Results 11,661-11,680 of 27,073 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I take that point but the way in which this works is that the matter is deferred-----
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: No. I want to have the debate with the Minister, as promised.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I mean no disrespect to the Minister of State.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, for the record I genuinely understand that people have other commitments but there should be advance notice of these matters. That is a fair point.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Precarious work of various different types is-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: My ideology is informed by arms sales to Saudi Arabia by the western world.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There should be a second round of contributions.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: My comments about the embassy were not directed at Saudi citizens.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There are 22 diplomats, which is a disproportionately high number for a small country. Given what happened in the Saudi consulate in Turkey it is ever so slightly alarming. That was the point I made. We are talking about a rogue state that, as we have seen with the killing of Jamal Khashoggi and with its actions in Yemen, is quite willing to engage in barbaric acts. The elephant in the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: My question is very simple. Why is the Tánaiste not demanding, and why is the EU not imposing, sanctions on Saudi Arabia? The humanitarian catastrophe that is unfolding in Yemen is due, to a large extent, to the Saudi military intervention, the blockade and the deliberate attempts to starve and bomb the population into submission. Of course, standing behind Saudi in this regard are...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the humanitarian crisis in Yemen with his counterparts in Europe; the actions the European Union plans to take in that regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47968/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We should give him more time.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Taoiseach answer the other questions?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Can we get responses to the other questions?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: He did not talk to witnesses.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if A Programme for Partnership Government progress report will be published in December 2018. [45824/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to take the Taoiseach back to what was a fairly disappointing response to the Stardust families earlier and what I feel is a bit of a buck-passing exercise on his part when one considers the programme for Government and what it says about what the Government would do about the Stardust tragedy. It stated, "Full regard will be had to any new evidence which emerges which would be likely...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government should not be selling public land.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent engagements with the National Economic and Social Council. [45825/18]