Results 16,761-16,780 of 27,080 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 961. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reverse his decision to abolish the rehabilitative training allowance from 1 September 2019 for persons with disabilities that are applying to do a rehabilitative training programme in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35500/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 962. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person (details supplied) can access treatment they require. [35503/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1555. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available for sports facilities; the way to apply for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34712/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1556. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of fully electrifying the national public transport bus fleet. [34714/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1914. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of deep retrofitting all local authority and social housing stock to the highest standard by unit; and the cost of installing solar panels in the same housing stock. [34715/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Unlike the witnesses, I am an opponent of SARP. It is difficult for many people to swallow the fact that these extremely highly-paid executives get this tax relief. Given that there are so many other tax reliefs available, and that such large profits are being made by the corporations coming in here, what evidence do the witnesses have that there would be any less investment by these...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will return to the issue of research and development and direct expenditure by universities, grants or whatever else, as opposed to research and development tax relief. Would our guests accept that it is going to a relatively small number of private corporations? Do they know what the comparison is between how much is going in direct expenditure as against the approximately €700...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I had not read the figures helpfully provided by our secretariat on the beneficiaries, their numbers and the salary range. It would shock many people to learn that a small but significant number of incredibly well-paid individuals are paying less tax than they are. The salary ranges about which we are talking are morally shocking. It is worth noting that 359 people who have incomes of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is the amount of tax relief. That is the tax break.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A person can be given three times the average industrial wage in tax relief.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will make one additional brief comment. That is morally repugnant. Aside from the morality, Ms Gunnell is making a pragmatic argument that these people would not come here otherwise. She has mentioned other jurisdictions with which we are competing and which have similar tax break schemes for these incredibly well-paid people. Has the Irish Tax Institute carried out a comparison with...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does Ms Gunnell believe it is a relevant question?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Ms Gunnell.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy will next meet. [37385/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (17 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he and his European counterparts are making to ensure human and democratic rights in China, particularly in view of the recent protests in Hong Kong; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37381/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Residential Tenancies Board (18 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will intervene in eviction attempts by two owners of properties (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37383/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Residential Tenancies Board (18 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In the Public Gallery we have three groups of tenants comprising more than 100 families and individuals facing eviction at the hands of vulture funds. One group is from the constituency of the Minister. They reside in Grove Park, South Richmond Street and Rosedale Terrace. Val Issuer DAC, a vulture fund, is trying to evict them. Another group is from my area. They reside in St. Helen's...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Residential Tenancies Board (18 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: All three of these cases demonstrate that the Minister's legislation is riddled with loopholes for unscrupulous vulture funds, which lack any compassion or humanity. The Minister's laws make assumptions about landlords - and I am sure there are many individual landlords out there who care about their tenants and have a scintilla of compassion or humanity - but these three cases demonstrate...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Residential Tenancies Board (18 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The tax breaks the Government has given these people and the meetings that were held in 2013 with Deputy Noonan who invited them in have created the conditions in which these vultures are operating. I repeat that the measures mentioned by the Minister do not address the problems that are faced by these people. It is no good for the Minister to say he is independent of the RTB. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Residential Tenancies Board (18 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They have found a way around it.