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Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It would be fine if I had three or four minutes but then I would be running into Private Members' time.

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have no desire to drag out this, but I would have needed more than 30 seconds.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (1 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will calculate the extra revenue that would be created by introducing the following changes in income tax rates: a 50% band rate on earnings between €100,000 and €140,000; a 55% rate on earnings between €140,000 and €180,000; a 60% rate on earnings between €180,000 and €250,000; and a 65% rate on earnings...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Transactions Tax (1 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will calculate the additional revenue that would be raised by introducing the EU Commission's proposed financial transaction tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28558/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (1 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will calculate the extra revenue raised by imposing a 12.5% minimum effective corporate tax rate on gross trading profits before deductions and allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28559/14]

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (2 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the fact that the Horizon 2020 Agreement, which in principle includes the new EU guidelines that prevent any EU funding going to companies based in illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land, and in view of the fact that it contains an appendix stating Israel does not recognise the new guidelines,...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (2 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The tragic killing of three Israeli teenagers in the settlement areas on the West Bank and the subsequent brutal response of the Israeli state and the killing of six Palestinians since the abduction has brought into sharp focus the issue of Israel's illegal settlements. Why are we allowing Israel to draw on the Horizon 2020 €70 billion research and innovation fund when it has stated...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (2 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This really gets to the heart of the double standards that occur. Russia is accused by Europe of unacceptable behaviour and incursions into Crimea in Ukraine. Immediately, sanctions are put in place and action is taken because Europe maintains that Russia's behaviour is unacceptable. Israel does it on an ongoing basis and is engaged in what everybody acknowledges is an illegal occupation...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (2 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Israel cannot be believed. That is the point. I do not understand how the Minister believes Israel when it states that it disregards the guidelines in the agreement. In the Dáil the other day, we listened to an Israeli soldier who is a member of Breaking the Silence. This is a large organisation of Israeli soldiers that has produced a book entitled Our Harsh Logic. The Tánaiste...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (2 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: How will we police it?

European Council: Statements (2 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The whole issue of the selection of the President of the new European Commission, the question of who will be Ireland's Commissioner and so on bring into focus the problems that are facing the European Union, or rather the crisis it is facing and on which the Taoiseach touched when he spoke of the danger of Britain pulling out. Perhaps this more generally reflects the dramatic rise of...

European Council: Statements (2 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not true.

European Council: Statements (2 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On Ukraine, if I can put the question clearly and in context for the Minister of State because Deputy Martin's mischaracterisation of our position is not helpful in clarifying the views on this. It is extraordinary that when Deputy Clare Daly clearly indicated her outright opposition to Russian activities in Crimea and Ukraine, as I have done, Deputy Martin mischaracterises our position as...

Mental Health Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I commend Sinn Féin on raising this issue. In two minutes, one can say very little but I want to make a general point and a specific point. The mental health crisis is serious and getting worse. As well as dealing with such matters as treatment and facilities, one also must ask the question, "Why?" There is a clear documented relationship between the rise in unemployment and the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Egyptian Conflict (2 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he is taking regarding the State repression in Egypt of journalists, political activists and protestors including mass arrests, imprisonment and mass passing of death sentences; if he will summon the Egyptian Ambassador in Ireland to a meeting to convey the Irish Government concern and in particular concern...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (2 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will instruct community welfare officers to give rent allowance to housing applicants who apply for rent support in areas other than the functional area of the council with whom they have made their housing application, if such families have been forced to seek private rented accommodation outside their local authority area; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Inspections (2 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 172. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 771 of 30 April 2014, if he will arrange an urgent inspection of a facility (details supplied) in Dublin 7, to establish whether it is at an acceptable standard of maintenance, particularly in respect of toilets, shower area, lack of a lift, the need for repainting, privacy for patients aswell as general upkeep, hygiene...

Other Questions: Tax Code (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 9. To ask the Minister for Finance in the interests of fairness and economic sustainability in his budget deliberations, his views on increasing taxes on higher earners over €100,000; his further views on introducing wealth taxes and seeking a larger tax contribution from the corporate and financial sector as an alternative to further public spending cuts and as a means of financing...

Other Questions: Tax Code (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I strongly agree with the Minister's sentiments about so-called experts in the media. They drive me bonkers. When we oppose measures such as a property tax, the universal social charge and water charges the Minister states we do not have alternatives to propose. When we call for big programmes of investment in social housing, which would deal with the threat of a property bubble, the...

Other Questions: Tax Code (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is a fairly standard answer and is fairly non-illuminating. Preparations are being made for the budget and already very harsh measures have been imposed on low and middle income earners among whom there is growing poverty. There is also the growing phenomenon of the working poor and huge numbers of people at the low and middle end have no incentive to work. What incentive do low and...