Results 13,021-13,040 of 27,073 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Ministerial Dialogue (16 Jan 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The woeful lack of effective, joined-up action on the housing crisis has prompted civil society to take the sort of joined-up action that is necessary. That will be made manifest on 7 April when trade unionists, civil society groups, homeless groups, construction workers and all those affected by the housing crisis - these are the same people who can offer solutions to the crisis - will be...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Jan 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Any hopes I had that 2018 would see an improvement in the dire housing situation were dashed when a flood of people in dire circumstances attended my clinics over the first couple of weeks of the new year. I suggest that the report produced yesterday by the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, which claims successes in exceeding targets in the delivery of social housing is misleading propaganda....
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Jan 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government could change the number of contributions.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Jan 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet Committee B, social policy and public services, will next meet. [1831/18]
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax and Commercial Stamp Duty: Department of Finance (16 Jan 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I will be brief, because I have to speak in the House. I am against the property tax. I never saw the rationale for it. I am of the view that it is a regressive tax. I do not expect the witness to agree with me on that. For the record, facts are important. At the time the property tax was first introduced, there were a number of justifications for it. I have not checked the records,...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax and Commercial Stamp Duty: Department of Finance (16 Jan 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is €61.7 million.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax and Commercial Stamp Duty: Department of Finance (16 Jan 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That will be part of the review.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax and Commercial Stamp Duty: Department of Finance (16 Jan 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sorry for being rude but I have to run across here.
- Order of Business (16 Jan 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It has been going for three decades. Is the Taoiseach kidding?
- Order of Business (16 Jan 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We are aware of that.
- Order of Business (16 Jan 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: None of that prevents a referendum being held in May.
- Order of Business (16 Jan 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On the same subject, the Taoiseach has stated his desire which we share that the referendum take place in May. A significant concern we have which is partially expressed by Deputy Bríd Smith's concerns about the time the various debates could take to complete relates to whether it will happen and that we will actually have the referendum in May. I do not see in anything the Taoiseach...
- Order of Business (16 Jan 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Rubbish.
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Regulation of Lobbying (16 Jan 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which persons (details supplied) were exempted from the stipulations in section 22 of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 for senior public officials when they left office to join private public relations firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54650/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Brexit Issues (16 Jan 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the threats or blocks to the status of British citizens living and working here in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55049/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (16 Jan 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 734. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will make up the shortfall in funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) by the HSE lottery grant scheme in 2017 which will prevent it from implementing projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54655/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 738. To ask the Minister for Health the funding for an organisation (details supplied); his plans to increase funding to the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54667/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 739. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for children seeking special needs assessments for disability; the way in which these waiting times tally with the times outlined in the Disability Act 2005; the way he plans to ensure that these timeframes will be adhered to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54668/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (16 Jan 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 760. To ask the Minister for Health if there is scheme similar to the fair deal scheme for persons who would prefer to stay at home and receive their care there; if not, the other supports available to a couple, one of whom is in need of 24-hour care in the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54805/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Protected Disclosures (16 Jan 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 806. To ask the Minister for Health the options open to a person employed by the HSE who would like to make a protected disclosure regarding practices in their workplace that they are of the view are covered by the whistleblowing legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54916/17]