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Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (18 Dec 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: People Before Profit will be supporting the nomination of Deputy Mary Lou McDonald, not because we agree with Sinn Féin - we disagree with it on many things, not least its refusal to rule out coalition with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael - but because we believe parties on the left have an obligation to end 100 years of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael and put together the first left-wing...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As this Dáil comes to an end, I thank the staff. We might be banging our head off a brick wall with the Government, but we are always pushing at an open door with all the staff here. Here is scandal that is illustrative of what Deputy Bríd Smith was talking about as to whose interests get prioritised in Irish society and why we have a housing crisis. For niche living in Dún...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What about this?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are seeing profiteering and flagrant abuse.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This developer is a well-known name.

Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I also wish Deputies Murphy and Howlin the very best in the future.

Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Social Democrats for tabling this important motion on the horror we are witnessing being committed by Israel and its allies in Gaza and Lebanon. Since dawn this morning, 22 Palestinians have been murdered by Israel and 40 people in Lebanon have been murdered by Israel. Since October last year, that brings it to a horrific total of about 48,000 people we know of who have been...

Appropriation Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not want to delay this Bill any further. I understand it needs to be passed notwithstanding the debates we might have about it. It is a little bit odd that anybody would oppose it because this is money we have to have spent to keep the show on the road. We might want to spend it differently or spend more but we need this money to cover the costs of public services and so on that...

Appropriation Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not sure the Minister is right in what he has said.

Appropriation Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not sure the Minister is right.

Appropriation Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not necessarily the case that the budget will go up the next year-----

Appropriation Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In some ways, this is a formality we go through at the end of each year. As I understand it, it is the final authorisation of the expenditure of money throughout the year and of money that will be carried over that has not been spent. It is an opportunity to dwell a little bit on the issue of the expenditure of the enormous amount of public money totalling €86 billion. It is the...

Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters with the United Arab Emirates: Motions (6 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not think anybody is going to be sorry if people involved in violent criminality are extradited from the United Arab Emirates. This arrangement facilitates that extradition and the bringing to justice of people involved in violent criminality. However, to put it very mildly, I have grave concerns about the UAE's human rights credentials. I see in the Minister's speech, which I have...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach says the Government is trying to recruit people to address the staffing crisis in our hospitals and our health services. The pay and numbers strategy proves that he is speaking out of both sides of his mouth on that issue. Setting that aside, however, if we are to recruit the people we need into the health service, we need to make it attractive for people to train as nurses...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Let us not pretend there is not a staffing crisis.

Carer's Allowance: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No words can pay enough tribute to the role carers play in society. Those carers can be elderly themselves, infirm and they can be young people, looking after their loved ones who are vulnerable and disabled people. If the State had to provide that care and those services, it would cost countless billions. However, this is done by people who, as a result of such things as the means test...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Urban Development (6 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the launched report of the Dublin City Taskforce. [45240/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (6 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his meeting with Prime Minister Najib Mikati of Lebanon. [45239/24]

Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I apologise, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If the Government had not imposed a guillotine, we would not be in this mess.