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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (16 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 153. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering other measures within his remit notwithstanding the €100 grant being paid to every household towards energy costs in 2022 to offset the increases in energy prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62404/21]

Finance Bill 2021: From the Seanad (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We support the extension of the EWSS and the CRSS schemes. Are we dealing with all the amendments together?

Finance Bill 2021: From the Seanad (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The debate, though, is a short one.

Finance Bill 2021: From the Seanad (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We support these schemes for the obvious reasons. The pandemic continues to impact particular sectors of the economy. We should remind ourselves that these are the ones that have been hit the hardest and most consistently right from the beginning through to now. Everybody has been affected by the pandemic in one shape or form. To be honest, the past two years have been pretty grim. For...

Finance Bill 2021: From the Seanad (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I know, and I want to be fair to others. I just want to get this point across because this is my last chance to do so. Then I will stop. The arbitrary date of 7 December is ridiculous because much of the work for musicians collapsed in the weeks before that date. This arbitrary cut-off means that people impacted on or after that date are okay but anything that happened before then does...

Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Instruction to Committee (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We will support the amendments insofar as they seek to facilitate planting of native trees on small parcels of land and provide for schemes to be set up to allow that to happen relatively easily. However, as others have said, there is concern about the way this has been sprung on people and the lack of consultation with stakeholders who are concerned with forestry, including those in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on discussions with the Central Statistics Office, CSO, with regard to the 2022 census. [60670/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Do I have a bit longer than a minute and a half?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not planning to use them all. Do not worry. I just wanted to clarify we have 15 minutes. Something interesting has come to my attention about the census. Given the scale of the housing crisis in this country, there has quite correctly been a focus for quite some time, extending to years, on the question of vacant and derelict properties in the country. Many people, including me,...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Extension of Notice Periods) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Simon Community for bringing forward the provisions of the Bill and I thank Deputy Ó Broin for co-ordinating the all-party effort to support the legislation. The Bill would give people three months leeway when faced with eviction into homelessness and it would give local authorities the right to trigger that three-month extension. The most important element of the Bill is...

Appropriation Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is a lot to discuss when talking about €88 billion in expenditure in a year but I will first raise things that I consider urgent for people who have endured a particularly difficult time, or who are likely to as we face into Christmas. Obviously, a considerable amount of the additional money spent on Covid income supports relates to the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Taoiseach ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to meet musicians in that regard?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Could I get an answer about musicians?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the newly published response to Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2021. [60208/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not agree with the language-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It was.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What I was about to say was that I do not like the language of competition in terms of a sustainable economy but nonetheless some of the matters discussed in the document are important. This relates to my previous point about musicians. If we do not support key sectors such as music and culture, we will really pay for it. I ask the Taoiseach to look at that because although some venues are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government needs to get clear information out to people whose incomes and employment are impacted as we head into Christmas. I do not know how many times in the past two years I have raised the issue of the plight of musicians and entertainers. They are in a dire state at the moment because the public health measures and restrictions and the voluntary decisions of many people to scale...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not know the answer.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The workers are asking me if they are ever going to get a pay increase on those miserable levels of wages.