Results 13,001-13,020 of 27,251 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alternative Farm Enterprises (13 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the possible development of hemp cultivation as a significant agricultural activity should be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7007/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (13 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the detail of the self-build aspect of the home loan scheme; the way in which the value of the property at completion will be ascertained; if there will be a limit to the number of applicants to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6716/18]

Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Plans are well under way for a national demonstration on 7 April on the housing and homelessness crisis and the shambles of this and the previous Government's policies that created the crisis. Groups such as the Peter McVerry Trust, Focus Ireland, Simon Community, housing and community groups, trade unions and many of the Opposition political parties are mobilising for that protest and...

Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am afraid the Tánaiste is the one who is driven by blind ideology. In the past couple of weeks, I had to deal with somebody who has been on the housing list for 19 years and who has just been evicted from a HAP tenancy, which is supposed to be one of the Tánaiste's housing solutions. She will now be driven back into another HAP, which is insecure. The Tánaiste is...

Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: HAP does not work. The approved housing bodies, AHB, and off-balance sheet plan is now in serious trouble. When will the Tánaiste get it?

Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We need to return to something the State did for decades, building council houses.

Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Answer the question about the AHBs.

Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Fifteen thousand.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Administration (8 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 50. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties of those in need of home care packages; if his attention has further been drawn to the difficulties many have in sourcing these packages and that many of the packages granted are for less hours than would be appropriate to the need; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact this shortfall in hours...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Administration (8 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 96. To ask the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself that those in need of home care are able to access this care in a timely manner and that this care is adequate to meet their needs in view of the reliance on private companies to deliver home care packages; if an audit of these services has been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6090/18]

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On behalf of People Before Profit, we are supportive of the overall aims of the Bill and pretty much all of the measures it proposes. There is no doubt about the health and societal implications of excessive use of alcohol. The World Health Organization states drinking alcohol is associated with risks of developing health problems such as mental and behavioural disorders, liver cirrhosis,...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He is a doctor.

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sharing time with Deputy Bríd Smith. We are taking five minutes each. The obfuscation and the attempt to throw mud in our eyes that I just heard from the Minister of State really is extremely disappointing. It puts to shame people like the man whose bust is behind me in the Chamber, James Connolly. In a quote that is very appropriate to this debate, he said, "Our demands most...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach should read the report. That is what was said before 2008.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The annual gathering at Davos, as a gathering of the world's global corporate and billionaire elite, always brings into fairly sharp focus the ever-growing, shocking and obscene levels of wealth inequality in our world. This year, Oxfam reported that the richest 1% have the same amount of wealth as 82% of the remainder of the world's population. It also pointed out that there are now 2,000...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not against Professor Stiglitz.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Davos for the World Economic Forum. [4288/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Protest always works, though.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 7 December 2017, if he has received a full report into complaints his Department received regarding conditions at a location (details supplied); if so, if all appropriate actions to remedy the identified defects has been addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6229/18]

Other Questions: Refugee Resettlement Programme (6 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Minister elaborate slightly? Is he suggesting that if they apply through Lebanon and could make their way to Lebanon that might be possibility? Perhaps he could indicate. Will the Minister explain whether there is a particular reason, given that we have a diplomatic presence in Turkey, that we could not also take programme refugees from Turkey? Will the Minister confirm that we...