Lisbon treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8386/11]

Written Answers — Common Foreign and Security Policy: Common Foreign and Security Policy (19 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 258: To ask the Minister for Defence his views in relation to the EU military strategy based on battle groups in view of the legal support given to this strategy in the Lisbon treaty, in particular Article 28A.3 TEU (Article 42.3 TEU consolidated) which states that member states shall make civilian and military capabilities available to the Union for the implementation of common...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (19 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 366: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a full list of routes being cut, routes being amalgamated, routes being re-routed and the number of buses being reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8598/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (19 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 367: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will explain the relationship between him and Dublin Bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8599/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (19 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 368: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the relationship between him and harbour companies running ports around the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8600/11]

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (19 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 369: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money the executives of the harbour companies are paid. [8601/11]

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is from "Genuinely curious in Dún Laoghaire".

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is about the programme for Government.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach restated at the weekend his intention to go ahead with the sale of €2 billion worth of State assets. When can we expect the assets to be identified and the proposal introduced to the House and discussed?