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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (27 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is the truth. That is what the Government has done.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (27 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The double standards and hypocrisy of the Government and the EU on this are stunning. Saudi Arabia brings Yemen to the brink of famine, kills Jamal Khashoggi and tortures and abuses civil rights activists, yet they do not even ask to visit its prisons. From the moment the Chavez regime came to power in Venezuela, America and the wealthy in Venezuela were trying to sabotage it, despite its...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Humanitarian Access (27 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It certainly is.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (27 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the rationale for declaring Ireland in support of Mr. Juan Guaidó as the interim President of Venezuela; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9740/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights Cases (27 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I brought two Saudi citizens who are human rights activists to Leinster House. This woman and this man cannot go back to Saudi Arabia as they would be tortured and imprisoned if they did. That is what is happening over there. Expressing words of concern and making recommendations is meaningless. It is laughable. Saudi Arabia is on the UN Human Rights Council at the same time that it is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights Cases (27 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: First, the Tánaiste's methods are not working.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights Cases (27 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Bin Salman says he will implement reforms for women and then simply locks up a lot of women. He tortures and abuses them and cracks down on human rights. Germany is not afraid to take unilateral action so why are we? Even Britain, which has a huge trade with Saudi Arabia, has politicians who are putting it up to the Saudi Government. We are not. Expressing concern is not enough. I ask...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights Cases (27 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a request, not a threat.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights Cases (27 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Let us ask and add some pressure.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights Cases (27 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 86 of 29 January 2019, if, in his continued monitoring of the reports of ill treatment of eight female activists in a prison in Saudi Arabia, he has given further consideration to establishing an all-party delegation to visit these detainees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9755/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights Cases (27 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am asking the Tánaiste to show a bit of moral backbone and commitment to human rights and women's rights. Will the Tánaiste ask the Saudi Government to provide an all-party group from the House with access to investigate the very credible allegations of abuse, torture and unjust imprisonment of women's rights and human rights activists in Saudi prisons?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East Peace Process (27 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Particularly me.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East Peace Process (27 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I agree with you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: State Visits (27 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the co-ordination of the various State visits that members of the Government are making on St. Patrick’s Day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9738/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (27 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised the issue of the Israeli Government withholding taxes that it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority from the authority with his counterparts across Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9741/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (27 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views with regard to some supporters of Israel attempting to equate anti-Semitism with criticism of Israeli treatment of Palestinians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9737/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (27 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent contacts with Mr. Michel Barnier since the vote in the House of Commons of 30 January 2019. [5671/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Analysis and Fiscal Risks: Central Bank of Ireland (27 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I can see that point. I have a question to follow on from that. What particular sectors will be hurt? Could the witnesses be a bit more specific? The chemicals industry was mentioned. The graphs showing the contribution chemical exports have made to export growth are quite stunning. The graph shows that without increased chemical exports our exports would be negative, which is a pretty...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Analysis and Fiscal Risks: Central Bank of Ireland (27 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the final point, I am not so sure we are doing so well but we will leave that discussion for another day. I find the table on page 73 quite striking. It indicates that Government net financial wealth fell by €2.3 billion during quarter 2 of 2018 as the increase in liabilities outstripped the increase in financial assets. I am referring to the quarterly bulletin of the Central...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Analysis and Fiscal Risks: Central Bank of Ireland (27 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is exactly what I am doing. When one looks at the extent to which the Government's housing plans, particularly on social housing, are dependent on renting back property, through the housing assistance payment, rental accommodation and social leasing schemes, from the institutional investors to which NAMA sold that property-----