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Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Where are the atheist schools?

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I accept a number of positive points made by the Government and other Deputies who will not support this amendment, but I will press it because that is the right thing to do. The fudge that the Government has devised does not address the current system's fundamental unfairness vis-à-vischildren. My obligation is to propose what I believe is in the best interests of children, and no...

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I agree. Gaelscoileanna, ETBs, national schools and so on compete against one another. It is ridiculous. The way to address that is by separating church and State. The question of Irish language schools, which we should have, is a different matter, but it should not be intertwined with religious competition or competition over denomination. It is crazy. This is the way we have to go.

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have to reform the whole business completely. Educate Together is the best model to do that, but it is probably not the last word. Educate Together itself would agree. The problem is that religion is cutting across the State's obligation to provide unbiased education.

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister will respond and then there will be another round.

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, I have had my seven minutes and then it goes back to the Minister and then all Members here get two minutes. Then there is the last two minutes.

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I moved amendment No. 5 but I should also have moved amendment No. 30.

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I bow to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's knowledge of procedure.

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 5:In page 4, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:“(2) Section 15(2) of the Act of 1998 is amended by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (g): “(h) in performing the functions conferred on it, and notwithstanding subsection (2)(b), a board shall uphold equal respect and dignity for all pupils, regardless of religion,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ireland Country Report and Country-Specific Recommendations: European Commission (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank our guests for their presentation. On the Brexit issue, Mr. Martínez Mongay stated that Ireland is at the centre of the Commission's concerns in this matter. I am a little sceptical that this is part of a political blame game the Commission is playing about Brexit and the decision by a member state to leave the European Union, in other words, that the Commission wants to send...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ireland Country Report and Country-Specific Recommendations: European Commission (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is worrying that Mr. Martínez Mongay is saying that the European Union cannot give us assurance on the Border.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ireland Country Report and Country-Specific Recommendations: European Commission (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Mr. Martínez Mongay said nothing is agreed until everything is agreed because when I asked for reassurance-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ireland Country Report and Country-Specific Recommendations: European Commission (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We were told some aspects were agreed but it seems they are not. Am I correct that the preference of the Commission is to reprivatise the banks, which the Government is busy doing? I understood from the beginning, when nationalisation of the banks was required as a result of the financial collapse, that the position of the European Union that we might have to nationalise but at no point...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We need a clear commitment, as called for by Mr. Mel Reynolds, that public land will be utilised for public housing.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As fascinating as electoral speculation is, most people in the country are concerned with the capacity of Members to deliver on the issues that matter to them. I have a word of advice for all who are speculating. While I would be happy enough to have an election, nobody will be thanked for bringing about an election prompted by considerations of political advantage rather than clear-cut...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 6. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the implementation of A Programme for a Partnership Government. [23579/18]

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Minister, Deputy Zappone, for bringing this issue to light. What we are seeing here is yet another bombshell exposing the toxic relationship between church and State in this country and the human damage and hardship it has imposed and continues to impose on very significant numbers of people. In this case it is clear that this is likely to be the tip of the iceberg but 126...

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the commitments given by the Taoiseach. I was born in 1967 so I may be affected but I will have to check all this. In any event, the outcome for me has been positive but for huge numbers of other people that may not be the case and they have a right to know. We need a clear commitment that all obstacles will be removed to access to whatever information or files can be found. I...

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We need clear assurances and action on these matters.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 46. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps and work being undertaken to encourage and incentivise agroforestry with a particular focus on native species in view of Ireland's historically low afforestation figures and rates. [23989/18]