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European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order-----

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: You are not listening.

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Hold on. I have not finished.

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A Standing Order allows me to-----

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have not finished.

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I had not finished.

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Standing Order does not put a time limit on it.

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No, you have overstepped yours.

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I congratulate the Acting Chairman on the superb job he is doing in the Chair. It is important to keep Deputies on track. The issue of whether we should seek retroactive recapitalisation of our banks is related to whether we are prepared to demand that Europe play its part by retrospectively lifting some of the crippling burden of debt that has been imposed on Irish citizens and...

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I fully agree with the Acting Chairman.

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is about bondholders.

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Deputy is talking about the figure of €60 billion.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (16 Oct 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the widespread allegations by construction workers of the abuse of the subcontracting system by major building contractors and the failure properly to protect the rights of building workers in the construction industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39091/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (16 Oct 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will intervene in the current dispute between workers and a developer (details supplied) in County Dublin in view of the fact that this is a State contract and bricklayers who began working for a subcontractor on the site last May say they were earning around €107 for a full working week; and if he will make a...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (14 Oct 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Smoking is a public health problem - I would not like my children to smoke and I say this as a smoker - but this will not work. This is a revenue grabbing exercise that will hit people who are already hammered and struggling yet again. The hypocrisy of the Government's position on the matter is shown by the fact that it has cut the health budget this year. I have double checked it since I...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (14 Oct 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government has actually allocated less. I appeal to the members of the Government not to tell us that this is about public health.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (14 Oct 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is about revenue gathering. Yet again, it is a matter of hitting the people who can least afford it. It will not make a whit of difference in terms of the public health issue.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Budget Statement 2015 (14 Oct 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: One would think that after 100,000 people took to the streets in what was probably one of the largest demonstrations in the world against austerity, proportionate to the size of this country, the Government would listen. Instead, this budget is a dishonest con trick. After the Government has beggared the nation to pay off the debts of gambling bankers, it has thrown a few crumbs to the...

Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles Bill 2014: Second Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Sorry, 13,000. It matters a lot.

Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles Bill 2014: Second Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The jobs matter a lot. I do not think it is a good idea for the future of employment in this country or for a sustainable economy for us to become hostage to these people, which is what we have become. At the moment the world is claiming that these corporate entities that are avoiding tax - the big multinationals, the wealthiest corporations in the history of the world - are doing...