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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter regarding local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9823/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 416. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are social welfare supports available to persons undertaking a masters degree or if there is a saving clause in the rules of the back to education allowance scheme, BTEA, allowing it to be accessed in certain circumstances by post graduate students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9743/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Archives (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 501. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next five years of the papers will be published in view of the fact that the years 1818 to 1822 of the Chief Secretary's office registered papers by the National Archives are published. [10345/17]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on the Revised Macroeconomic Indicators: Discussion (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was shocked to hear that Peter had passed away. Obviously, the most important thing is to pass on our sympathies and condolences to his wife and family. Peter was somebody who was incredibly passionate about his particular area of interest, which was the whole area of banking. He had a passionate belief that the way in which we dealt with the financial crisis, given the responsibility of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on the Revised Macroeconomic Indicators: Discussion (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Do not forget about GNP.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on the Revised Macroeconomic Indicators: Discussion (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank everyone who has contributed today. I welcome the new measurements, because they help to give a more accurate picture of what is happening in the economy. People have already made the point about the practical problem that poses for how Europe measures us and what that means for official debt ratios, fiscal space and all of that. That is one dilemma but at least we now have...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on the Revised Macroeconomic Indicators: Discussion (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What would Professor Lane say on the vulnerability argument? We are much more vulnerable. I do not know how far he can venture into opinions on what is partly-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on the Revised Macroeconomic Indicators: Discussion (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The vulnerability is heightened now because the race to the bottom on corporate tax has intensified. I do not think anybody would dispute that. Whether one thinks it is good or bad, and I think it is very bad and dangerous, it has definitely intensified. The lights are flashing even more brightly in terms of our potential vulnerability. I do not know what Professor Lane thinks about that....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on the Revised Macroeconomic Indicators: Discussion (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Perhaps this is a question for both witnesses but it seems to me that on the statistics side, if there is a significant disparity between GNI* and GDP, and I welcome the new measurement as it at least gives us a fleshed out picture, does is it not also mean that to facilitate the full spectrum of debate around how we respond to the real state of the Irish economy, we need more statistics on...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on the Revised Macroeconomic Indicators: Discussion (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: At present, the CSO does not produce figures on wage share specifically. Mr. Dalton mentioned income and income distribution and I accept that but I refer to the measurement of wage share as a proportion of national income.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on the Revised Macroeconomic Indicators: Discussion (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have a one-liner-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on the Revised Macroeconomic Indicators: Discussion (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----to throw in. This might be useful information for all of us. I presume the levels of overcrowding in Irish housing is available in the census material. Has that been extrapolated?

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government does not even know how many private swimming pools there are.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet committee on health has met recently. [8468/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If the Cabinet committee on health is worth anything at all, it should be concerned, as a priority, with the extreme suffering of people in this country who need urgent medical help. Has the committee discussed the situation of Sarah-Ann Mitchell and the promise made three weeks ago by the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, to meet her mother, Karen? Sarah-Ann is suffering from scoliosis...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I most certainly am not.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do so at the request of the parents whose children are suffering.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister promised action would be taken three weeks ago.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The goalposts have been changed.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not what the Minister of State told us in November.