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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No, it was on the number of lone parents working part-time.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister did not read it correctly.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will show the Minister the figures. The comparisons she makes are entirely dishonest. The real comparison is where were lone parents who were working 20 hours per week on minimum wage in 2012 before the Minister started her cuts and where will they be after July and, worse, after July 2017. In 2012, before the Minister cut the income disregard, a lone parent with one child working 20...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I challenge the Minister directly on those figures and I hope somebody out there watching has the energy to go and check hers against ours. Our figures are spot on. They are an accurate reflection of what has been lost. They are borne out by the CSO figures which show, contrary to what the Minister just said, that the number of one-parent families suffering deprivation has risen from 49%...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Poverty (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the significant recent increases in the number of persons suffering deprivation and poverty, particularly child poverty and poverty among lone parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24837/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 15. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for changes in the rent allowance caps, in view of the continuing upward spiral in private rents, and the way this is contributing to rising homelessness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24841/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of lone parents who were financially worse-off and the number who were better-off after they transitioned from the one-parent family payment in 2013 and 2014; if this resulted in an increase or a decrease in the numbers involved in activation through employment or education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24838/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Law Cases (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of determination orders from the maintenance recovery unit that will be invalid after 2 July 2015; the annual loss to the State when these determination orders cease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24840/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide figures or estimates on the number of lone parents who will be forced to give up part-time jobs when they transition to the jobseeker's allowance; the estimated additional cost to the State when their claims are re-assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24839/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the case of an application for Rent Supplement by a person (details supplied); the reason the person is being asked to re-apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25324/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Staff (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of plans by Allied Irish Banks to outsource work and staff from its application and development teams within its information technology division; his views that this is a worrying development for customers, staff and the economy in view of the potential loss of domestic jobs and skills and the fact that outsourcing in these areas almost...

Topical Issue Debate: School Relocation (23 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this topic for debate. To say that Gaelscoil Phádraig in Ballybrack has had a raw deal would be a major understatement. It has been in existence for 20 years. In that time it has been in four different temporary locations. Most of that time, and currently, it has been on a 0.7 acre site with prefabricated buildings, many of which are over...

Topical Issue Debate: School Relocation (23 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is no news there for Gaelschoil Phádraig. It is aware of all that the Minister of State said. This is the fear, that it will extend beyond this year. The situation has got progressively worse for it after a 20 year saga of moving from one place to another. It was in one room without proper windows, then it had two classrooms in another school, then it had to be bussed to...

European Council Meeting: Statements (23 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister of State should read 1984. He sounds like Big Brother.

European Council Meeting: Statements (23 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Watch out for the cyber-terrorists and aliens from outer space.

European Council Meeting: Statements (23 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The last few weeks have been another shameful chapter in the period of office of the Government when it comes to solidarity and internationalism with Greece and other people throughout Europe who are suffering under the cosh of austerity. It is really treacherous that the Irish Government has lined up with the austerity bullies of the EU against the Greek people. Last week the Taoiseach...

European Council Meeting: Statements (23 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is no reward. It is still being told what it can and cannot do in the budget. This is what the IMF said. It is pathetic and treacherous, particularly when we, like the Greeks, are still being forced to pay billions and billions of euros out in interest to these banks which destroyed the European economy and caused this mess in the first place. The Government should be ashamed of itself.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (23 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Those are the reports that I am reading, not that I would ever get into Davos or want to.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (23 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Taoiseach believe it is appropriate to attend such a conference when it is a symbol of the gross inequality that has developed in the world? If we are in any way serious about the issue of inequality, we should have an aggressive policy of wealth redistribution. Did the Taoiseach come away from the conference with anything like that? Looking beyond the irony of these super rich...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (23 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My point has to do with inequality and wealth. We have discovered that a shelf company has been set up in Luxembourg by the owners of Covanta. It is charging 13.5% interest on a loan-----