Results 17,381-17,400 of 27,275 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, I would.
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We got all our ideas from the Deputy.
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Deputy Rabbitte is always entertaining.
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Whether there is substance behind the entertainment and quips is another matter. There is a deep irony in the fact that the Deputy is adopting the stance that any claim that there is a major resource of gas and oil offshore in Ireland is fantasy and poppycock.
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Deputy Rabbitte was a leading voice in the past in writing pamphlets demanding that we ensure the people of this country get proper benefit from their offshore resources and that there should not be a giveaway. It was not just Deputy Rabbitte. The late Justin Keating, a former Minister, had a very different approach and was critical of what happened under the Fianna Fáil regime of the...
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There were lots of them on the dole.
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: No. Three hundred and sixty million euro this year
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is €360 million this year.
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We have been appealing for housing for four years.
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: A REIT could do it.
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: What about funds that buy stuff from NAMA?
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: As I stated, we are in an invidious position in which we cannot really oppose this. If it stops even one eviction, it is better than allowing the eviction to take place. In a finance Bill, we would hope the Government would look for the best, most efficient and most sensible expenditure of public money. It is a pity that in order to deal with a problem that the Government failed to address...
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is Deputy Rabbitte speaking on the amendment?
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There are 70,000 people on the list.
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: A famous phrase.
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There are notes on it. On a point of order-----
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is. The amendment relates to an incentive for landlords to deal with the lack of social housing. That is what the Minister is bringing in. That is what it is about. I am pointing out that we would not even need this amendment-----
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am allowed to argue on the amendment.
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am discussing the amendment.
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: This is the first time we have seen this amendment.