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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Let us have 50% social and affordable on all developments, as we have asked for.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Let us have 50% social and affordable of all housing.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Apartheid does not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Israel is an apartheid-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We do not agree with that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As equals.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and public services will meet next. [21751/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is a local issue but it speaks volumes about a bigger one. I was pretty shocked by an advertisement I was sent last night relating to Dalkey Garda station, which is up for sale. It has been sitting derelict for about a decade. I cannot believe it is being sold. Local community groups and other organisations are crying out for spaces to use, we have a massive housing crisis, there is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Change Policy (22 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the final Climate Action Plan 2023 progress report, published by his Department in March 2024. [22691/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Change Policy (22 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Any sensible person knows there is a climate and biodiversity emergency and that, if we do not address them, we will be in trouble. As much as the far right want to deny it, the impacts will cost our society very dearly. We have to recognise that large numbers of people have become alienated from the climate action and biodiversity action agenda because they see climate action as a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Foreign Conflicts (22 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 15. To ask the Taoiseach to report on any recent discussions he has had with other world leaders in connection with the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [22692/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Foreign Conflicts (22 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The people of this country in their majority have long recognised Palestine. Finally, the Government has caught up with the people. It is a pity it has taken seven months of a genocidal massacre in Gaza and decades of ethnic cleansing by Israel, illegal occupation, the siege of Gaza and brutal suppression of Palestinian rights, but it is a step forward. It will mean very little if it is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Foreign Conflicts (22 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is it seven minutes or two minutes?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Foreign Conflicts (22 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We probably would not have enough time.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance if, given the urgency of boosting housing supply, he is considering further changes to the residential zoned land tax to accelerate activation of residential zoned land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22766/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is planning further taxation measures to address property speculation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22767/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering additional taxation measures in budget 2025 to address dereliction and long-term vacancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22765/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 104. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider his plans to reinstate higher excise on fuel in August; if he will outline, given the increased costs of living on ordinary people, what the cost impact will be on households and business from increasing taxes on fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22763/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering in budget 2025 introducing a wealth tax on the top 5% of wealthiest households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22764/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are plans to sell the former Dalkey Garda station site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22648/24]