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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (4 May 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the accessibility of the €200 electricity grant for social housing tenants who use a pay-as-you-go service; if an initial top-up is required to access it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21917/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (4 May 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 371. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that a person (details supplied) has been refused a holiday visa to visit their sons in 2022 given that they were granted a visa in 2017 and their circumstances have not changed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21807/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (4 May 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 455. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the lack of services provided to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21854/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Dún Laoghaire is higher.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was contacted by a local catering company in my area which says it has been informed that, without any tendering process, Aramark has been given all the contracts to provide catering to the refugee hubs for Ukrainians. This company is pretty disgusted about that. As the Minister will know, Aramark has been a very controversial company It has been criticised for the poor quality of its...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: So local caterers are cut out of it completely. That is bad.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Local caterers can get better quality food.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not good and it is not fair.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (28 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 15. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is proposing any further reforms to section 481 film and tax relief to protect the employment status and rights of workers in the film industry, particularly given that production companies in receipt of this relief are abdicating their responsibility in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21448/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (28 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not know what the latest figure is but in some years we give out between €80 million and €100 million in section 481 film tax relief. It is supposed to be about developing an industry and industry capacity but, time and again, when workers on film productions take cases to the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, or try to assert their rights under the Protection of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (28 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On account of the campaigning of film workers, and issues I raised with the Minister, an undertaking was brought in that requires compliance with the relevant employment legislation. Specifically, and probably most important, it requires compliance with the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act, which means the people employed gain recognition of service. Under the operation of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (28 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Obviously, the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, is more familiar with this matter. These companies are flouting the regulations. They are flouting them openly. They are signing the undertaking and then doing the exact opposite. Not only are they doing the exact opposite, they are saying there is no basis on which they can have employees. How can the Government give people tens of millions of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (28 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are not complying with it. Nobody is enforcing it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (28 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Some of the companies do not make a film for another year-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (28 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and then they are statute-barred.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (28 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a joke.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fiscal Policy (28 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is proposing any tax or other measures to counteract the accelerating cost of living in all areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21445/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fiscal Policy (28 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The question is very simple. Is the Government going to propose an emergency budget to deal with the cost-of-living crisis? The cost-of-living crisis is hitting people at every single level. It is hitting them in terms of rents, accommodation, energy prices and the cost of normal consumer goods. The value of people's pay and income is also falling commensurately with the rise in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fiscal Policy (28 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have just received another report about new rents going up by 9%. That is on top of rents that have effectively doubled in recent years. They are going out of control. We need measures to address that, including rent controls, because that leads directly to people being homeless. The VAT reductions the Government has provided are pathetic, given the increased energy costs people are...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cost of Living Issues (28 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 34. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is proposing a mini-budget to address the cost of living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21446/22]