Results 961-980 of 26,831 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (10 Jul 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On the same issue, the despised Tories have been driven out of power. The great fear that I and, I think, many people in England have is that, the more things change, the more things will stay exactly the same with Sir Keir Starmer. I find it grimly amusing that the leader of a supposedly left-wing party is referred to as Sir Keir Starmer. I suspect that indicates where his agenda will...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: You did not do it.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is what the Government said.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I add my voice to the condemnation of the outrageous treatment of the events that occurred for Tori Towey and call on the UAE Government to immediately drop the charges and allow her to come home. This is the last week the Dáil is sitting before the summer recess and the last opportunity I will have to ask a question during Leaders' Questions. For six weeks now, we and many others...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: -----is a fraction of what the Housing Commission stated is necessary to address it.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach did not answer the question. Is there more house building? Yes. Is there a bit more social housing? Yes. However, the Housing Commission has said we need to double the Government's targets. I know damn well that the LDA and the HFA are not included in the €5 billion figure, but that total figure was meant to deliver 33,000 houses, including approximately 16,000 social...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: -----but it is right about the level of housing delivery. Why will the Government not allocate the money? It cannot say it does not have the money. It has it in the budget surplus and the infrastructure funds-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and it could impose a wealth tax, like the one the French people are asking for-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: -----after the recent French election with the Popular Front in France.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I would rather not.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (9 Jul 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is true the public service has grown. After the disastrous austerity cuts, the Government had to go into reverse-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (9 Jul 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: -----because of the damage it did after the economic crash. However, in key areas I have mentioned - CAMHS, CDNTs, teachers, nurses, allied health professionals - we have a serious problem. This is causing immense hardship for the service users. There are long waiting lists and double whammies for people with special needs and disability. The kids and parents get hit in education, and...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (9 Jul 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay, well-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (9 Jul 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Every single one of what?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (9 Jul 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: They are not enough.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (9 Jul 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the difference in pay and conditions between workers in section 38 and section 39 employments and those workers directly employed as public servants is making it more difficult to recruit and retain workers in key areas of public services where section 38 and section 39 agencies are the key providers of those...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (9 Jul 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Just to underline the point, in my area, a lot of mental health services are delivered by section 39 organisations. In others, they might be delivered by the HSE. We discussed earlier the difficulty of recruiting people to CAMHS teams and the CDNTs. One of the additional problems compounding that difficulty is that those section 39 workers are on lesser pay and conditions than they would...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (9 Jul 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 46. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is planning budgetary measures to address the problem of staff shortages across key areas of the public service, and the pressure these shortages are putting on existing staff and the quality of services for the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29516/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (9 Jul 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the public expenditure measures he is considering in the forthcoming budget to address the growing problem of labour and skill shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29517/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (9 Jul 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Many areas of important public services such as mental health, disability, special needs, the health service and schools have chronic problems in recruiting and retaining enough people. We have staff shortages and this leads to a lot of hardship for many people who need those public services. Has the Minister any plans, especially in the context of the upcoming budget, to address this problem?