Results 21-40 of 939 for long speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...number of houses in general, but we have often seen how we can get the housing but it not necessarily affordable or how a sufficient percentage of it is not social housing. We still end up with long waiting lists or people being priced out of the market. That needs to be looked at in the context of these strategies. The likely need for social, affordable and cost-rental housing needs to...

Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (6 Mar 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...not most, of our European counterparts when it comes to the treatment of our postgraduate researchers in terms of levels of income, employment security, career paths, opportunities, etc. We have a long way to go. It would be entirely reasonable therefore to hardwire that into a State body that is responsible for funding research.

Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (6 Mar 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...do not know why they came here, because it is impossible. It seems to me that that is not a good space for us to be in. We want to make this an attractive place for people to do research. We have a long way to go in order to get to that situation. As of now, we do not even have a guaranteed living wage or proper employment conditions for people in research. If you work for four or...

Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (6 Mar 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...researcher” shall include doctoral students and other early-career researchers employed in institutions of higher education and research, in accordance with the Salzburg Principles;”. Seven minutes is not very long to speak to multiple amendments. The purpose of this group of amendments is to ensure that we have proper representation of postgraduate researchers and that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 337. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how long the e-vetting process takes in the naturalisation process; the length of time for which e-vetting is valid; if she is aware of the issue with inputting the county on the on-line form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8843/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (27 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 505. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the long-term illness scheme only includes mental health conditions for persons under 16 years of age; his plans to extend this beyond 16 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8798/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Long before the current escalation of violence that we have seen, the genocidal attack on Gaza by Israel and the events of 7 October, I pointed out to the Government, and to Ursula von der Leyen when she was here, something that was not lost on the people of Palestine or the Middle East, which was the shocking double standards in EU policy when we contrast Europe's attitude towards Russia's...

Business Costs for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...of the others about the chronic shortage taxis are inaccurate. Apparently, FREENOW has very different figures on the availability of taxis. It is certainly the case that at certain times we see long lines of taxis waiting long periods to pick up a fare. The taxi drivers admit that there are pinch points at particular times of the day, or particularly at night. How do we address that?...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...existential crisis that our planet faces. This is unfortunate because actually the collapse of ecosystems and the destruction of biodiversity might well put paid to human existence on this planet long before carbon emissions do. It is very important from a legislative point of view that there is often a trade-off between what is considered to be climate action to reduce CO2 emissions and...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...and built heritage and landscape in the functional area". It continues, "The strategy shall include objectives for the conservation, protection, management and improvement of", and then it gives a long list of things. The Minister of State can see it in front of him: UNESCO sites, archaeological sites, places and features of natural beauty, etc. We propose to add "areas subject to...

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ..., hair and make-up and all the rest of it. Those jobs are disappearing or being outsourced and privatised. At the forum the Minister's Department organised last week and for which some of us campaigned long and hard, people working in the film industry referred over and over again to the precarity of their work and the lack of security of income and employment. In one of the places...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...the horror that has happened over the past four months would have happened if western governments, including the European Union and the United States, had not given impunity to Israel for years. Long before the current horrific escalation of violence, Israel was indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity for its occupation, apartheid and ethnic cleansing, which has been going on...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...pre-commencement development plan. Our concern is that there would be too much power in the hands of the Minister to make decisions about development plans that are democratically decided and how long they should remain in force. Why does he have that discretion or power to make those decisions? What are the reasons? That is the concern.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Film Industry (8 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A little later this morning, the long campaigned for and long awaited film industry stakeholders forum will take place, convened by the Minister of State's colleague in the Department of arts. I presume the Minister of State's officials will be there. One of the key issues at stake is the use of successive multiple fixed-term contracts where workers never acquire any kind of security or...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Waiting lists for driving tests are ridiculously long. In my area, which is the worst in the country, it is over 50 weeks. Nationally it is about 30 weeks. In many cases this means jobs are lost for people who have jobs that are dependent on having a driving licence. People may have relatives they need to care for, including elderly, vulnerable or disabled relatives, and they need a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...profits increased, for example, by 235% from 2012 to 2021. Some of us campaigned for those corporations to pay more. We now have a 15% rate, something the Government stubbornly resisted for a long time. Does the Minister have projections for how much they are actually going to pay in tax in the next couple of years?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...is not easily available so that people can see the holistic picture of a patient. This negatively impacts on patient care. It seems like a no-brainer - and people have been saying it for a long time - that we need to rapidly advance the digitisation of patient information. Where are we at in this regard and why is it taking so long? Connected to that, to what extent is the fact that...

International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...community had not given impunity to Israel for decades of apartheid, occupation and the 16-year criminal siege of Gaza , which in itself is a crime against humanity and a collective punishment, long before 7 October. Tonight, as we speak, Israeli commandos have gone into a hospital and assassinated people in their beds, including somebody who was paralysed. These people are deranged and...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...of the partition plan, seize Palestinian land and ethnically cleanse the Palestinians. For decades since, there has been wave after wave of ethnic cleansing, decades of illegal occupation, a 16-year long siege of Gaza and the systematic killing of Palestinians who resist and have the right to resist. Under international law, an occupied people or people who are victims of apartheid have...