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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will consider what the Minister said. I welcome the fact he is considering those concerns and has considered them in the drafting of the legislation. Regarding the rate, is it not fairly self-evident that properties are appreciating to a degree that is multiples of what the Minister is talking about? If average property taxes are a few hundred euro and the tax is three times that, say...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Deputy Matthews made the bulk of the point. I was curious when he said there might be people on lower or middle incomes who had a vacant property who, for whatever reason, have decided to leave the property vacant. I am struggling to imagine a person on a low to middle income who can afford to leave a property vacant. I just cannot envisage many such cases. I am not saying the odd such...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Do not worry, Deputy Matthews. I will say no more.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (17 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 14. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the concerns recently raised by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the buy-out contracts and inadequate remuneration for actors and performers in relation to their intellectual property rights on publicly-funded film productions and the concerns raised by representatives of film crew...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Budget 2023 (17 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason there was a reduction in the budget allocation for arts and culture in budget 2023; the implications of such a reduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56982/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (17 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate the delay in the grant payment under the electric small public service vehicle scheme 2022 to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57051/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 153. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax liability there would be for an Irish Citizen receiving a gift from a Canadian citizen, who is their sister, resident in Bahrain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57066/22]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank all of our contributors and the commission for what is a pretty enormous piece of work. I cannot say I have read every word of it. I am still working my way through it. The plain English version of the executive summary was helpful. There is so much in it. With regard to the principles outlined by the commission and echoed by all of our contributors here, there is a fair degree...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is fair enough. The point I am making is we should be looking more at trying to find out who has wealth in the proper sense of the term, as opposed to who just has a house.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Some 54%. I was not far off.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A comment on nationalisation of-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Chair is not going over.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I can come back but I feel sorry for the witnesses. It is up to them really.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Dr. McDonnell wanted to respond to the questions about nationalisation rather than dealing with all of the complexities. I put it to him that it was a better way to go about it to try to get that land back and to try to prevent speculation, hoarding and people making money off land from doing nothing. I would be curious to hear his answer. While I have the microphone, I think it was Dr....

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would say the Department of Finance has a very particular responsibility to the residents and owners of apartment complexes that have fire or other building defects, and where the costs they potentially face are very significant indeed. They bear no responsibility whatsoever for the costs and defects affecting the apartments. Why do I say that? Previous Ministers for Finance - I...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister is proposing a specific tax exemption on the one-off payment for people where there was an illegal or incorrect registration. Does it have an end date? I ask the Minister to repeat that date. He said it was subject to possible review if further illegal adoptions were revealed after that date. I think he gave a date of the end of this year. I ask him to repeat that date.

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I understand that. It is to exempt that payment from tax.

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is that the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth?

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does what the Minister is proposing here in the Finance Bill also have a cut-off date - the same cut-off date?