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- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 15:In page 13, lines 25 and 26, to delete “local authority chief executive” and substitute “Elected Council in consultation with Stakeholder and Community Group”.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 16:In page 13, line 28, to delete “local authority chief executive” and substitute “Elected Council in consultation with Stakeholder and Community Group”.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 17:In page 13, line 30, to delete “local authority chief executive” and substitute “Elected Council in consultation with Stakeholder and Community Group”.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 18:In page 13, line 31, to delete “local authority chief executive” and substitute “Elected Council in consultation with Stakeholder and Community Group”.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 19:In page 13, line 39, to delete “local authority chief executive” and substitute “Elected Council in consultation with Stakeholder and Community Group”.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 20:In page 15, line 35, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”. I must leave shortly so I shall make a brief comment. In terms of accounts, the Bill provides that the chief executive "may" at the end of a period of three years carry out a performance review. My amendment seeks to delete "may" and substitute "shall" thus insisting that a...
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: With the permission of the Chair, I must leave and Deputy Ellis will deal with the remaining amendments.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I cannot read the detail of it from here.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Fine, but I still-----
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Sorry, a Cheann Comhairle. I still contend, even if, as the Minister is suggesting, they are going on strike for better pay, what they are looking for would still leave them earning considerably less than what consultants are getting here. If we add in what the consultants are getting in private practice, given they are paid by the public purse and, then, as I mentioned, get €400...
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay, it is €70,000 and perhaps they get a few bonuses or whatever. It is still well below-----
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: No, I was told it was €70,000, but let us see the figures. The ESRI says in its report that the cost of universal health insurance systems, regardless of where they are, is more expensive than systems of universal health care such as a national health service of the type we are proposing. However, it would appear that in Britain, even with any extras there might be, consultants are...
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Apparently, Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice will not be coming in. I do not think I will need all the time allowed.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not know about the Minister but I get a pain in my head when I begin to think about things such as risk equalisation, risk equalisation credits, lifetime community rating and all the other very technical and complex stuff contained in the Bill and which revolve around the private health insurance system. However, the pain I get in my head is minor compared to the pain and hardship felt...
- Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The time for spoof, big announcements that translate into nothing and chatter about this emergency in this House is over. The main thing I wish to say is that people need to get out on to the streets on 1 December 2015 for a national demonstration to address the housing and homelessness emergency. The demonstration will assemble on Grafton Street at 5 p.m. and will march to the Dáil....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Department of Social Protection (18 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: A lot of the bases have been covered. If I understand correctly, it is up to the Government to make decisions on some of the more contentious issues such as the level of the direct provision payment and the right to work. I think I am right to say that Ms Harrington is not in a position to shed much more light on those matters. People who have been there for more than six months - many...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Department of Social Protection (18 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, except such people have been in a situation often for a lot longer or simply have not had that opportunity. However, it is obviously a decision for the Government as to whether it will grant such people credits based on how long they had been in direct provision and denied the right to work. Is it possible for the witnesses to provide members with the guidelines the Department gives...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Department of Social Protection (18 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: If possible, I have a few more questions on this theme when we resume. Are members returning or not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Department of Social Protection (18 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to examine issue of flexibility a little further. Before we suspended for the vote, it was said that the direction given to community welfare officers was to take rents in the area into consideration in terms of deciding what constituted a reasonable rent before breaching the rent allowance cap. Is it possible to see a copy of the memo? Could it be sent to the committee? I am...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Department of Social Protection (18 Nov 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Could Ms Harrington also send the memos?