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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was being totally specific. You have just allowed another member to talk about a totally different amendment. I just said I am not going to talk about amendment No. 15 because we will be talking about it in a minute. I am talking about the amendment-----

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are not on amendment No. 15. We are on amendment No. 14.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are not-----

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My apologies.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Then I will talk on amendment No. 15, although I had been dealing with amendment No. 14. My initial comments were about amendment No. 14 before I moved on to amendment No. 15.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have not got an answer from the Minister on the point about the defectiveness of the legislation itself, on its own terms. Setting aside amendment No. 15, which I will come to in a moment, the legislation is not clear in its execution of its own intent. That is the very specific point I am making. That is what we are dealing with. The Minister stated that the legislation would not...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is a different point and, to be honest, a more legitimate debate. I refer to the difficulty of one-----

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a more legitimate debate.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My view is that there is a real debate to be had on the extreme difficulty posed if two children and their mother or father or both must go to two schools at the same time because they could not both be enrolled in the same one. One can understand the very practical case for having two siblings attend the same school to make transport relatively easy and in order that parents do not have to...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, but I am not afraid to lose votes if I believe something is right. The Deputy is absolutely right that I will get flak in my constituency over this, but sometimes one has to say something is right, regardless of whether one will get a bit of flak.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not see the case in rural areas. I totally understand the case to be made for having siblings attend the same school in rural or urban areas. I understand the difficulty even more in rural areas. Having to bring children to two villages or towns could be a real hassle. It is not necessary, however, for somebody in a rural or an urban area to go to the same school as his or her...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 37:In page 7, line 22, to delete "or".

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not want to elaborate the debate we have already had but is this not a terribly topsy turvy way to do things? We are writing legislation which we know we will have to change all the way through on one of the most substantive issues it develops. Would it not have made sense to run these things together?

European Council: Statements (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Why are we supporting this ramping up of European military and defence investment? Should we not be speaking out against it? An annual increase in spending for the defence fund of €5.5 billion is being spoken about. Are we not speaking out against the development of a bigger arms industry? Is any concern being expressed about the huge sales of arms from a number of quarters to...

European Council: Statements (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I forgot to wish the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, the best of luck in her new position. I referred to the discussion on infrastructure and third countries coming in and buying up infrastructure assets. The statement does not tell us very much. Will the Minister of State elaborate on the concerns and on our stance? It seems to suggest we were effectively defending the continued...

European Council: Statements (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am quite amazed at the bland, anodyne, passionless statement we received from the Taoiseach about the challenges which face the European Union, some of which are dire and which include issues such as migration, global security and economic and social challenges. That bland, anodyne, passionless account, which says nothing at all about what was discussed at the European Council except in...

European Council: Statements (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I hope we will all be shown the same latitude.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the changes he plans to implement in his Department. [29819/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: While I am aware that he ran out of time, he did not answer Deputy Gino Kenny's question regarding Charlotte Connolly. Given the life-threatening nature of her condition, she and her family deserve a response from the Government. In terms of changes in the Department of the Taoiseach and sub-committees that will be established, under the previous Taoiseach there was no education...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on ongoing discussions between his Department, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company with regard to the future governance of the harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30188/17]