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Finance Bill 2012: Report and Fiinal Stages (13 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This amendment is correct in its intent and is the very least we can do. There is significant dispute about how the Government's response to the economic crisis impacts on different sectors of society. Some of us on this side of the House have repeatedly made the point that all the pain and punishment is inflicted on the least well off in our society when other sectors could far better...

Finance Bill 2012: Report and Fiinal Stages (13 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The value of this amendment is obvious in assessing whether this budget will help or hinder our progress towards economic recovery. There are a number of very controversial proposals in this Bill, most obviously, the increase in VAT. Some Members and many people in the wider public believe this will be very damaging to consumer demand and the ability of many SMEs to survive. There must be...

Finance Bill 2012: Report and Fiinal Stages (13 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I support the amendment. On a moral level, it is unacceptable that the universal social charge was imposed on people earning the minimum wage or lower. The Government acknowledged the injustice at some level of hitting low-income earners by exempting the lowest income earners from the universal social charge but leaving people on the minimum wage and lower paying this punitive austerity tax...

Finance Bill 2012: Report and Fiinal Stages (13 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I pay tribute to the officials who have had to wade through the tax codes while preparing the Bill. This is my first time to study the tax codes but from what I understand of them they cross-reference legislation all over the place. It is an impressive achievement for anyone to apprehend this level of detail. As regards the substance of the Finance Bill, most of it is irrelevant to the...

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does that mean that ministerial questions will be taken?

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Given the speedy passage of the final stages of the Finance Bill 2012, the Dáil may have to suspend during the course of today because the schedule as originally set down-----

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have only started.

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I ask whether another matter of public interest may be debated to fill the time.

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is on the Order of Business today.

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have made the request. I would like to have a debate on housing if that is at all possible.

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Given what many of us regard as the humiliation of this country and its Government in the aftermath of the Spanish derogation on its deficit targets, can the Taoiseach use the Order of Business to stiffen our negotiating position?

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is on the Order of Business. I have not yet finished.

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I ask the Taoiseach to announce that the legislation-----

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----dealing with the European stability mechanism and the European Communities (amendment) Bill will be introduced subsequent to the treaty. That would send a clear message to the European authorities that we will not allow them to put a gun to our head -----

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Taoiseach give his commitment that the legislation on the European stability mechanism will not be introduced before the referendum to ensure a gun is not put to the head of the people during the referendum campaign?

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Which comes first?

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If the Taoiseach could indicate which comes first, it would make a major difference to the context in which the referendum will be held. Can he not tell us which comes first?

Leaders' Questions (15 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Until next January.

Leaders' Questions (15 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It was privatised by Fine Gael and Labour Party councillors.

Leaders' Questions (15 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is the opposite of what the Tánaiste wanted in the 1980s with water charges.