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- Other Questions: Tax Compliance (24 Oct 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is that net or gross?
- Other Questions: Tax Compliance (24 Oct 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I will study the details of the raids made by Revenue's joint investigation units afterwards. Those are interesting facts. I can tell the Minister, however, that the raid which I think was prompted by my question in July on the Dolphin's Barn refurbishment site was a joke. It took place in the canteen. People were invited to come into the canteen rather than officials from Revenue and the...
- Other Questions: Tax Compliance (24 Oct 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That was my question.
- Other Questions: Tax Compliance (24 Oct 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I would welcome any action by the Government on this matter and indeed the raid on that site that followed the question I raised with the Minister. The problem is that it has not come with a proper outcome. The workers involved received notification from Revenue that they started their employment in August following the question I raised here in July, even though they were on site in July...
- Other Questions: Tax Compliance (24 Oct 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Because I have another question. The Minister's answer related to other matters I had not asked about.
- Other Questions: Tax Compliance (24 Oct 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I was responding to the Minister's comment about raids.
- Other Questions: Tax Compliance (24 Oct 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is what I was responding to.
- Other Questions: Tax Compliance (24 Oct 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not say that.
- Catalonia: Statements (24 Oct 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: He did not mention a name.
- Catalonia: Statements (24 Oct 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I lived in Granada in Spain for a year. I have great love for Spanish culture and the Spanish people. However, I can do nothing but condemn in the strongest possible terms the outrageous repression, violence and brutality being meted out by the Spanish state against an entirely peaceful movement. I find it quite extraordinary that our Government along with the main Opposition party -...
- Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 Oct 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister has praised the budget for what he would see as its prudence and pragmatism as against what he might imagine would be our more extreme or radical approaches to the budget. Fianna Fáil has largely supported the Minister, although it wants its cake and to be able to eat it, by taking credit for what its sees as the good measures in the budget but distancing itself from its...
- Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 Oct 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I propose the adjournment of the debate.
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Why is it that the Government feels it is necessary and possible to introduce emergency measures and emergency legislation to cut people's pay, to bail out banks or, as Deputy Murphy, said, to show its capacity in a good sense to take emergency measures in the face of a hurricane hitting this country? Governments can take emergency measures, marshal resources in an urgent way, which it would...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Oct 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 22. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a report (details supplied) shows that nine out of ten persons would favour a wealth tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44721/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Application (24 Oct 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 29. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will correct the anomaly that sees pre-1995 public sector pensioners pay the universal social charge on all their income, while all other recipients of the State pension are exempt from USC on that portion of their income resulting in these persons being worse off than other persons that receive the State pension; and if he will make a statement on...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (24 Oct 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of deductions, allowances and reliefs allowing corporations to reduce their tax liability under headings such as intra-agency transfers, research and development, losses brought forward and other such headings; his views on whether such reliefs, deductions and allowances are facilitating large scale tax avoidance and represent bad value as tax...
- Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: As I said before the adjournment of the debate last night, despite repeated claims by the Government of its success in inducing economic growth and restoring the fortunes of the economy, the truth is the budget did not allocate enough money to solve the housing and homelessness emergencies. It did not allocate enough money to deal with the shambles and crisis in the public health service....
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (25 Oct 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to talk about the risk of fire. After the Grenfell Tower fire, much concern was expressed about the housing stock in this country. Kevin Hollingsworth, a chartered surveyor, stated that up to 40% of the housing stock built during the Celtic Tiger period was non-compliant with fire safety standards and compartmentation requirements to stop the spread of fire and there were promises of...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (25 Oct 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To hell with fire safety, it would appear. I asked about fire safety.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (25 Oct 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have been asking for two weeks.