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- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Vehicles (15 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allow for appeals to the rule that PSV licences lapse after one year and one day as many taxi drivers have legitimate reasons such as health, civil cases and other personal issues for not renewing a licence in a given year but want to return to taxi driving subsequently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7692/17]
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Given that intervention, the Taoiseach needs to respond further.
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Do the Tánaiste and Minister for Children and Youth Affairs not believe it is relevant to the terms of reference of the tribunal of inquiry to be discussed that we now have two Garda whistleblowers against whom false allegations of sexual abuse have been made involving Tusla? Do they not believe this is relevant to the decision on the terms of reference? I ask the Tánaiste and the...
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Child abuse is what he said. It was child abuse via Tusla. Is it not relevant to look into those matters and engage with-----
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am reading from the report today.
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government has made clear its view on this matter but does the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs believe it is tenable for Nóirín O'Sullivan to remain in situas Garda Commissioner? Notwithstanding the Commissioner's right to due process, if any of these allegations were true - we do not know and it should be without prejudice - her being in situpotentially prejudices the...
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Minister consider that to be a tenable position?
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs did not respond to a direct question I asked.
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: She is about to respond.
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Tusla and a false claim of sexual-----
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Three minutes.
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Maurice McCabe has lifted a rock and what has appeared from underneath it does not look pleasant at all. I want to know from either the Taoiseach or Tánaiste is whether they will be led by what Maurice McCabe, the brave whistleblower, has asked for in terms of answering the questions. I note the Minister, Deputy Zappone, has responded to the questions that relate to her Department and...
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have another question.
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have one more question.
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Will it go to committee?
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The time proposed for the meeting of the Business Committee is only acceptable if the Taoiseach indicates that the Government, at the committee, will be agreeable to have the relevant Ministers make statements and take questions. A debate must then follow and this must happen today. Otherwise, we will not agree to shunt the issue off to a meeting of the Business Committee which will then...
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The question was about statements from Ministers.
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We first want an answer to our question on statements.
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We need the Taoiseach to answer the question.
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We did not hear the Taoiseach's answer.