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Carbon Tax: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are right on the last point.

Carbon Tax: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Supposedly one of the central pillars of the just transition we need to address the climate crisis is the idea that it will be a just transition. I do not know how many times I have heard the Minister, Deputy Ryan, and other Ministers in the Government wax lyrical about how if we seriously address the climate crisis, it can be a win-win situation. This is what it should be. If we address...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (22 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: So do I.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (22 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the plans of the CSO for Census 2022. [6394/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (22 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is the first time that I have heard about the time capsule section. I think that in the time capsule section on my form, I will ask the people who are still here in 100 years whether 100 years of Government has managed to sort out the housing crisis. I fear we may well find that it has not. I wonder if the Government will have even managed the review of the social housing income...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have genuinely lost count of the number of times I have asked the Government and successive Ministers with responsibility for housing in successive Governments when we are going to get the decision on the review of the social housing income thresholds. Every week, people are coming to me who have been thrown off the housing lists after ten, 12 and even 15 years of waiting. All that time...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: When are we going to get the results of the review? Will all those people thrown off the housing lists over the past couple of years get their time back?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Two weeks ago Amnesty International produced a devastating report rightly condemning the state of Israel for the crime of apartheid. I and others have asked the Whip that we would have a debate in this House about that report. I note that the Ceann Comhairle and Deputy Carroll MacNeill will hold a briefing with the Israeli Ambassador this week. There is no doubt but that the ambassador...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Could we have the debate next week?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: But if we could have the debate-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (22 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 37. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will now consider abolishing the universal social charge and replacing it with a high-income social charge given the very severe impact of inflation and the rising cost of living, which is disproportionately impacting on low- and middle-income workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9672/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Film Industry (22 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clearly establish, through guidelines or in legislation, that film producer companies in receipt of section 481 film tax relief must take direct responsibility as the employers for all those working on section 481 supported film productions and end the situation in which they are denying this employer responsibility by hiding behind short-lived...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (22 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that while inflation and the cost of living increases currently taking place are severely impacting on ordinary workers and households, corporate profits continue to rise as they have done throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and over the last decade; his further views on whether new tax measures are needed to ensure that those that are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland grant for lighting available for schools to switch to more carbon-friendly LED lighting; if not, if such a grant is planned for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9538/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the model for the certificate history essays for this year; the way it differs from last year's model and the traditional leaving certificate model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9101/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (22 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the request from a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9316/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (22 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 520. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that are in place for those reaching 65 years of age who should qualify for the over-65s benefit payment but do not satisfy the PRSI contribution criteria as a direct result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the loss of income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9498/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (22 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 664. To ask the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care will be extended to six- and seven-year-olds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9052/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Israel's Apartheid against Palestinians: Amnesty International (22 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Chair and committee. Most of all, I thank Amnesty International for what is an excellent report and one that has the most profound implications for anybody who accepts, which I believe they should, its findings and conclusions. It is an amazing thing to have, in such a forensic way, detailed the instances of oppression, discrimination and injustice that have been visited on...