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Legislative Programme (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----a legislative priority-----

Legislative Programme (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----to bring forward legislation for a similar referendum to the one in Iceland?

Legislative Programme (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is.

Agreements with Members (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach in view of the findings of the recently published Moriarty Report in relation to a former Minister (details supplied), if the Government intends to reconsider the recent arrangement it made with the that Deputy to gain his support; and if he will reveal the precise nature of that arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6024/11]

Agreements with Members (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not want to go over all of the ground. Obviously, it has been well covered.

Agreements with Members (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In fairness, the Ceann Comhairle should not cut across me all of the time. I am entitled to ask a question.

Agreements with Members (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am on the list for this one.

Agreements with Members (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are matters arising from the Moriarty tribunal debate that were not satisfactorily answered which are to do with the here and now. The Taoiseach stated there was no arrangement. Did the Taoiseach meet Deputy Lowry or did any member of the Government, formally or informally, meet Deputy Lowry in the context of him making a decision to support Deputy Enda Kenny's nomination for...

Agreements with Members (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It arises out of the Moriarty tribunal and the issues related to it.

Agreements with Members (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is in the question, if the Ceann Comhairle looks.

Agreements with Members (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is it in line with satisfying public concern about the issue of corporate donations to political parties, given all of the findings of the Moriarty tribunal, that the Government should tell us what corporate donors-----

Agreements with Members (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----gave to Fine Gael Party funds over the past year?

Agreements with Members (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have my six minutes.

Agreements with Members (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is the question.

Agreements with Members (12 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Were there any meetings?

Garda Operations (7 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) has established check-points and roadblocks in the Rossport area of north west County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7060/11]

Garda Operations (7 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is something very wrong with how the gardaí are behaving in the Rossport area and with how they are allowing private security companies that are working for Shell Oil to treat protestors. When I submitted this question it was on the basis of reports that IRMS, a private security company working for Shell, was putting up checkpoints on main roads and vetting traffic that was going past...

Garda Operations (7 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to ask a brief supplementary.

Garda Operations (7 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Given that the issues about the behaviour of the Garda are disputed and there are many complaints against the behaviour of the Garda, specifically in this area, is it not reasonable that some independent body would come in or that independent, international observers come in and make an objective judgment on this? Is that not a reasonable request given that the matter is now disputed and the...

Suicide Prevention: Statements (7 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The incidence of suicide is shocking. There were 5,270 suicides between 1996 and 2006, and that was during the good times. Since the onset of the economic crisis the incidence has dramatically increased, with 527 people taking their own lives in 2009, which is a 25% increase on what is already a shockingly high incidence of suicide. In the second quarter of 2010 there were 127 suicides....