Results 18,001-18,020 of 27,275 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Jul 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: How can the Minister of State say he or the EU are interested in negotiation or flexibility with the Greek Government when he supported the EU's stance of “take it or leave it”? The EU proposed a plan and told the Greek Government to accept it or else it would pull the plug. It is blackmail, not negotiation.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Jul 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, I will ask a question. The troika is determined to punish the Greek Government because it wants to keep its political promises. Does the Minister of State not think that is a shameful attack on the basic principles of democracy, that he, Fianna Fáil and the troika are supporting? They are affronted by the idea that a government might keep its election promises and they are...
- European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Jul 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There were several questions and they were very clearly articulated.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Jul 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There is common ground between Fianna Fáil and the Government.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Jul 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The rates of suicide and infant mortality have increased.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Jul 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the Minister of State happy, notwithstanding the sham debate that sometimes takes place between the Government and Fianna Fáil, that Fianna Fáil in its comments today has joined the Government side in the vilification, bullying and misrepresentation of the position of the Greek Government as it resists the outrageous political bullying of and economic terrorism being inflicted on...
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Sadly it is not.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is because the Taoiseach whipped it off the table.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister deserves a medal from the political school of cute hoorism when it comes to how he has tried to manipulate, in the most cynical way, the democratic process in order to ram through measures to do with water charges in a Bill that ostensibly had nothing whatsoever to do with them when it was introduced in the Dáil. It is disappointing that much of the media have not shown...
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Exactly.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Bill has a new Title.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a totally different Bill.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There is a lot of detail there.
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Reports (1 Jul 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the most recent Forest Service reports into Coillte's corporate governance, carried out on an annual basis as part of the Forest Service's regulatory remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26101/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (1 Jul 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 41. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current amount of tree-cover in view of the recent removal and regenderation of scrub and natural woodland linked to the single farm payment criteria and the pressure on woodlands caused by Food Harvest 2020's focus on targets to increase production by 50%, on the basis of assumptions relating to digital mapping systems and the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (1 Jul 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 184. To ask the Minister for Health if chronic obstructive pulmonary disease support will be made available in Tralee in County Kerry, in Tullamore in County Offaly and in County Wexford, through the appointment of respiratory physicians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26453/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (1 Jul 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 185. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to target early diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which is the fourth leading cause of death; the specific investment to tackle the scale of the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26454/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (1 Jul 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a commitment to roll out the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease outreach programme, to manage patients at home, and reduce hospitalisation, from the current 12 acute hospitals to all the acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26455/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Jul 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 187. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce waiting times, and to ensure every respiratory unit operates an ongoing pulmonary rehabilitation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26456/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (1 Jul 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 188. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the Long Term Illness Scheme, in order that patients with this disease may avail of medical treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26457/15]