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Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I can provide him with evidence of the factual misleading of the House and the defamation of the character of a Deputy.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It was not a dirty little trick.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Gender Proofing of Policies (16 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will gender-proof Budget 2013 before publication to ensure that women will not be disproportionately affected by cuts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44581/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (16 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has consulted or is planning to consult with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, in the interests of the imprescriptible rights of children with regard to any planned cuts to child benefit, back to school allowance, family income supplement, back to education allowance, carer's allowance, disability benefit and all other social...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: IFSC Clearing House Group (16 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide minutes for the meetings of the Clearing House Group for the past year. [44300/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council Meetings (16 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will discuss the general strike in Greece at the European Council meeting on 18 and 19 October 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41637/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (16 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount granted in tax relief for private health insurance for each respective income category ranging from those earning up to €10,000, €10,000 to €20,000, €20,000 to €50,000, €50,000 to €80,000, €80,000 to €120,000, €120,000 to €200,000, €200,000 to €300,000,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (16 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax that was foregone due to relief in approved retirement funds for each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44298/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (16 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Finance the total profits declared in Ireland by companies registered here for the past four years; the total assets of these same companies in this period; the percentage of the sales of these companies that the profits represent for each of the past four years; the percentage of the assets of these companies that the profits represent for each of the four years; the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (16 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of extra taxation that has come to the State as a result of the introduction of transfer pricing rules in the Finance Act 2010. [44301/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (16 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Finance the total profits of foreign subsidiaries of companies registered here; if Revenue will state the amount of extra taxation that would accrue as a result of the implementation of controlled foreign company regulations that would designate subsidiaries of Irish registered companies in other countries as taxable here. [44302/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (16 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the increased revenue figures that would result from increasing the effective tax rate on the top 5% of earners from the current rate of 36% to 50% and the top 10% from 33% to 40%. [44303/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (16 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of profits made by companies registered here in 2011; and the total amount of tax paid and to break down the profits and tax paid into bands starting from €0 to €100,000, €100,000 to €500,000, €500,000 to €1 million, €1 million to €5 million, €5 million to €20 million, €20...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (16 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies that pay tax in each of the corporate tax brackets; the amount of profits they declare; the amount of tax they pay and the average effective tax rate in tabular form. [44305/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Airports (16 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of security for Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44914/12]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (16 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost of Irish Army participation in the war in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44915/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Protection Issues (16 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Health in the interests of protecting vulnerable children, if he will make the necessary funds available to an organisation (details supplied) in County Dublin so that it will not have to reduce its service to the 140 families [44307/12]

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. We will support the Bill.

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Contrary to what the Government sometimes claims when something positive is being done we are willing to support it. The Bill deals with an important area. Given the huge levels of unemployment, the new education and training boards and the new agency, SOLAS, will have an important role to play in trying to upskill and retrain large sections of society who have been forced into unemployment...

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thought Fine Gael was the champion of small business, but obviously that is not the case. I have a real concern that those sorts of measures can benefit bigger suppliers of goods and services to the education system and to the education training boards at the expense of small and medium-sized businesses. On the issue of membership of the boards and so on, a number of submissions have...