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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What they are looking for is a direct line to talk to the Department and to the Minister on an ongoing basis. That is the way to address issues both for the drivers and for the public, rather than having to do through this body that is just not functioning for the industry, or for anybody really. That is important. On the issue of EVs, the point has been made to me and the committee that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: From hearing the representatives and from being aware of their grievances over the years, I am aware that one of the fundamental problems is that in the mindset of those who look at public transport, the taxi drivers are just not seen as part of the public transport system in the same way as other parts of the public transport system. There is a sort of seriousness about buses, trains and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Following on from that, I agree completely with the points made. It is ironic that complaints are now being made that there are not enough taxis, to which the witnesses have responded. All of a sudden people are asking where the taxi drivers are, when nothing has been done to support the drivers and the industry. Indeed, things have been done that have driven people out of the industry and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Chair and the witnesses. I apologise. I have to go.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank all of the contributors. There is so much to think about and we are covering so much ground that it makes the head spin. The idea of targeted measures is a mantra that has been trotted out but we need to spell out what it means. I would not mind hearing a little more on what the witnesses think it means. If targeted measures were to mean, for example, having lots of means-tested...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: May I ask one brief additional question? If we were strictly following the original rules around fiscal space and all the rest of it, how much fiscal space would be available in this budget?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Would it be fair to say the space would be a lot larger than our guests are allowing for in terms of expenditure?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The cost-of-living crisis is the big issue facing us all. IBEC has referred to some businesses that are in trouble and has stated that without support, they could go to the wall. Dr. McDonnell from the Nevin Economic Research Institute is talking about the need for targeted measures for those who are most adversely impacted by the cost-of-living crisis. I think we should always refer to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is it the case that even before this crisis hit, the cost of living here in a number of areas mentioned was much higher than in the rest of Europe? I refer to childcare, housing, education and in a number of other areas, and that was pre-Ukraine and pre- the current round of the cost-of-living crisis. Why is that the case? Why do we have higher childcare costs than everywhere else? Why do...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, unless the Chair is giving me more time.

Summer Economic Statement: Statements (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not mean any offence to him. I am annoyed the senior Ministers will not hear the spokespeople from the different groups.

Summer Economic Statement: Statements (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a bad practice.

Summer Economic Statement: Statements (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It makes it worse.

Summer Economic Statement: Statements (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Deputy has just walked in; I have been here for two hours.

Summer Economic Statement: Statements (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government has shown utter disrespect for democracy this week by barrelling through a deluge of legislation that was guillotined without proper scrutiny. It is a cynical tactic. It shows contempt both for this House and for the people. Some of us have protested very strongly at the Business Committee about this. Unfortunately, however, the Business Committee is not a democracy and the...

Summer Economic Statement: Statements (14 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Deputy is wasting his time there.

Summer Economic Statement: Statements (14 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was not slagging the Deputy, I was slagging the party.

Summer Economic Statement: Statements (14 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, I want it noted that the two senior Ministers, as we are about to begin the summer recess, are leaving the Chamber, meaning only the Minister of State with responsibility for heritage will remain, when the spokespersons for many of the party groups have not yet responded to the summer economic statement. That is outrageous.

Summer Economic Statement: Statements (14 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is the Dáil.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I raise the same issue with the Minister. We have a crisis now in emergency accommodation for people fleeing the terrible war in Ukraine and other wars and conflicts around the world. We should not distinguish between people suffering in horrendous circumstances or conflicts anywhere in the world. We also have, however, our own homelessness and housing crisis. It all points to the fact...