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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is that definitely happening in all cases or do we know? Are there still offshore, no tax and low tax locations being utilised for tax avoidance purposes?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Would Mr. Coffey say that intellectual property, which is very different from purchasing a machine or a factory, is very vulnerable to games being played by corporations, which have a history, let us be honest, of trying to minimise how much tax they pay?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Have I more time?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On research and development, we have shortages of skills all over the place, for example, in the health service, construction and teaching, and we can go through a long list of places where we do not have people where we need qualified specialist people. Should we be rethinking our way of looking at this? If research and development tax reliefs are currently largely benefiting a small...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point that I absolutely agree with, the commission says we should avoid cliff edges when it comes to welfare. One of the cliff edges that is at the centre of one of the biggest problems in the country at the moment is the fact that if a person is above a social housing income threshold, they get nothing in terms of support to put a roof over their head. If the threshold is now, say,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Chair came up with a good phrase for it. Fair play to her.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Was the vote called just now?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It has just been called. If we have time, could someone comment on the question of wealth and the richer getting richer?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In one sense.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (26 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline plans for the funding of the necessary and planned works for a theatre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3724/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (26 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she intends to respond to requests made by an organisation (details supplied) for greater Government support for musicians and others working in the industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3725/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Industrial Relations (26 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to concerns being raised by Equity about the failure of producer companies to vindicate the rights of actors, performers, directors and writers in relation to intellectual property and EU directives and whether she intends to take action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3721/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (26 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a report on the pilot basic income for artists scheme; if she intends to implement it for all artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3723/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline his plans to accelerate the servicing of housing land in order that councils can include plans for social and affordable homes on these lands in their targets to 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3651/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (26 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is planning to extend the moratorium on certain evictions after 31 March 2023; what other measures will he put in place to stop the flow of people into homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3648/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (26 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way he will ensure that all the people now eligible for social housing due to change in income limits will be put back on the list urgently so they will be eligible for allocations as a matter of urgency as many of these people have missed out on allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3649/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide all details of the way he will address the huge shortfall in the delivery of social housing under Housing for All; his plans to address, particularly, the lack of three and four bedroomed family homes in the pipeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3652/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (26 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the role that his Department has in ensuring that funding is in place to meet the pay demands of the members of an organisation (details supplied) in the retained Fire Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2364/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (26 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the National Development Plan commitments on social housing are currently being fulfilled by Housing for All; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2366/23]