Results 1,141-1,160 of 27,016 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is completely untenable and does not provide for the needs of this family. The parents are supposed to drive up and back to County Louth for a place that is not even suitable.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: These parents have had to go to court to try to vindicate the rights of their children and still there are no placements for their children. We have to do better than this.

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (10 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The European Union makes clear its determination to stand against Putin's barbaric actions in Ukraine. I fundamentally disagree with the alliance that they wish to advance with NATO but we all are horrified about what Putin is doing. Then we look at what is happening today or in the last few days in Gaza. Four schools were attacked with 29 people killed in just one attack on a school. As...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (10 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 6. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his two-day attendance at the European Council on 27 and 28 June 2024. [28371/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (10 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the 41st summit meeting of the British-Irish Council in the Isle of Man that he attended. [28373/24]

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.