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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (6 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can I raise a point of order?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (6 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not intend to, and will not, disrupt the order of the Dáil. We had a long discussion yesterday and, as you know, proceedings are ongoing about that. There will be more discussion about the issue of money messages. However, I want to get some clarity on precisely what happened to the arrangements for today. The communications that we got leave very big questions in my mind as to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (6 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have one last question. Given that we only received the correspondence at 9 p.m. on Monday, was it your expectation that we could then in that short period submit another motion for the slot, notwithstanding debate about the motion? I just want clarity about how all that unfolded.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (6 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not going to discuss the substantial issue or ask you----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (6 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to clarify one point. The vote that we took yesterday still included a slot for Solidarity-People Before Profit, did it not? That slot remained in the arrangements for today this morning.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (6 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Because the business we submitted was disallowed.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (6 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Somebody else's motion.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (6 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It was not our motion.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (6 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 197. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will examine the case of a crèche (details supplied) and extend the deadline for displacement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45774/19]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Are we discussing section 74?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I commend Deputy Pearse Doherty on bringing this up. He has made all the relevant points. I have raised this point a number of times. Could the Minister tell us the tax expenditure for intra-group transactions in the latest available figures? It has increased dramatically in recent years. Revenue provides a table on expenditures, credits and reliefs for corporate tax. I do not have the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Minister have that figure?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That cannot be true.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 121: In page 120, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “Report on second home tax and landlord’s tax 74. Within 6 months of the passing of this Act, the Minister shall produce a report on abolishing the local property tax for family homes and establishing, instead a second home tax and a landlord’s tax that would be imposed on the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister could simply engineer a provision to raise the same money. I will withdraw my amendment but reintroduce it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My amendment No. 120 was ruled out of order but I am sure it was an entirely legitimate decision by the Chairman.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will try to resubmit my amendment but I want to put the issue on the record for the committee so that it can be raised on Report Stage. I call on the Minister to look again at the section 481 film tax relief. We have discussed the relief at length and I acknowledge that he has been very positive in his engagement and response to some of the points that I raised. Indeed, new guidelines...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As the Chairman knows, I am speaking to the section.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sure that the Minister will agree that the arts are very important.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will make another point on why I think this matter is in the interest of the Minister, and not just from the point of view of the employees. This issue is important for workers. They have the right to accumulate rights as workers. They have the right, after spending a decade or two in an industry, not to be completely insecure as to their prospects of future employment. They are...