Results 16,621-16,640 of 27,080 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (31 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 629. To ask the Minister for Health the support he provides for the replacement of prosthetic limbs which have a price tag of €11,000 for those in full-time work with an average annual salary of €30,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12603/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (31 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 647. To ask the Minister for Health the support he provides for the replacement of prosthetic limbs which have a price tag of €11,000 for those in full-time work with an average annual salary of €30,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12604/16]
- Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Two and a half, two and a half, five and five minutes. What we need first is respect for democracy and honesty.
- Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes. Respect for democracy is a very simple matter when it comes to this issue. A majority of Deputies elected to this House gave pledges to get rid of water charges. That is democracy. The Members opposite should accept it. We know their position. They have lost the popular debate. They should accept it. They often say that there are more important issues like health and housing. We...
- Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to the Cavan-Monaghan Division of An Garda Síochána) Report: Statements (25 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have not followed all of this as keenly as some Deputies, notably Deputies Daly and Wallace, who have done the State a great service in how they pursued the matter regarding Sergeant Maurice McCabe and whistleblowers generally and serious problems within the Garda, both in terms of how they conduct or fail to conduct proper policing and in how they deal with whistleblowers. However, the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I also wish to raise what I believe to be the utterly shameful approach of the European Union when it comes to dealing with migrants attempting to get into the European Union. Since the year 2000, some 22,000 people have died while attempting to get into Europe and that number has escalated dramatically. The blood of those innocent people is on the hands of European Union and every single...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of Ireland's housing and homelessness crisis at the most recent meeting of the European Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10150/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the discussions he had with the British Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron, at the most recent meeting of the European Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10151/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 8. To ask the Taoiseach the issues he will raise at the meeting of the European Council in June 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10155/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (25 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to make the rent allowance scheme available to low-paid workers in order to ensure tenancy sustainment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11643/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (25 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 183. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [11911/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Tax (25 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 345. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy of the Road Safety Authority on driving test participants' cars being taxed. [11997/16]
- Order of Business (24 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On public land? That is new.
- Order of Business (24 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That means 90% is being sold off.
- Order of Business (24 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is the truth.
- Order of Business (24 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That means 90% of public land is being sold off.
- Order of Business (24 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to speak on one of the issues raised by Deputy Martin.
- Order of Business (24 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: During the past week the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Coveney, made a number of comments on housing matters, which, as we are all aware, are in a dire situation. Following the comments of the Minister, is legislation or Government action on these issues imminent? The first issue is the scandal of an estimated 250,000 empty houses in the State. To use...
- Order of Business (24 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is what he was quoted as saying.
- Order of Business (24 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: My point is that it is NAMA property - publicly owned property. Is the Minister going to clarify his comments? We should be getting 100% council and affordable housing on what is public land.