Results 16,041-16,060 of 26,924 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: School Transport Provision (27 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 925. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of providing free public transport to all primary school children nationwide. [27509/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (27 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 926. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of completing the western corridor rail route. [27510/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (27 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 965. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the projected annual cost of providing free universal access to child care for all children from birth. [27511/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (27 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 966. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the projected cost in 2017 of eliminating the waiting lists for child social workers and providing a dedicated social worker to every child in State care. [27512/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (27 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 967. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of providing a third free early childhood care year. [27513/16]
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Minister and his team. In light of everything the Minister has said and some of the discussion we have had here today, are we not heading into a do-nothing, change-nothing budget? When people shout out on behalf of particular sectors, the Minister acknowledges that in an ideal world we would have greater spending or investment in those sectors but he goes on to say we do not...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Not if it constrains us from doing what we need to do in housing, health, public transport and the environment, etc.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Not if it constrains us from doing those things.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I think we should tell the EU we need to do these things and if it is not willing to let us do them or it is going to constrain us in doing them, we cannot be part of such a Union. We could see how it responds to that as a start.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Exactly what the Government threatened when the EU dared to touch the 12.5% corporate tax rate. I think it was the Minister who said that could be the one thing that would drive him out. The tragedy is that the only time the Irish Government, and the Minister specifically, threatened Europe with the possibility of leaving or proposed the idea of telling Europe we might leave under certain...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is correct. It was Brian Hayes, MEP. I apologise.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It was the only thing the Government got tough with the EU on.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Fair enough.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Tax wealth and capital more. Let us be specific.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Can I delve deeper into the question?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I started off by saying that because of these constraints, we are not able to make what any person would conclude to be sound investment for the medium and long term. That was my point. The Minister is acknowledging that investment in the arts is good and brings a return but that we may not be able to do it. The same argument could be made about third level education. Everybody is...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: No. We have-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: In every single one of those, we have to give something away in terms of public assets in order to get the investment.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We are having to give something to the private sector in O'Devaney Gardens. We discussed this with the Minister the other day. In terms of the planned sites which are publicly owned, in order to get a small bit back we are having to give away a public asset, and the revenue generating potential of that public asset, because of the constraints the Minister is willing to accept, or possibly...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The public housing stock will be less at the end of it. In the medium to long term, the public housing stock, as a proportion of housing stock, will be significantly less.