Results 14,921-14,940 of 26,902 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The goalposts have been changed.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not what the Minister of State told us in November.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The application was submitted by an Irish-registered doctor, which is what the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, told us last November is required.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government does not even know how many private swimming pools there are.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the process and timeframe for the Government's decision on the options laid out in the Cassells report on funding for third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10455/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for Music Generation; if the success of this initiative will result in similar initiatives for other art forms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10483/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to restoring maintenance grants for postgraduate students; the cost for doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10454/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider his decision to give the Catholic Church the final decision over which patron to divest schools to, in view of the existing disproportionate influence the church has over primary education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10457/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the proposed divestment process and establish an independent working group with representatives of all the patron bodies to formulate a transparent process that puts parents' wishes at the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10456/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a re-entry visa for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10652/17]

Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I apologise to Deputy Mattie McGrath as I must leave.

Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes but in a lot of societies and, to my mind, the more progressive societies, the idea that anybody individually owned an idea was considered nonsensical, and it is nonsensical because ideas are generated by society. People often claim the credit for them or they have the machinery to take out patents on them before anybody else and so they claim they own the idea. Now, we are proposing...

Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are very strongly opposed to this Bill. The so-called knowledge development box is being sold as a reasonable incentive to small and medium enterprise to develop our innovative edge. The implication is that the scheme will have a positive benefit on the domestic economy. This is the view expressed by the Government and the Fianna Fáil Party. I do not know what the Labour Party's...

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The contagion of people power and workers' power is spreading in a very positive way. We saw this with the Tesco workers able to face down this bullying highly profitable multinational, which called the workers' bluff and have come off the worst and I am very glad of that. As Deputy Barry said, the Government should take on board this lesson for what is coming down the line with the Bus...

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I pay tribute to the determination of the Tesco workers to face down what was a deliberate attempt at union busting by one of the most profitable companies in the country. Through their determined action, their willingness to escalate the dispute and moves toward escalating the dispute, they have shown that people power and workers' power work. That lesson is critically needed given the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: First, I agree with the Taoiseach on one matter. We need to maintain a robust stance that there should be no return to the Border between North and South. I might underline that point for our colleagues in Sinn Féin, who seem to dispute People Before Profit's absolute commitment to that. We believe there should be absolutely resistance at any attempt to reimpose a border between North...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on the Revised Macroeconomic Indicators: Discussion (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was shocked to hear that Peter had passed away. Obviously, the most important thing is to pass on our sympathies and condolences to his wife and family. Peter was somebody who was incredibly passionate about his particular area of interest, which was the whole area of banking. He had a passionate belief that the way in which we dealt with the financial crisis, given the responsibility of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on the Revised Macroeconomic Indicators: Discussion (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Do not forget about GNP.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on the Revised Macroeconomic Indicators: Discussion (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank everyone who has contributed today. I welcome the new measurements, because they help to give a more accurate picture of what is happening in the economy. People have already made the point about the practical problem that poses for how Europe measures us and what that means for official debt ratios, fiscal space and all of that. That is one dilemma but at least we now have...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on the Revised Macroeconomic Indicators: Discussion (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What would Professor Lane say on the vulnerability argument? We are much more vulnerable. I do not know how far he can venture into opinions on what is partly-----