After Barryroe great gas and oil giveaway must end In a statement, Richard Boyd Barrett TD and Finance spokesperson for the United Left Alliance has said that, in the aftermath of the Providence Resources oil find off the coast of Cork, the government must now urgently and radically review the current policies for managing the [...]
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Richard Boyd Barrett TD speaking to debate on the sale of State Assets
Richard Boyd Barrett TD, People Before Profit/United Left Alliance speaking in Dail Eireann on March 8th 2012 to debate on sale of State Assets, in particular Coillte Article source: http://richardboydbarrett.ie/2012/03/13/richard-boyd-barrett-td-speaking-to-debate-on-the-sale-of-state-assets/ Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Print for later Tell a friend
Government plan to sell state assets such as Coillte & power generation slammed as the ultimate betrayal
Richard Boyd Barrett, TD for the People Before Profit Alliance and Finance spokesperson for the United Left Alliance speaking in today’s Dail debate on the sale of state assets, said that government plans to sell-off state assets under the EU-IMF programme represented the “ultimate betrayal of the country, its citizens, its economic future and its [...]
EMF dangers of East West Interconnector exposed
* MINISTER RABBITTE REFUSES TO RESPOND TO DAMNING NEW HEALTH EVIDENCE IN RELATION TO EAST WEST INTERCONNECTOR * DALY CALLS ON MINISTER TO ACT Socialist Party TD Clare Daly had an angry exchange in the Dail today (07/03/2012) with Labour’s Minister Pat Rabbitte over the Minister’s refusal to intervene in relation to the fact that [...]
Richard Boyd Barrett TD speaking in the Dail on Foreshore Licence for Drilling in Dublin Bay
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Privatisation of state assets will come at the cost of jobs and democratic control over vital services and infrastructure
Press statement: Clare Daly TD Socialist Party/United Left Alliance Privatisation of state assets will come at the cost of jobs and democratic control over vital services and infrastructure Responding to the government’s announcement regarding the part privatisation of ESB, Bord Gais and Coilte and the intended sell off of the government’s remaining stake in Aer [...]
Comment: Labour’s shame at privatisation of bin service
Since the privatisation of the household bin collection system within the functional area of Dublin City Council kicked in last month, it has been one shambolic controversy after another. The threat this week by Greyhound Waste, which was handed the service by Dublin City Council, that it would not collect the bins of up to [...]
ULA Alternative to Septic Tank Charge – Launch a Major Public Works Programme
by Emmet Farrell
During the debate on the ‘Septic Tank’ legislation which has been passed in the Dail, the question of what standards septic tank systems would be required to meet was raised. Minister Hogan tried to give the impression that ‘high risk’ areas would be prioritised and it was hinted that the system introduced in County Cavan in 2004 might be a model.
The passing of the legislation means that the Government will head off massive EU daily fines for each incident of pollution which would have to be paid if no action had been taken. Surveys have established that ground water and surface water are suffering from pollution which can be traced back to septic tanks. The government, looking to local elections in 2014, may intend to take a relaxed approach outside the ‘high risk’ areas but this will not clean up the polluted ground water. Only 3,000 of more than 8,000 septic tanks systems in Cavan were inspected between 2004 and 2011 and no claim is made by Cavan County Council that all is well with the watercourses in the county.
The contribution of septic tanks is only a minor part of the problem. Significant water pollution is due to unsewered industry, agricultural run-off and overloaded and malfunctioning municipal waste water treatment plants.
Richard Boyd Barrett TD speaking at Dublin Bay public meeting
Richard Boyd Barrett TD from Nigel Hanlon on Vimeo. On the 31st January Save our Seafront and Protect our Coast Campaigns organized a public meeting in the Royal Marine Hotel, where over four hundred people attended in opposition to Providence resources application for a foreshore license to drill for oil in Dublin Bay pending a [...]
Packed Dalkey meeting demands public enquiry into application to drill in Dublin Bay
Packed meeting in Dalkey demands public enquiry into Providence Resources Plc’s foreshore application to drill in Dublin Bay; further meetings planned and major campaign underway In a statement today, after a packed meeting in Dalkey last night, Richard Boyd Barrett, People Before TD, urged the public to make submissions to the Minister for the Environment, [...]