Results 15,021-15,040 of 27,251 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (4 Apr 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I suggest that after this discussion, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport should meet the transport workers who provide the transport service. They will explain to him that this crisis has been manufactured, the game is rigged and the playing field is not level. Everything has conspired to force this dispute. The workers who have been suffering on the picket line for 12 days are...
- Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (4 Apr 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I pay tribute to the determination and resolve of the 2,400 bus workers who have spent 12 days on the picket line defending themselves against unilateral and savage cuts to their pay and the public transport system. In the Minister's attempt to justify his absence from the pitch and failure to intervene in this matter, he has repeated endlessly the mantra that he does not have a...
- Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: His life is on the line now.
- Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On page 144 of the programme for Government, under the heading "Promoting Fundamental Rights", it states:We will promote fundamental rights, the rule of law... We will continue to protect and promote human rights... and to support the work of Human Rights Defenders. This evening, the Halawa sisters, along with human rights organisations, will gather outside the Dáil because of the...
- Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Just so we are clear, this was discussed at length. It was the issue that dominated the Business Committee, and the agreement was that we would definitely have Topical Issues allocated today, three of them completely. However, it was argued strongly that if the strike continued that would not be adequate. It was suggested last Thursday that we could not be certain whether the strike was...
- Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is there a commitment that is going to happen?
- Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not what was agreed.
- Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Sort of.
- Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The issue I raised was discussed at the Business Committee at length-----
- Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am all for process.
- Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Not agreed.
- Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On the Order that was read out.
- Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: This is to do with the entire Order, including Tuesday, and on foot of the discussion had at the Business Committee. I proposed to the Business Committee that if the dispute at Bus Éireann was not moving towards resolution there would be a full debate this week on Bus Éireann. At the time it was agreed by all, after a lengthy discussion that dominated the Business Committee, that...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is attacking bus services in Dublin as well.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (4 Apr 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a report (details supplied) on the tax rates paid by international banks here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16466/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (4 Apr 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has read the recent report by a person (details supplied) into NAMA, which claims it has failed in delivering its remit and has potentially lost €18 billion for the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16467/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tender Process (4 Apr 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 215. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount groups (details supplied) will each be paid for assistance in the flotation of a bank; when and the way the tenders were advertised for these contracts; and the details of any meetings he had with these groups or representatives of these groups in the past year. [16665/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme Staff (4 Apr 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if revised pay scales and allowances for persons recruited to certain direct entry grades are applicable to the position of Youthreach resource persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16748/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme Staff (4 Apr 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of the circulars for revised pay scales and allowances for persons recruited to direct entry grades and if the circulars are applicable to the position of Youthreach resource persons from 2010 to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16749/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Freedom of Information Remit (4 Apr 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if business improvement districts established under the Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Act 2006 will be brought in under the Freedom of Information Acts in the interest of openness, accountability and transparency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16663/17]