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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What I am talking about is the failure of the Government to address the situation whereby Debenhams can abuse workers like this. KPMG has very serious questions to answer about the way it is handling the liquidation process, given that there is court evidence from Debenhams that the online business was part of Debenhams Ireland's operation. Every worker knows it to be the case, but nobody...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is long past time for action on this. We now face the prospect that ordinary working people - most of whom are women - who are not criminals and should not be criminalised, and have worked long, hard and loyally for Debenhams and have been treated despicably, could end up in jail. The Taoiseach needs to act urgently to prevent that. He should be under no illusion. They will hold this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not the shop stewards.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Where did the €1 million come from?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He did not-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If ever there was a demonstration that there is one law in this country for the rich, the powerful and big business and another for working people, we saw that demonstrated in the Four Courts yesterday, where KPMG, the liquidators of Debenhams, sought and got an injunction against Debenhams workers. This means workers who have been treated in the most despicable fashion by their employer and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Data (14 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of Coillte planting that is coniferous; the percentage that is broadleaf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30484/20]

Financial Resolution No. 4: Corporation Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In fairness, people other than Teachta Doherty have been making these points for some time. I am satisfied with the Minister's answer on this resolution. I am glad we have had the debate because I have raised this issue at the Committee on Budgetary Oversight and the finance committee over the past number of years. We never discuss tax reliefs in the same way we discuss expenditure, and we...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Corporation Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Financial Resolutions Nos. 5 and 6 seem fine to me. However, I want to express concern about Financial Resolution No. 4. The main mechanism through which some of the wealthiest corporations in the world avoid tax is through the category of intangible assets, such as patents on intellectual property, whereby big multinationals pay for the use of their own patents. For example, one...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am amazed at the disconnect that seems to exist between the Green Party - and to be honest, the position the Labour Party has just announced - and the reality that huge numbers of working people inhabit. There is nothing discrediting the climate change agenda more than these kinds of regressive taxes. The Greens are signing their own death warrant with this kind of stuff. I am amazed it...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will be brief. We oppose this. Smoking is a major public health problem. It kills large numbers of people and as a society we should do everything we can to discourage people from smoking, encourage them to break the addiction and get young people not to take up the habit in the first place. Nonetheless, a lot of people smoke and there are many reasons they do, such as stress....

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Budget Statement 2021 (13 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Faced with the really dire crisis produced by Covid-19, which is a health crisis, an economic crisis and a social crisis, we needed a budget that would support decisive action to defeat the threat of Covid-19 to public health and to support the workers, livelihoods and families most severely impacted as a result of the economic fallout of Covid-19. This budget has failed on both counts. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the appeals process for leaving certificate 2020 students will be complete and all results available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30011/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 2020 leaving certificate appeals process was closed before all errors in the grading mechanisms were identified; if so, if students will have another opportunity to appeal decisions in the way in which they were graded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30013/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that all instances in which students were incorrectly marked for the 2020 leaving certificate have been identified; the number of those affected; if the CAO rounds of offers were made while errors in the grading were being identified; if so, the number of students who missed out on a place in third-level education as a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the dates on which the first calculated grades were made in relation to the 2020 leaving certificate results; the date on which the rounds of CAO offers were made; the date on which errors were discovered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30014/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 294. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if women who took parental leave in 2017 or 2018 will obtain credits for this period to entitle them to social welfare supports during the Covid-19 pandemic; her plans to ensure that parents who take parental leave are not discriminated against in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29636/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ballet teaching school sector are within Schools, Early Learning and Childcare services and Higher and Adult Education of the Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with COVID-19, in view of the fact that the sector follows internationally recognised exam syllabi up to vocational level; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of the 6,500 students who were erroneously upgraded in the 2020 leaving certificate results who were given a place on a course through the CAO process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30015/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (13 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grant was refused in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29916/20]