Results 14,361-14,380 of 26,902 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility (30 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding a situation in which a person that has entered into a HAP tenancy and has an increase in earnings pushing them over the limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25455/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (30 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 333. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the persecution being suffered by the Guarani-Kaiowá people in Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil including their forced removal from their ancestral lands at the hands of agri-business, the Brazilian Government and paramilitaries; if he will contact the Brazilian Government and convey the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Arms Trade (30 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 334. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether it is appropriate that the State should trade with Israel, particularly in the area of armaments, in view of the ongoing denial of basic human rights to the Palestinian population, the continued expansion of illegal settlements into Palestinian terriroty and the current freedom and dignity hunger strike of 1,500...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad (30 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 335. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his efforts to have a person (details supplied) released from prison in Cairo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25650/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Refugee Resettlement Programme (30 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 343. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the chemical attacks on civilians in Syria shows the need for a greater effort by Ireland in taking in refugees from the region fleeing this war; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25836/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (30 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 461. To ask the Minister for Health his view on whether the disability complaints section of the HSE national complaints governance and learning team is adequately staffed to deal with the complaints that are currently being received in view of the fact there were 1,119 complaints in 2016 of which 655 were still outstanding by the end of March 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (30 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 654. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the single affordable child care scheme will be ready in September 2017 as promised; if not, the way in which parents will manage child care placements for the school year if they do not know the cost of their child care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25849/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (25 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This morning, Mr. Mike Allen of Focus Ireland stated that emergency accommodation would not solve the crisis and, specifically, that we needed legislation to stem the flow of families into homelessness. A few hours later, we had a Bill in the Dáil that would have done precisely that - stop economic evictions and reduce rents to affordable levels - but the Government and Fianna Fáil...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (25 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Some 12 km or 15 km away from a school is no good.

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (25 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am disappointed the Minister for Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Simon Coveney, is not here. Is the Minister of State, Deputy Damien English, not utterly ashamed of his Government? On the day it was revealed that we have reached a new low with 12 homeless families being told to go to Garda stations, some of whom ended up sleeping in parks, the...

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would like the Minister to respond to the suggestion I made that this whole thing stinks to high heaven because the series of events simply defy credibility in terms of being characterised as blunders. Mr. O'Connell in court emphasised that many other people knew how the investigation was being conducted. According to him, the then Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Deputy...

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To conclude, on a connected matter, does the Minister find it very unusual that when selecting the jury, the judge disqualified people on the basis of asking them had they ever been on an anti-austerity demonstration.

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is relevant.

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a question I have and a question people out there have.

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Selecting juries on a political basis is very suspect.

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The fact that Seánie FitzPatrick, with his rotten and corrupt practices at Anglo Irish Bank, is walking away free is not a blunder; it is a set-up. This stinks to high heaven. There is a direct line----

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I believe the fact that Seánie FitzPatrick is walking away is not a blunder but a set-up that stinks to high heaven. There is a direct line between Seánie FitzPatrick's rotten, corrupt activities at Anglo Irish Bank and the families that are this week being sent to Garda stations or are sleeping in parks because no homes are available. The establishment in this country has...

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Why did the Government oppose our Bill?

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have been hearing that for six years.

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Tánaiste will not support a Bill today that is trying to solve the problem. She will not vote for it.