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- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a bit disconcerting not knowing where I am in the time.
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is, actually. I want to conclude by saying that we need to change the mandate of Coillte completely. It needs to move away from a commercial for-profit approach to one that is about sustainable afforestation, using its land and resources to encourage community woodlands, co-ops and so on. Some of the unused Coillte land that the McCarthy report identified - hundreds of thousands of...
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Green Party for bringing forward this motion on forestry, which People Before Profit will be supporting. The forests are important because they produce the air that we breathe. They clean the air. They clean the water. They hold the soil together. They prevent flooding. They produce products that can be useful for society for creating employment. They assist in this country...
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have seven and a half minutes.
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the Ceann Comhairle telling me I have spoken for seven and a half minutes?
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Can we see the clock?
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: How many minutes have I got?
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: How many have I left?
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is there any chance we could get the clock back so that I would know where I am?
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: In fact, we have not got anywhere near even meeting those inadequate targets that we have set. Indeed, I was talking to some people from one the biggest nurseries in the country today and they say that the afforestation programme could grind to a halt by the end of this year because we do not have enough ecologists and archaeologists in the forest service to process the afforestation...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Expenditure (1 Oct 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to argue in favour of a big bang of increased expenditure and boosting people's incomes in the event of a no-deal Brexit. That might seem like a radical proposal-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Expenditure (1 Oct 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: -----but 20 or 30 years ago it would have been considered ABC Keynesian economics. In the face of a possible serious disruption of the economy, whether as a result of Brexit or, for that matter, a looming recession, what Keynes, who was not a socialist, argued is that one should boost people's incomes, boost demand, boost spending power and boost investment in key strategic areas. As the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Expenditure (1 Oct 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the Minister's comment to the effect that he will not let Brexit become the new austerity, particularly as that would be absolutely the wrong approach. However, there have been certain signals that, for example, social welfare increases or boosts in workers' incomes might be held back in the event of a no-deal Brexit. I put it to the Minister that that would be a mistake. Even...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Expenditure (1 Oct 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the areas of the budget he is planning to increase in view of the threat of a no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39608/19]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Carbon Tax Implementation (1 Oct 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Wrong.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Oct 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I ask the Taoiseach simply to scrap the strategic housing development scheme as a complete failure. We discovered from a report published at the weekend that it is essentially a scheme dreamed up by property developers who gave the then Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government and current Tánaiste, Deputy Coveney, their recommendations. The Government took those...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Oct 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not happening.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Oct 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 19. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [37374/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Oct 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social policy and public services will next meet. [37375/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Oct 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Any social policy worth its name would understand the key importance of treating pensioners with respect and fairness. Even though they are no longer working, we must ensure their rights are upheld and the contribution they have made to our society through their work is respected. Earlier today, hundreds of pensioners protested in the pelting rain as part of a protest organised by the...