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Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Politics, two-state solutions, one-state solutions, engagement - blah, blah, blah - we are talking about children. These are innocent children who are in prison; who are being killed, maimed or shot, who do not have proper schools and who cannot sleep because of fear of Israeli assaults. This goes beyond any of that other stuff. The world set aside politics when it came to the treatment of...

Address by Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission (21 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----which it is escalating. Why should we trust President Juncker with our Border or the interests of the people in this country? I have a simple question about the Border. If negotiations fail and collapse with the Tory Government on the exit agreement, we know that we cannot trust Theresa May with the Border. Will President Juncker give us a clear commitment that the European Union...

Address by Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission (21 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No border, under any circumstances.

Address by Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission (21 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Hear, hear.

Address by Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission (21 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will be brief as my time is short. People Before Profit and Solidarity are thorough internationalists. As such, we have no faith in the petty xenophobic nationalism of the British Tory Party and no trust that it will deal with the issue of the Border to ensure that no hard border is reimposed. My question is how can we trust you, President Juncker. The European Union shoved €60...

Seanad: Address by Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission (21 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will be brief as my time is short. People Before Profit and Solidarity are thorough internationalists. As such, we have no faith in the petty xenophobic nationalism of the British Tory Party and no trust that it will deal with the issue of the Border to ensure that no hard border is reimposed.My question is how can we trust you, President Juncker. The European Union shoved €60...

Seanad: Address by Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission (21 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----which it is escalating. Why should we trust President Juncker with our Border or the interests of the people in this country? I have a simple question about the Border. If negotiations fail and collapse with the Tory Government on the exit agreement, we know that we cannot trust Theresa May with the Border. Will President Juncker give us a clear commitment that the European Union...

Seanad: Address by Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission (21 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No border, under any circumstances.

Seanad: Address by Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission (21 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Complaints Procedures (21 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if complaints received directly by him from a parent or a pupil of grievous bodily harm in a school setting are dealt with by him; if not, if they are only dealt with in cases in which the complaint is referred by the board of management of the school; his views on whether this is acceptable in view of the serious nature of the matter; and if...

Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (20 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It was interesting that in his reference to other views on the economy, Deputy Michael McGrath left out the socialist left.

Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (20 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Minister. It was telling and will, sadly, be reflected in the media debate in the run-up to the budget. Certain serious debates take place and they are held among the people who accept the fiscal rules, which we alone reject. As such, the debate will be about the different ways we can operate inside the fiscal rules. After the banking crash, Nyberg pointed rightly to the need...

Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (20 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The media should take on board some of the points we are making too because we have led the way on important debates, including, for example, the issue of corporate tax avoidance. Whatever the Minister might think about our policies in that regard, it is a serious problem. Even mainstream economists are saying the distorting effects on our economy of profit shifting by multinationals are...

Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (20 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What about us?

United States Immigration Policy: Motion (20 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Tearing children away from their parents and incarcerating them in cages is, as we all understand, barbaric and beyond the Pale. It crosses every line of human rights and civilised behaviour imaginable. What will we do about a president like Trump who is willing to do this to children and then defend it? Like me, the Tánaiste probably heard spokespeople on the radio defending Trump's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Deputy Ellis for allowing me to go ahead of him. I have to run. I apologise in advance since I have to speak elsewhere in about six minutes. I might not be able to stay for the Minister's response but I will read the transcript. The first question I was asked to bring up with the Minister is about stopping people getting evicted, which would stop people currently going into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to ask about child mental health services, which have been raised by Deputy Howlin. I think the Taoiseach needs to say something about this serious matter. Child psychiatrists are resigning because they believe child psychiatric services are "untenable and unsafe". This problem is not isolated to Wexford. I will not go into individual cases. I am aware of other areas where exactly...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (20 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What about abortion?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (20 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Ireland's greatest revolutionary and socialist James Connolly believed passionately in uniting the country, not by trying to square the circle of green and orange tribal politics or, for that matter, scoring political points off others in the political debate, as we have heard in the last few comments made by Fianna Fáil and the Labour Party. He tried to find the social and economic...