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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (8 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1185. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the specifics that the core home support service entails; the location where this information is available; the maximum number of hours per day that can be availed of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55251/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have in front of me a litany of complaints from local constituents over bus services in their area. There are horror stories about the failure of buses to turn up at all or on time, in particular Go-Ahead buses. We have had similar complaints at the transport committee, at which Go-Ahead and Dublin Bus appeared today. I put it to the Minister very simply that the reason this is happening...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Even the WHO has said that being a bus driver is one of the most stressful jobs. I think it is the third most stressful job you can have. With traffic congestion in Dublin and so on, that is made even worse. Competitive tendering is creating a race to the bottom and Go-Ahead Ireland is the worst offender. It haemorrhaged bus drivers over the last year because pay and, particularly,...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 1: In page 9, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “Reports 2.Within 3 months of the passing of this Act, the Minister shall lay a report before the Dáil, on the cost to the exchequer of abolishing the USC and replacing it with a High Income Social Charge of 10 per cent on all earnings over €90,000.”. Once upon a time, Fine...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will reply to the Minister's point in response to our suggestion of a higher income social charge to replace revenues from the USC, which People Before Profit believes should be abolished because it was an austerity tax and an unfair imposition on workers that has massively increased the tax burden on ordinary workers ever since it was introduced. Notwithstanding some reductions and...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is a fair point. Largely, the discussion has been aired. I do not think our proposals are in any sense magicking money out of the air. We think it is entirely legitimate and justified to replace the USC, which was an austerity tax. Commitments were given to replace it, which is still a reason for very considerable anger among ordinary workers who saw their tax burden increase very...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is to be pressed.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I cannot vote. I am not a member of the committee.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will cite an instance of that because it is always worth thinking about real people. Private security workers have become very active around their low pay. The committee will be aware of an employer - I probably cannot mention him but his name is well out there - who is trying to block a very minimal pay increase for private security workers. The current minimum level of their pay is...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have no problem with that.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure there is a fully integrated, fully accessible transport system across the country, including a door-to-door service and that this would be covered by the free transport scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55023/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans regarding the chronic problems with delays and no shows (details supplied) on routes across the city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55024/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vacant Properties (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which his Department set the new vacant home tax at three times the value of the LPT; his views on whether it will be adequate to bring vacant homes back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55850/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the new renter's tax credit is adequate to support renters given the extraordinarily high level of rents; if he will ensure all renters can avail of this credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55853/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to address the concerns, recently raised by an organisation (details supplied), that those in receipt of section 481 tax relief are not compliant with the EU's copyright directive in relation to the intellectual property rights of actors and performers and the remuneration that they should receive for their work in films funded by the relief;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce an amendment to section 481 that clearly establishes that the producer company who receives tax relief under this section must be the legally responsible employer for all those who are employed on section 481-funded film productions rather than the DAC, which only has a transitory existence; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vacant Sites (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 160. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed report on the effectiveness of the vacant site levy; if he needs to reconsider the timeline and the rate of the new zoned land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55852/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This morning, I attended the press launch of the Raise the Roof campaign at which trade unions, student unions, housing groups, anti-poverty groups and many more, including Opposition parties, outlined details of the national housing demonstration that will take place in Dublin city centre on the Saturday after next. We expect many thousands of people to take to the streets to demand action...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----to a referendum whereby the people could debate and vote on whether they want to be part of this dangerous agreement.