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Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have. I will return to the example I gave earlier as it underlines the point we made on Committee Stage on the CRSS. It is that various Covid-related income supports have been made available but very significant groups have been left out. I acknowledge that many of these are important interventions to support the incomes of people who have been significantly affected in that they are...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 59: In page 29, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “12.Within four weeks of the passing of this Act, the Minister shall produce a report on whether the Covid Restriction Support Scheme is accessible to and has provided meaningful financial support for self-employed/lone traders in sectors such as the taxi industry, music, arts, live entertainment...

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The vote was very close, with a very narrow majority supporting the Government amendment not to pay our student nurses and midwives - a disgraceful decision. Since the margin is so close, under Standing Order 83(3)(b), we call for a vote other than by electronic means in order to give all the Government Deputies from Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party a moment to reflect on...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 59. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the decision making bodies responsible for the allocation of the funds from the music industry stimulus package; the decision-making methodology used in deciding upon the successful applicants; the amounts awarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40629/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the process through which a company (details supplied) was selected to be the public relations company assigned to work with successful applicants of the music industry stimulus package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40630/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 61. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to run a further fund similar in scope to the music industry stimulus package from the €50 million fund for the non-funded live entertainment sector arising from budget 2021; if she will use the same bodies involved in awarding monies of the stimulus package; if she will alter the manner in which applications are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 89. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure that all those in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment who are due arrears receive the arrears before Christmas 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40747/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 111. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Mother and Baby Commission report will be published; the records that will be accessible; the records that will be sealed; the length of time they will be sealed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40748/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 150. To ask the Minister for Health if there is guidelines or regulations governing the charging of patients by general practitioners to email prescriptions to pharmacists using the national electronic prescriptions transfer system including repeat prescriptions before and during Covid-19 restrictions; and if so, the amount agreed as appropriate to charge a patient for this service; and if he...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In the programme for Government, the Government committed to returning the support of healthcare workers for their willingness to protect us all. Last night, Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Green Party betrayed their promise to healthcare workers, in particular student nurses and midwives, by voting to delete the People Before Profit-Solidarity motion calling for those workers to be...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----to make the Government hold to its promise in the programme for Government to reward our front-line healthcare workers, including student nurses and midwives, for their work in protecting us all.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government took the money.

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The amendments are in my name but I am hoping to hear from the Minister before I get a chance to respond.

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is a cruel irony in the exclusion of certain groups of people, whose incomes and employment have been hardest hit by the pandemic, from a scheme which is called the Covid restrictions support scheme. The threshold for this support is turnover being down by 25% to cover the ongoing costs which businesses have. I refer to insurance, fuel, maintenance and repayment costs. Since March, I...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was hoping the Minister would respond to the direct point I am making about that group before I make my final contribution.

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay. The same argument that I made for the musicians and the crews, who I want to emphasise are behind the musicians, applies to the taxi drivers. The taxi drivers' income is either non-existent because is not worth going out on the road or, for those who go out on the road, is down approximately 70%. They have repayments on their cars. How are they supposed to make them? A taxi driver...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is being pressed. On a point of order, can I ask what happens if we call a vote now because there are seven committees meeting in Leinster House and Deputies, certainly, in the case of our group, are attending them? There is no way many of those Deputies would be able to make it over for a vote.

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am merely pointing out that many Deputies would be disenfranchised if we called a vote. I am minded to call a vote but it is a little unfair on all the Deputies attending committees in Leinster House. Maybe we had not envisaged it. We are in a difficult position. It is a bit of a problem.

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In the interest of fairness to others who have amendments and to the Deputies who would not be able to make it, I have no choice. Maybe it is a matter for the Business Committee to consider, that is, that the possibility of votes clashing with committees meeting in Leinster House is a real problem. However, I have to be reasonable and, therefore, I will only press the amendment to a voice vote.

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As the Ceann Comhairle knows.