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Other Questions: Forestry Sector (30 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister of State's reply is extremely worrying. He repeats again and again about the market, prices, financial return and so on. I am not saying those things are unimportant but there was not a single mention of the role of forestry in dealing with climate change and to act as a sink for carbon. The Government has signed the Paris Agreement. It has made commitments and rhetorical...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-Budget Analysis: National Women's Council and Social Justice Ireland (30 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Dr. Seán Healy, Ms Eilís Ní Chaithnía and Ms Orla O'Connor. I am sorry that I missed the initial presentations, but I had to be in the Dáil Chamber to ask a parliamentary question. I thank both organisations for all of their fantastic work which really helps to inform our understanding of these important issues every year. I agree overwhelmingly with what...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-Budget Analysis: National Women's Council and Social Justice Ireland (30 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Let me ask a brief supplementary question while we are on the topic. Does the National Women's Council of Ireland believe it would be preferable to move towards a national child care service which was publicly provided rather than subsidising private sector providers?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-Budget Analysis: National Women's Council and Social Justice Ireland (30 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That would be great.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-Budget Analysis: National Women's Council and Social Justice Ireland (30 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My next question is to Dr. Seán Healy. As well as the issues mentioned, I welcome his reference to the fiscal rules and the need to address them. Will he elaborate on the changes needed in that regard? I wholeheartedly agree with his general comments. Does he agree that EU state aid rules are also a major problem? They are related to the fiscal rules in that they emanate from the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-Budget Analysis: National Women's Council and Social Justice Ireland (30 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What about the state aid rules, as a linked issue?

Questions on Proposed Legislation (30 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is only because of the trepidation that we feel.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is no excessive usage.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is a clear mandate for this Dáil.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: When will the Government stop the delay and obfuscation and simply accept the democratic will and mandate of the people to get rid of household water charges, establish the right to water as a human right and pay for the urgently needed investment in our water infrastructure and conservation through progressive taxation?

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It should make companies like Cerberus, the property vultures and other corporate vultures pay their taxes instead of consistently screwing ordinary householders.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Please do not insult the intelligence of the people who took to the streets over the past two years.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The difference is they did their research a long time ago.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government never produced any research to back up false claims that these charges would somehow reduce household water usage and they were necessary to do so. I just quoted real research, facts and comparisons that have been confirmed by the water commission. We relayed them to the Government two years ago. We use 20% less water per household than Britain, which has water charges....

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If the Government wants an incentive for further conservation, why does it not introduce an actual conservation grant?

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That grant should encourage people to put in water-saving devices. It has never done that. The Government is spoofing when it argues that it wants water conservation. It actually wants to impose a regressive and unfair tax on householders and the people will not be conned.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If the Minister does not know, the people will be on the streets in February again if the Government does not accept their will and intelligence in this matter.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would like briefly to welcome the political students of Sallynoggin College of Further Education who have come to the Dáil today.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I suspect young people interested in politics hope to get from political representatives clarity and clear principles on important issues. I suggest to the Minister that when it comes to this so-called expert commission on water, what we are getting from this Government and Fianna Fáil is a monumental political fudge designed to save the blushes of Fine Gael and most particularly Fianna...

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does this Government understand a simple thing called democracy and the will of the people, who have said they do not want domestic water charges? Does it understand that there is now no justification for domestic water charges? Does Fianna Fáil understand that people do not want water charges rolled up into another regressive tax by linking them with property tax? I do not know if...