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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not sure whether the Taoiseach answered on whether the Cabinet committee on housing will meet before the summer recess. He might repeat what he said if he did. It is very important the housing committee meets before the summer recess to tackle a number of things. One of them is the one I have mentioned as it is a serious issue, namely, that the eligibility criteria for cost rental do...

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As an urban Deputy, I am obviously very conscious that I do not have the day-to-day experience of what is happening in rural Ireland. In that regard, I have to rely to a large extent on insights from those whose judgment I trust. As a result, some of what I will say will reflect what I have heard from people who are living in rural Ireland and who have particular views about what is going...

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Some 30% of it is in the southern region. The areas that have the least of it are the west and north, which has only 14% of the wealth. As can be seen, there is a stark inequality in the distribution of wealth.

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: However, if you marry that with some other facts that we saw in the Teagasc survey on farm incomes published in recent days, you can see that average farm incomes vary radically. Again, there are gross and shocking inequalities. The average dairy farmer has an income of €97,000. I am sure there are plenty of medium-sized dairy farmers who do not have that size of income, so we can...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Taxation of Assets and Wealth: Discussion with Oxfam (14 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, should we first hear from Dr. Killian?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Taxation of Assets and Wealth: Discussion with Oxfam (14 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It would be good to hear from her as well.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Taxation of Assets and Wealth: Discussion with Oxfam (14 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Mr. Clarken and Mr. Murtagh of Oxfam and Professor Killian for their contributions. I am very glad the committee is examining this. As Mr. Clarken said, it is a discussion whose time has come. I would say it is overdue but it has never been more appropriate that it should happen. I overwhelmingly agree with what Oxfam said. What it is proposing in its wealth tax proposal is, if...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Taxation of Assets and Wealth: Discussion with Oxfam (14 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Billion or million?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Taxation of Assets and Wealth: Discussion with Oxfam (14 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will we get to hear a response from-----

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate whether a person (details supplied) has applied for home tuition for a person, as advised by her Department; if an EWO can engage with the family urgently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27321/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (13 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 863. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for asylum which was made in 2021 is being processed for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27319/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (13 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 864. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if asylum seekers can engage in third level programmes or apprenticeships if they have a permit to work but are waiting for their asylum application to be granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27320/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (13 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 925. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will be granted their IRP renewal as soon as possible as they have experienced a very lengthy wait and have since been let go from their current employment and cannot access and welfare claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28261/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 962. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is reluctant to accept the UN recommendation for countries to leave untouched all peat soils of 10 cm depth rather than afforesting and reafforesting sites with peat depths of 30 cm, 40 cm and even 50 cm deep peat, as alluded to in Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 26 April 2023; if he can at least assure this Deputy that he...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (15 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is a huge irony in people who oppose a two-state solution in Ireland supporting it in Palestine. Nobody believes partition is an acceptable solution here, yet somehow we think the ethnic and racist partition of Palestine is a solution. Nobody in Palestine believes that any more. They increasingly recognise that the Oslo Accords were a smokescreen through which Israel would continue...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Relations (15 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would like the Taoiseach to comment on the imprisonment of Mr. Rached Ghannouchi. He is the elected Speaker of the Tunisian Parliament. I met his son at a Palestinian solidarity conference in Oslo a few weeks ago. He is very worried about his father because he is 81 years old. Mr. Ghannouchi is a renowned human rights activist and writer and was a central figure in the Arab Spring....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (15 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We were just attacking her bias.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (15 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (15 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is a shocking statement.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (15 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a shocking statement.