Results 14,561-14,580 of 27,076 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Leaders' Questions (24 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Not if one is trying to get a hospital bed.
- Leaders' Questions (24 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: But a big pension will follow.
- Leaders' Questions (24 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is privatisation.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (24 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for religious education in the community national schools in view of the reports that 11 out of 13 of them are opting out of the Goodness Me, Goodness You programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24775/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (24 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the financing of new school building at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24774/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (24 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on recent discussions with a project (details supplied) with regard to its new classrooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24730/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (24 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for a new forum on religious education in schools in view of 11 previous forums dealing with this general issue and two public consultations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24773/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (24 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the playing fields at a school (details supplied) will not be sold off by the Christian Brothers congregation, thereby depriving the school of the pitches adjacent to its school building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24731/17]
- Topical Issue Debate: Schools Property (23 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the Minister's final comment but, to be honest, we need a little more because that is exactly what is happening. The educational needs of current and future generations of pupils at Clonkeen College, which affects a huge catchment area right across the Dún Laoghaire area, are about to be fundamentally compromised if this deal goes through. As I said, if this sale goes ahead...
- Topical Issue Debate: Schools Property (23 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome pupils, teachers and parents from Clonkeen College, Dún Laoghaire, who are in the Gallery. A couple of weeks ago at the beginning of May, they were utterly shocked to discover that the school patrons, the Christian Brothers, planned to sell the school playing fields. These 8.5 acres of grass playing pitches adjoin the school and have been used by the school for many years for...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to ask about the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF. Cherrywood in my constituency will be a virtual new town of 8,000 residences. A total of €15 million will be given to Hines, the private developers that got most of the site at a very substantial discount from NAMA and which stands to make a hell of a lot of money. Average house prices in Dún Laoghaire...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I would like 100%.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We can have social and affordable.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We will get 90% of private housing.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: A 50:50 ratio would do.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It could be 50:50 social and affordable.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Cherrywood development could solve the housing crisis in the area.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The people who are demanding housing cannot afford half a million euro.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Nobody wants less.