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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have been asking for weeks.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not a "Yes", then.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: But it is in the your hands.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not agreed; not unless we get commitment to a debate.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is an absolute disgrace that the Taoiseach signed an order to exclude the Aungier Street site from a requirement to deliver social and affordable housing, and that that site is going to be handed over to private interests when we urgently need social and affordable housing on public sites. It really underlines the criticism of the Housing Commission report regarding the need for a radical...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There will not be if Israel keeps bombing the Palesinians.

Report of the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Motion (27 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will probably take less than ten minutes. The Commission on Taxation and Welfare deserves great credit for the extensive work it did in producing its own report, which is a huge piece of work. Similarly, the Committee on Budgetary Oversight put in a fair bit of work and thought into producing its own report. Given the volume of recommendations involved I do not support many of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The losses will not stop at 400 jobs. Many of the people we are talking about are ancillary workers who work on "Fair City" and in other areas of RTÉ. Their jobs will be under threat as well.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Government intervene to protect public service broadcasting? Will it ensure there are decent jobs for workers and that they are not the victims of this process? Will public service broadcasting be properly funded by taxing the obscene profits of social media companies?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: However, there will be crap conditions for workers.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was grimly amused by the Tánaiste's accusing others of ideological obsessions in response to an earlier question. Surely the ideological obsession that is most evident is that of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to privatise everything that moves, whether it is selling public land to private developers for housing or the issue I want to raise, public service broadcasting. It has...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Just "Fair City".

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: So the Government washes its hands of the matter. The Government is responsible for not reining in the obscene salaries, which everybody knew about, at the top of RTÉ, whether it was executives or a tiny number of overpaid presenters. Now, however, the people getting it in the neck are the skilled people - the ordinary workers. They are the ones who will lose their jobs and they will...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Cathaoirleach for the opportunity to speak on behalf of People Before Profit. Local authorities are chronically under-resourced and underfunded and are having their powers stripped away from them systematically and on an ongoing basis through underfunding, outsourcing and backdoor privatisation to the point where they are becoming increasingly irrelevant when it comes to doing...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (27 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on discussions with his counterparts in Europe with regard to imposing sanctions on Israel because of its war crimes in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27578/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (27 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had, or plans to have, any discussions with the US president or his counterparts in the US with regard to their financing and arming of Israel while it continues its assault on Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27577/24]

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sharing time with Deputy Barry. The Taoiseach said the nominations of Deputies McGrath and Chambers to their new posts were about policies and not personalities. I agree, so I will focus on policy and not personality. First, it is extremely worrying that the discourse around Deputy McGrath's nomination to the European Commission is focused on the horse-trading going on in terms of...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Turning to the question of the finance portfolio, we will be voting, for policy and not for personal reasons, against the nomination of Deputy Chambers because we have had more than 100 years of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Ministers for Finance. We think they have had their chance and have not delivered, not even when this country has more revenue and is wealthier than it has ever been....

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A number of years ago, we passed a referendum to put children first, but when one listens to the testimonies of the school principals who were in Leinster House last week or of the parents, teachers and SNAs who attended our recent meetings on special education, what they describe is a dire crisis in our schools and the Government's complete failure to adequately resource, staff and fund...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Middle East (26 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 28 May 2024, the basis on which Ireland does not impose restrictive measures unilaterally; if this is a matter of Government policy or whether he is bound by law not to exercise the powers contained in Article 42 of the Criminal Activity (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the...