Results 16,501-16,520 of 26,924 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Order of Business (18 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: A very significant and alarming event took place yesterday in County Antrim where the oil extraction company Infrastrata began test drilling on land owned, interestingly enough, by Northern Ireland Water. Three reservoirs have already been closed down. While Northern Ireland Water and the company claim there is no danger to the water, they have had to close three reservoirs. They started...
- Order of Business (18 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is an urgent matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals (18 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to examine an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the rent allowance scheme. [10883/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Data (18 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a breakdown of salaries across the public service, including the number of employees affected by financial emergency measures in the public interest who are earning up to €22,000, from €22,001 to €30,000, €30,001 to €40,000, €40,001 to €50,000, €50,001 to €60,000,...
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: While the Acting Chairman must manage the House and prevent Deputies from speaking about irrelevant issues, I take very seriously the point I made which I consider to be very relevant. As such, his intervention is out of order.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: What he has done is-----
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I can spend half an hour talking about it if I want.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I can; this is Second Stage.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I do.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Of course, I want to proceed.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I also want to proceed without intervention by the Acting Chairman.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, is it a ruling of the Chair that I am not allowed to spend as long as I like discussing a particular section?
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Does that mean I am not allowed to discuss-----
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I will do so. I will also continue with the argument I was making, which is my main argument.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I will continue my contribution and if the Acting Chairman continues to interrupt me, people can judge the matter for themselves.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, intervene or interrupt.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: As Deputy Catherine Connolly pointed out, section 23 addresses the specifics of the issue. It provides a timeline of 36 months in which the State can make an adjudication that parents have neglected or failed their children. If I understand the Bill correctly, the child may have been fostered for 18 months of this 36 month period. Potentially, this means that he or she may have been with...
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Absolutely, but I am making the point that it is precisely children like those whom I have mentioned in respect of whom the State might conclude, given the effects on parents-----
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is a bizarre intervention by the Chair, but let me-----
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Indeed, it is. It depends on whether one looks at it from a Fine Gael or an holistic perspective.