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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....

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 43: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed reductions in income thresholds in respect of eligibility for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6727/11]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 47: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the potential use of National Asset Management Agency properties for social housing and other social and community uses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6728/11]

Bank Bailout and EU-IMF Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have listened to the arguments of the Government in opposing our call for a referendum and the argument seems to run thus: in January and February of this year we believed that bailing out the banks at the expense of ordinary people was, in the words of the Minister, Deputy Noonan, morally wrong and economically unsustainable and in Deputy Gilmore's words, it amounted to economic treason....

Bank Bailout and EU-IMF Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I put it to the Minister that the EU's threats are empty. They will not pull the funding on our banks because the reason this policy was introduced was to save their banks. That is why they demanded that we put in place a guarantee of the banks and that we pay off the bondholders. It is to protect their banks. They realise that if our banks go down, their banks go down. This is the...

Bank Bailout and EU-IMF Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----they must come back and negotiate with us because they cannot afford to let the euro, which is so important to them, collapse or to let the banking system in Europe collapse. If we say "No" or if we have the right to vote or consider the possibility of saying "No" to this economic madness and social injustice, we would be joined in calling for a proper debate on the matter by the people...

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister made an amazing suggestion yesterday that the Government's banking policy was a success because Bank of Ireland's share price had risen in the aftermath of its announcement. What planet is the Minister living on that he thinks rising share prices in Bank of Ireland mean anything to the vast majority of people in this country who are suffering brutal costs, have lost their jobs...

Oireachtas Reform Programme (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He could join the Spanish protestors.

Census Data (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement in relation to the company that has been contracted to conduct the national census currently underway and to confirm if this firm is a foreign based company (details supplied) and if his attention has been drawn to the allegations that have been made against this company in the United States that it was involved in torture and...

Census Data (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government is not taking on board the serious question marks that stand over the extremely sensitive and comprehensive information about Irish citizens that will be gathered by the census. To say that CACI International has not been prosecuted is not dealing with the issue. CACI International currently has-----

Census Data (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am asking whether the Minister of State-----

Census Data (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am asking a question. Will the Minister of State explain why the Government does not have greater concern about the integrity of the census given that there are 200 Iraqi plaintiffs seeking to mount lawsuits over CACI International's involvement in Abu Ghraib Prison. There are another four Iraqi plaintiffs before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond,...

Census Data (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am asking the Minister of State about a very serious matter.

Census Data (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He is not responding to the question I asked.

Census Data (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not making a statement. I am asking whether the Government takes these matters seriously. CACI International has avoided legal cases against it by seeking immunity on the basis of its status as a defence contractor, with most of its income coming from the Pentagon. These are serious allegations and simply to point out that the company has not been prosecuted is not good enough. There...

Census Data (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I said I was not encouraging them to do so.

Census Data (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government should be reassuring people about the integrity of the data.

Census Data (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I understand its importance.

Census Data (6 Apr 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This company is providing the hardware, software and the data processing systems for the census process. Can the Minister of State assure us that the company has no access to the information in the census? Is he aware that the Registrar General in Scotland, where a census is also being conducted, has observed that the "sneak and peek warrants" provided for in the United States PATRIOT Act...