Results 13,061-13,080 of 27,073 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is what happened in South Africa. We got at result in South Africa.
- Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Viktor Orbán does not share it.
- Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with his counterparts in Europe after the announcement by President Trump to officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53230/17]
- Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: This is grouped.
- Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is grouped.
- Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Can we clarify which questions are grouped?
- Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is it Questions Nos. 31, 32 and 50?
- Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Question No. 50 is in the grouping.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (13 Dec 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the conversations he has had with President Trump or the US Administration since the President's decision to officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53229/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (13 Dec 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 182. To ask the Minister for Health the services that were provided to persons in Mosney, County Meath in 2007 through the on-site medical centre; and the professions that were represented there. [53455/17]
- Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (12 Dec 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address the specific issues of pay and conditions in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52968/17]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to follow up on the last few questions. The witnesses are claiming a record number of trees being planted, with an increase of 30%. A figure was quoted in regard to how much of that is new forestry, but the figures for afforestation nationally are very poor. They are well below the set targets. A witness mentioned a figure of 14% that is being discussed with the Government and how...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That works out about right. Mr. McCarthy said there was half a million acres. If I remember correctly, he said half of that would require substantial investment to bring it on, and the rest was not viable in any sense. I would like to hear more about that. What somebody might consider commercially viable from a narrow commercial point of view is not necessarily unviable from an...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Has Coillte planted them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On deforestation, holistically, if one works out the maths on this, significant questions arise over these large wind farms when one adds in construction costs, particularly if it includes cutting trees down. Up to 15,000 ha have gone in the past seven years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, report referred to 15,000 ha of deforestation over the past seven years for wind farms, roads and other developments. It was not all down to Coillte but it was significant. Only 70 ha were afforested at the same time. One sees the maths. Against that background of deforestation, the rate of afforestation is minimal. Is it a good idea to hand over...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revaluation of Local Property Tax and Commercial Stamp Duty: Revenue Commissioners (12 Dec 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The estimates of what a revaluation might look like are based on a review in 2015. Is that correct?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revaluation of Local Property Tax and Commercial Stamp Duty: Revenue Commissioners (12 Dec 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: This week the Central Statistics Office, CSO, estimated property prices in Dublin have increased since 2013, the year of the original valuation, by 86%. The Thornhill review is based on a rise in property prices of 26% nationally and 41% in Dublin. The CSO, however, stated the increase is actually 86%, more than double the valuation on which Thornhill operated. If the latter increase is...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revaluation of Local Property Tax and Commercial Stamp Duty: Revenue Commissioners (12 Dec 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Even as it stands, based on 2015 prices which in Dublin were less than half what they are now, 52% of households saw a jump of either one band or two. It would be safe to say that, if the CSO figures are correct, property prices have jumped to the extent that the overwhelming majority - we already had a majority in 2015 - will jump at least one band, if not two and, potentially, three. Is...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revaluation of Local Property Tax and Commercial Stamp Duty: Revenue Commissioners (12 Dec 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the Department of Finance suggesting that Revenue should update its estimates of the potential impact of property tax increases based on current property valuations?