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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (16 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 40. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the funding for the Traveller accommodation programme since the beginning of the programme in 1999; the amounts allocated for each programme; the amounts allocated from the Central Fund to each local authority; the amounts drawn down by each local authority; the rationale for the changes in funding;...

Northern Ireland: Statements (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the commitment on the part of all parties in the House to the call for justice by the Ballymurphy families. It is good, at least, that we have come this far such that all parties can endorse the call. Having just come from a discussion about Shannon Airport, neutrality and the role Shannon played in the Iraq war, it strikes me as a terrible indictment of our political system that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I apologise for having to rush to the Chamber, but I must speak in the debate on the North. I thank the two contributors for their extremely interesting presentations. First, I overwhelmingly subscribe to what Dr. Devine said regarding the people's understanding of neutrality. Let us be clear - the people's understanding is that we do not get involved in wars and we do not wish to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If I can intervene on that point, Mr. Smyth appears to be saying that the people have a type of legalistic, narrow, UN-related notion of neutrality. Does he honestly believe that is the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Mr. Smyth is describing realpolitik, and that is fine as a description. However, is that type of pragmatic, political, somewhat à la carteview of neutrality which the political elites in this country have, particularly when it came to the Iraq war, in line with the sentiment of the people on these matters? I do not believe it is. The people are much more consistent and, frankly, more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I apologise, but I must leave early.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Latest Eurozone Developments and Future Implications for Euro Currency: Discussion (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Similar to other institutions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Latest Eurozone Developments and Future Implications for Euro Currency: Discussion (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank both contributors, who have described very accurately what we are facing and the folly of the line the Eurogroup has taken in dealing with the Greek crisis. Although Mr. McCarthy said we were different from the politicians, he suggested that for political reasons we must be careful about the use of strong language on either side and that loose language had been used. I suggest it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Latest Eurozone Developments and Future Implications for Euro Currency: Discussion (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Mr. McCarthy might add that no one will ever admit one was right even when they adopt one's position.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Latest Eurozone Developments and Future Implications for Euro Currency: Discussion (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My criticism of Mr. Varoufakis and Mr. Tsipras is they have capitulated to the blackmail of the European Union.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Latest Eurozone Developments and Future Implications for Euro Currency: Discussion (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would have prepared plan B for an exit because one could not go into a negotiation with these guys unless one had plan B. This plan B had to involve being willing to go out of the eurozone if they were not willing to be reasonable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Latest Eurozone Developments and Future Implications for Euro Currency: Discussion (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Time is short. I accept Mr. McCarthy's point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Latest Eurozone Developments and Future Implications for Euro Currency: Discussion (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I accept the point that it is difficult.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Latest Eurozone Developments and Future Implications for Euro Currency: Discussion (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In the interview with New StatesmanMr. Varoufakis stated he told Mr. Tsipras he advocated stating if they did not give Greece a reasonable deal they would impose a haircut on the ECB, take over the Greek Central Bank and issue their own currency. He had a plan B.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Latest Eurozone Developments and Future Implications for Euro Currency: Discussion (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I very much accept what Mr. McCarthy states as it absolutely accords with my view. It is not only Mr. McCarthy, Mr. Varoufakis and the left, as Mr. Krugman and anybody looking at this, including the IMF, who state the thing is unsustainable and we will be back in crisis mode in a few months time. The crisis could escalate again this week. A few minutes ago I received a text stating many of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Latest Eurozone Developments and Future Implications for Euro Currency: Discussion (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is what is happening now.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the ISDS, or investor-state dispute settlement, as part of the transatlantic trade and investment partnership, through which corporations are able to sue governments for passing laws that threaten their profits and do not abide by the same rules as national court systems; his further views regarding the possible cost to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views regarding the transatlantic trade and investment partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28661/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Administration (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding her Department's policy on sending child benefit review forms to those in receipt of child benefit; how regularly these are forms issued to recipients; if there are Department regulations, guidelines, memos, circulars or polices in regard to this; and her views on the case of a person (details supplied) in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on additional bank charges applied to bill pay zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29326/15]