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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would certainly have to absorb fully what is being said regarding the functions of the board and consider that. I hear what the Minister and the officials are saying, but I am not sure what I think of it, to be honest, so I reserve the right to submit amendments on Report Stage on this aspect. I was chatting informally with the officials outside and they were saying that they would dig...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They do in our local authority.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We must be ahead of the game in Dún Laoghaire.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We will think about that.

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will tell the Minister on Committee Stage.

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is too much wastewater going into Dublin Bay.

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Central Bank reports do not lie. This is from the Central Bank quarterly report at the beginning of this year so Deputy Durkan can say what he likes.

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is true.

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Here is a more down-to-earth example. What does the Finance Bill not do? It does not get rid of the special assignee relief programme, SARP. There are still not enough people who know about this. It is really a shocker. I genuinely thank the Minister for giving me the figures and details on it. He sent a paper out on it recently. I do not know what the figure was last year, but the...

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: For the record, it is People Before Profit-Solidarity by the way. I have just come from the Committee on Budgetary Oversight, which was an unfortunate clash so I missed the Minister's introduction. I heard some but not all of it and I apologise for that. At the meeting, Professor Niamh Maloney discussed the consultation process the Commission on Taxation and Welfare will have. It was...

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not sure if Deputy Barry is coming.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am a lifelong opponent of antisemitism. More than a decade ago, I brought an Auschwitz survivor to this city, organised meetings and got her on "The Late Late Show" to remind people of the horrors of the Holocaust, and I would do it again. We should always remind people of how horrendous the Holocaust was. The point we were making is that Israel consistently equates criticism of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Hold on a second.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We all have questions tabled, and some people should not get more time than others.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Hold on. That is just not on. On a point of order, a Cheann Comhairle.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have equal entitlement to that time allocation-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and normally there is a one-and-a-half-minute or a one-minute restriction on the questions-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----so everyone gets to ask a question and the Taoiseach gets time to reply.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is your people speaking longer than everyone else.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: So am I.