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- Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It had more to do with the young voting.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: What about my question on the London fire?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, the Taoiseach did not answer the question about the London fire.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Taoiseach respond to the question on the London fire?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is a pretty serious question.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Taoiseach, please, answer the question on the London fire?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he has been in contact with the British Prime Minister and other UK political leaders since the recent election. [28835/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (21 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There are nine questions in the first group. I suggest we manage the time in some way so that-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (21 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: A composite reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff (21 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 55. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to end the staffing crisis in the health service in the context of public sector pay talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26269/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (21 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available in schools for children suffering from type 1 diabetes; if these supports meet the needs of these children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29124/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (20 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, may I suggest we not go ahead? It would make a travesty of the grouping of questions.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (20 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The timeframe is the timeframe.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (20 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Deputy Martin has a lot to say.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (20 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: No, I am not happy.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Am I right in saying Mr. Coffey is warning against the debt financing of further economic expansion? Is that basically what he is saying?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I was going to get to that point. I understand it and want to move on to it. Having said that, is Mr. Coffey essentially warning that it is dangerous, given our real debt position as against one based on GDP - leading us to believe we are in a better position than we are - to debt finance further economic expansion?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To be honest, I agree. I am coming from a slightly different perspective than the witnesses or the people who are often considered to comprise the pragmatic centre and who, I believe, are advocating a return to a more dangerous approach. Is Mr. Coffey not identifying two major distortions in making his warning? It seems he is. Would he agree with the characterisation that there are two...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: This is where I find there is great inconsistency in the thinking of the witnesses and, for that matter, the political mainstream. When the left would make the same argument in respect of public investment and public works programmes, in housing or health, the witnesses would be the first to jump on us and say it is dangerous and unsustainable and would lead to overheating. We would be told...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I completely get the point. I read the documentation so I get the point. I wish to underline, however, that a double standard is being applied here. Mr. Coffey is arguing for prudence and great care when it comes to counting revenue or the economic impact of dealing with the backlog in housing - with which we absolutely have to deal - through increasing supply through construction, but not...