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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (26 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I nominate Deputy Nash.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Ministers and their teams for their contributions. The big thing people are thinking about at the moment is the surpluses the Government has announced and what might be done with them. The Minister said it would not be prudent, given the underlying deficit when we take out the windfall profits, to rely on revenues that may be vulnerable to significant changes in the future....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Do I have a bit more time or not?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If I am out of time, I am out of time.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am just asking if I am or am not out of time.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was just saying-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Cover-up.

Personal Explanation by Minister of State (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister of State did not really answer the question.

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the face of it, this Bill to protect our historic and archaeological heritage is a very good and welcome thing. Looking at the size of the Bill, some officials deserve thanks for putting it together and it is clear a lot of work has gone into it. I am not going to pretend at this stage, given we are only a few Deputies trying to cover all of the bases, that I have read all of it, but I...

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Well, if one has the time, one might as well use it. One of the newer areas of cultural output is film. The Committee on Budgetary Oversight, which is looking into the section 481 film credit, heard testimony from actors and performers about their lack of rights over their work, the performance that they put into what becomes part of our cultural heritage.

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I beg your pardon?

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is relevant because the Bill refers to mobile heritage, as far as I know. This is not just about physical landscapes and sites. It could be argued that our cinematic heritage and more recent cultural heritage deserves protection as well, where it is important. I do not know if that means we have to protect the site where "Game of Thrones" was filmed. That could be the subject of a...

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, "The Quiet Man" or "Darby O'Gill and the Little People". In all seriousness, a point I did not know until the performers made it at the committee, is that when movies are made, often by international film production companies in conjunction with companies based here, performers are required to sign buy-out contracts on their copyright or their intellectual property rights on their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she has any plans to re-open the residential institutions redress in order to accommodate those people who, due to the nature of their personal trauma, were unable to apply before the deadline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19975/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (25 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 8 February 2023, if a solution has been found yet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19199/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (25 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to avoid delays in the Leaving Certificate results this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18910/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (3 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is a republic. Whatever political differences there are, most of us identify with the aspect of it being a republic whereby we do not believe in kings and monarchs or inherited power and privilege, especially when it is associated with empire, colonialism and shocking inequalities between a tiny group among the royal aristocracy that has the inherited power and ordinary people. Against...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (3 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was canvassing in Derry and Strabane for the People Before Profit candidates over the past couple of weeks and I wish to mention a couple of issues which were of concern in that north-west area. First, on the Ulster University Magee campus, there have been promises after promises about expanding the investment and the capacity to build up that university, particularly when many people...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (3 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government is committed to a referendum on the most urgent issue of all in this country, namely the housing crisis. When will we know what that referendum is about? Somebody who would like to know and to whom I want to give a shout-out to is Martin Leahy, an accomplished musician who has come to the gates of the Dáil every Thursday for one year to sing a song called...

Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Second Stage (3 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the face of it, introducing a licensing system for those working in construction and quarrying, areas which can be dangerous and where lives can be lost, seems reasonable, as does streamlining the process and introducing a licensing authority. Given the shocking figures the HSA has produced on fatal and non-fatal accidents over the years, there seems to be merit in bringing in measures...