Sugar coating the poisonous pill of regressive water taxes does not deal with their unfairness and won’t stop inevitable and rapid rise of charges in future years
Government prayer that water concessions will quell tidal wave of protest will not be answered In a statement today responding to Minister Alan Kelly’s announcement of the government’s new water charges package, Richard Boyd Barrett TD for the People Before...
PBPA TD says campaign of mass peaceful protests will continue until after charges are abolished
Government concessions on water do not address regressive and unfair character of charges or prevent rapid increases in the future In a statement yesterday Richard Boyd Barrett TD, People Before Profit Alliance and a member of the steering committee of the...
Richard Boyd Barrett: “cumulative impact” of unfair economic policies
Richard Boyd Barrett points out that tax justice is at the heard of the problem, with the poorest made to suffer the most. Child poverty in Ireland is among the worst in Europe, he tells the Finance Minister.
Richard Boyd Barrett tells Finance Minister “you couldn’t be more wrong”
Richard Boyd Barrett’s remarks to the Finance Minister about alternatives to the government’s failed policies, 5 November, 2014
Enda Kenny in your ivory tower, this is called people power!
Richard Boyd Barrett challenges Enda Kenny to heed people power in the wake of massive protests against water charges.
People Before profit TD challenges Finance Minister on water charges
Richard Boyd Barrett TD challenges Minister Noonan on water charges, 5 November, 2014