Results 11,521-11,540 of 27,251 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government appealed the decision. It is fighting it in a court.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach's researchers worked hard to find that one.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Migration Crisis (29 Jan 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on discussions he has had with his European counterparts with regard to the recent reports of 170 migrants missing in the Mediterranean Sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3967/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (29 Jan 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he plans to take with regard to the ongoing and worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4138/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (29 Jan 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed with his European counterparts the worsening humanitarian situation in Palestine since the United States of America implemented cuts to infrastructure projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3968/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (29 Jan 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the issue of the reports of ill-treatment of eight female activists detained in a prison in Saudi Arabia with his counterparts across Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4137/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (29 Jan 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will establish a cross-party group to visit the detainees in a prison in Saudi Arabia in view of reports of ill-treatment and torture of eight female activists detained at the location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4136/19]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Before Deputy Durkan starts, I came in earlier and indicated that I had to go over and return, so I do not understand why I was not included in the first round of questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I understand that. However, that was not the question I asked.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to clarify whether I can have ten minutes because I did come in earlier. I had to leave for questions in the Dáil. I signalled this to the Chairman before I left.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Minister understand the rage and fury felt by the public and perhaps nurses when he says he cannot afford to give them a pay increase which they must now go on strike to achieve, while the price paid by the public for the national children's hospital is 250% to 300% higher than the original bid? Does he understand the double standards the public believes are at work? Does he...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have not finished. I would like to ask these questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Minister believe the fact the bid was €120 million lower than the next one should have raised a flag? Was a simple comparison made between the costs included in the bids? Who selected the board? Did the State look into its members' record in that regard? Mr. Costello who seems to be completely unconcerned and says BAM's tender was professional had to leave Sisk after a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government selects the people who do.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the Minister suggesting the overruns are acceptable?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am saying the company deliberately tendered under the budget to get the contract but there was not proper scrutiny of the bid.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not make a charge.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I simply stated a fact.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I was not criticising. I was just asking if we looked into his record. It is in the public domain that he was involved with a project in Poland with big overruns. I read that in the newspapers after googling him. It was The Irish Times, the paper of record.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Jan 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent telephone call with Chancellor Merkel. [1384/19]