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Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (22 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, in the document the Minister gave out with his speech, which details our questions-----

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (22 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The document specifically mentions youth mental health services. Would he withdraw the suggestion that we were being opportunistic? It is specifically mentioned in his own speech.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (22 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I put it in 25 times and it was refused.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland: Allied Irish Banks (22 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not in the habit of being nice to banks given the role they played in the pretty awful situation the country has found itself in. However, I acknowledge Mr. Duffy's office and AIB on the issue of cases that I brought to their attention. I wish to give some credit to the comments made by Mr. O'Connor that AIB seems to take a more reasonable approach to people in mortgage arrears which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland: Allied Irish Banks (22 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would prefer if we had a banking system which was under more public pressure, in the way that I think AIB has been, to be a bit more reasonable with people in mortgage distress. I want a system whose priorities are not solely about the bottom line and that its mandate is a bit more focused on the wider economy, keeping a roof over people's heads and all those kinds of things. Is it the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland: Allied Irish Banks (22 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not really accept that. There is a marked difference between the demeanour of AIB and that of some of the other banks. I attribute that to the fact that AIB is publicly owned. If it is not the case-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland: Allied Irish Banks (22 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have only just started. I am not asking Mr. Duffy about his personal relationship with the Minister but about his working relationship in terms of what directions the Minister gives him. The Government says it wants relief for variable interest rate mortgage holders and fairness for people in mortgage arrears but when we complain about the banks not offering such support, the Minister...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (22 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Would the Minister, in all honesty, come into work day after day if he thought he might be punched in the jaw or the stomach, and if he thought there were not enough staff to prevent that from happening? For the Minister to suggest there is no direct connection between staffing levels and the chaotic and dangerous situation in our mental health services is preposterous. It is well...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (22 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That was not the case in my question.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (22 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I put it to the Minister that the evidence is mounting up that there is a quite a dangerous situation emerging in mental health services right across the country as a result of chronic staff shortages. The situation in Galway is merely the latest example of this where, with 36 assaults on staff, workers feel forced into a situation where they do not go into work because of staff shortages,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (22 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that there is inadequate school provision in the greater Dún Laoghaire area in County Dublin, both at primary and secondary level; specifically if she will consider supporting the establishment of an Educate Together secondary school in the area. [15513/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (22 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider discontinuing the use of JobBridge to fill special needs assistant and ancillary posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15512/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (22 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 160. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the case of a leak in the pipes of council tenant properties, the person responsible for fixing them, and in the case of private tenant properties, if the landlord or the tenant is responsible. [15833/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad (21 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 187. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a timeline of his communications with the Egyptian regime in the past three months regarding an Irish citizen (details supplied); the position expressed by the Irish Government on the detention and release of this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15278/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (21 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans for initiatives and projects to commemorate and celebrate the Irish diaspora, now that there are no longer plans for a national diaspora centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10019/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (21 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 548. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if growing tensions between Israel and the United States of America, over relations with Iran, were discussed at the most recent European Union Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9977/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Expenditure (21 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 668. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funds to be allocated to the housing assistance payment until 2020 that is new money; and the amount that is money previously allocated to the rent allowance scheme. [15784/15]

Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes. As the Minister will be aware on 2 April thousands of workers in Dunnes Stores were forced to take to the picket lines, in the face of extreme bullying and intimidation by Dunnes Stores, in their battle for decent conditions of employment. This took place against a background where a huge number of these workers are in a very precarious situation as a result of having low-hour...

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: One would not oppose this Bill in so far as it proposes to extend free GP care to those over 70, as this is something that will benefit that age cohort. The Bill is welcome in that regard. However, this small step serves to highlight the spectacular failure of the Government to honour the promises and commitments it gave to the people in the run-in to the last general election. The Bill...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (16 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 23. To ask the Minister for Health his views on staffing levels in child and adolescent mental health services teams across the country, detailing his plans to ensure that all vacancies are filled to ensure the protection of vulnerable children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14629/15]