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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach does not want to answer.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would like to know also what, if anything, the Taoiseach said to the President of the European Council, Mr. Donald Tusk, about matters Russian in the aftermath of the Salisbury attack but also significantly after widespread reports of known and confirmed Russian atrocities in eastern Ghouta, including the use of chemical weapons. There was no call, as I understand it, from the Taoiseach,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----but the Taoiseach is the one who has made a decision that has profound implications for Ireland's neutrality based on a conspiracy. The Taoiseach has presented to us a conspiracy that there is no other plausible explanation. That is not evidence; that is a conspiracy.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yet when it comes to the appalling use of these weapons by Russia in eastern Ghouta, not a dickie bird is heard. In fact, last week in the Dáil, myself and Deputy Gino Kenny asked that the Taoiseach summon the Russian ambassador to the Dáil over what Russia was doing in eastern Ghouta. He ignored us and refused to do it. This week, the Taoiseach is expelling an official from the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with Mr. Donald Tusk. [12829/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Papal Visit (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Pope should get a welcome only if he does what Pope Ratzinger refused to do, which was to provide the files containing the church's own information on clerical sex abuse by its members in this country. Ratzinger refused to provide the Vatican's own internal information on this after the production of the Ryan, Ferns and Murphy reports and so on. Ratzinger then, without any particular...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Papal Visit (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I think it is entirely appropriate.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Papal Visit (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I think it is entirely appropriate because-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Papal Visit (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Pope Francis, when he went to Chile and Peru in January this year, was met with very significant protest because he appointed a bishop who was widely believed to have covered up and turned a blind eye to clerical sex abuse carried out by a particular Catholic sect. There were uproar and protests every day over his decision to appoint this bishop. We need to put to Pope Francis the question...

Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What the Tánaiste is proposing is not only unconstitutional, it is fundamentally undemocratic. It is further confusing people on this issue, and frankly, this kind of thing is going to endanger the "Yes" vote for the repeal of the eighth amendment. The Government and the Tánaiste should stop messing around and trust women. This is not about trusting politicians; it is about...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Papal Visit (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the work his Department is planning to prepare for the Pope's visit in August 2018. [13945/18]

Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not agreed. After the Business Committee concluded the business for today the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade issued a statement, first to the media and only in the past 30 to 40 minutes was it posted to his website, making what I believe to be a pre-emptive, stupid and reckless decision to expel Russian diplomats without any evidence of Russian culpability for the Salisbury...

Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Absolutely but that decision has been made in advance of the debate with no provision for a vote on a decision, which I and other Deputies believe fundamentally attacks our international reputation as a neutral country, without any evidence and which is frankly riddled with hypocrisy in respect of the justifications that provided for it.

Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I certainly will not be agreeing to the order of business unless the Government concedes that there will be a vote on this decision because it has profound implications for Ireland's neutrality and is based on no evidence whatsoever.

Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, the Minister issued his statement after that decision was made, pre-empting the debate.

Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are a neutral country.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which Home Building Finance Ireland, HBFI, will contribute to delivering more affordable housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13950/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Communications (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 104. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that alternative telephone numbers to 1850 and 1890 in all Departments of the Revenue Commissioners are provided in order that those trying to discuss issues with officials are not charged beyond their normal telephone packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13949/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Book Sales (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 194. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he continues to allow banks, particularly those in which the Government has an ownership stake, to sell mortgage loans to vulture funds; his plans to implement policy changes to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13630/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Financial Forum (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his Department's or his involvement in the European Financial Forum. [7006/18]