Results 12,221-12,240 of 27,073 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Irish Water business plan refers on several occasions to the decades of under-investment. That was done by Fine Gael-led and Fianna Fáil-led Governments. Have things improved slightly since the Government abandoned the wild goose chase of water charges? Yes, because €250 million a year that was being put into water meters that do not fix leaks has now been redirected to...

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Irish Water testified in this House in April that it needs €18 billion of investment to fix our water infrastructure.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Tánaiste said the leakage will be down to 38% by 2020. That is pathetic.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That does not deal with the problem. We need to significantly increase investment in water infrastructure, which the Government has failed to do.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We do not need a rainy day fund. We need a sunny day fund because the current heatwave and the warnings from Irish Water about water shortages have yet again exposed the completely decrepit state of Ireland's water infrastructure and the disastrous consequences of decades of underinvestment by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil-led Governments. In particular, the current crisis has been...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Measures (3 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to renew FEMPI legislation; when a report on same will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29110/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (3 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to retro-fit State buildings to conserve water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29226/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (3 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the programmes available for refugees here under the EU relocation programme for permanent housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28943/18]

Child Homelessness: Statements (28 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The misery, suffering, hardship and cruelty that are being imposed on thousands of children, the 144,000 people on housing waiting lists and the 10,000 people who are homeless are simply intolerable and the position is getting worse and worse. The more we talk, the worse it gets. It is the bitter fruit of the disastrous decision the Minister's party took in 2011 - alongside the Labour Party...

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This concerns the programme for Government.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Correspondence (28 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 19. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to communications received by the Ombudsman for Children from HSE management in 2011 regarding the resources available and the referral pathway in counties Laois and Offaly CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28386/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (28 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 91. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the over-reliance on medication in the absence of sufficient primary care resources across mental health services (details supplied) is in part the reason for the resignation of three consultant psychiatrists in the south east; his plans to carry out an audit of the number of children that are being prescribed psychostimulant drugs; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (28 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 182. To ask the Minister for Health when sections 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced to allow registration of the non-biological parent's name on the child's birth certificate; the support that will be available to couples to register the non-biological parent on the child's birth certificate in the case of donor assisted births; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Harbours and Piers Funding (28 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be provided for Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council to carry out the repairs necessary to Dún Laoghaire harbour to bring it up to taking in charge standard as outlined by the recent due diligence and risk management reports received by the council; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Pre-European Council: Statements (27 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: "Trump is a pig" ran the banner at the Roger Waters gig last night in the 3Arena. The audience at the gig erupted in applause and cheering when it saw the words emblazoned behind Roger Waters. The visual imagery conveyed the horror of Trump's racist, anti-migrant policies, his plans for walls and his incarceration of children. It was then followed by another banner that highlighted the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Structured Dialogue Process (27 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Both the marriage equality referendum and that on the eighth amendment show that there has been a sea change in Irish society and that whatever people's religious convictions, or none, that people believe that religious expression and freedom should be separate from the policies and institutions of the State. There is no doubt in my mind that that is the majority opinion by a significant...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Structured Dialogue Process (27 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met with church leaders and faith communities recently. [27747/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Papal Visit (27 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The visit of the Pope will be an important event for those of the Catholic faith in this country and they have every right to celebrate his visit and the occasions around it. I acknowledge Deputy Micheál Martin's comments that Pope Francis has spoken in a very progressive manner on migration against a frightening background of a rise in far right xenophobic and anti-migrant political...

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Roll on the people's socialist republic.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (27 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 83. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the military exercises that Irish troops have been involved in in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28119/18]