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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.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does that include Cynthia Owen?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to raise three justice issues that the justice sub-committee should seriously address, if it is not already considering them. First, there is the case of Ibrahim Halawa. The Taoiseach knows that today his trial has for the umpteenth time been postponed. It will now take place at the end of the month. From a justice perspective, we need to publicly say that the process of so-called...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Justice Reform last met. [43507/15]

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider a complete ban on hydraulic fracturing given renewed efforts to mitigate climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44822/15]

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are many health and environmental reasons to ban fracking completely and I will introduce a Bill to that effect in the House on Thursday. In the aftermath of the Paris summit and all the aspirations and promises to deal with and prevent further and dangerous runaway climate change, is it not simply a requirement that we ban fracking in order that Ireland does not contribute to...