Results 14,721-14,740 of 27,251 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- 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.
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (25 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the recent figures released by the CSO with regard to housing in the context of the Rebuilding Ireland targets. [20060/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (25 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason refurbishments to a school (details supplied) in Trim, County Meath, have been delayed; the expected start date for these refurbishments; when his Department will be in contact with the patron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25250/17]
- Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Report Stage (24 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a good day that we have at least agreed that we have to ban onshore fracking. As all speakers said, Deputy Tony McLoughlin deserves commendation for that. Various community groups, such as Love Leitrim, and other environmental and community groups which campaigned against fracking deserve great credit for forcing all of us to address this issue and recognise the concerns and dangers...
- Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Report Stage (24 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, line 8, after “petroleum” to insert “or offshore petroleum”. I very much welcome the fact this Bill has reached this point and that we are on the brink of a historic decision to prohibit fracking onshore. This is a very positive development and I commend Deputy Tony McLoughlin on his Bill and for getting it this far. Beyond that,...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There are not 140 Private Members' Bills. That is not true.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Countries that continue to buy arms-----
- 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]