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- International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: What?
- International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Are we looking at the Bill as passed by the Seanad?
- International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Section 73 is on page 75.
- International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have the briefing notes I received from the Irish Refugee Council. The Minister of State has not responded directly to its concern that trained and qualified civil servants are to be replaced by externally recruited personnel who may not receive adequate training. The council also raises concern about the powers of the Minister to revoke authorisations for international protection...
- International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am dizzy because of the substituting of new amendments. Will the Minister of State explain this amendment?
- International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is this a technical amendment?
- International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is it just a technical amendment?
- International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Which amendment are we dealing with?
- International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Minister of State clarify if this is the amendment proposing to change the term "authorised officer" to "international protection officer"?
- International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to make one preliminary point. We have been handed bits of paper with substitute and additional amendments. A whole series of new amendments is being proposed by the Minister at this stage and the Bill is being guillotined. It is outrageous that we have to deal with all this while trying to keep track of what is going on with such a significant Bill dealing with people who are the...
- International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is a very unsatisfactory response. Speed is one thing but justice is another and justice trumps speed. We should ensure that we have a fair and just process for people seeking asylum, who in many cases have come from the most awful situations possible. While everybody is in favour of shortening the inordinate length of time that people are left languishing in direct provision, a fear...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (16 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax that was returned from relevant contracts tax 1, by gross figure, by net figure after rebates and offsets for 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45626/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the apparent discrepancy in his letter of 17 July 2015 regarding bogus self-employment, where he stated the number of payers of relevant contracts tax 1 in the construction sector was approximately 34,000 and yet, more recently in a parliamentary response on the same issue, he stated that the number was 75,386; and if he will make a...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (16 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 135. To ask the Minister for Health the plans and pilot projects for outsourcing care for the intellectually disabled which was previously delivered in-house by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45625/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the Cabinet Committee on Justice Reform considering the panel of barristers review of a number of cases where individuals are demanding proper public inquiries into very serious allegations of Garda malpractice. In particular, has the committee considered, or will it consider, the ongoing call of Cynthia Owen for a full public inquiry into her case, which I have raised a number of times?...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: They are justice issues.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: In fairness, all of the previous contributions did a fair tour as well.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There will be events around the world on Thursday to highlight the ongoing plight of Chelsea Manning. This Government has championed the idea that it will support whistleblowers who do the public a service. It seems obvious that Chelsea Manning has done the world a great service and that we should speak out on the international stage on her birthday this Thursday in favour of her being...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Not Messi.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: el-Sisi.