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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Chairman made reference to a crisis situation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am the only person you interrupt.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We are facing a crisis in this country.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: What comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Chairman made a statement earlier relating to the issue of inviting multinationals when in a crisis situation. I cannot remember the exact wording.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I paraphrased the Chairman.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I did.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I did. We can read the record and see what the Chairman said.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay. That is the exact comment. That was in the context of a discussion of whether we should bring in representatives of multinationals. We should be crisis-driven because our public finances are in the most severe crisis they have ever faced.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Vótáil.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I anticipated that the Minister might present that argument. I would argue strongly, however, that there is a fundamental distinction at issue here. In one case, we are talking about somebody who has expressed the belief that there are no circumstances in which it is justified to carry out a termination to save a woman's life. Quite a number of medical practitioners have expressed that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I find it extraordinary that there has been an attempt to block a simple request to bring before the joint committee representatives of a number of multinational companies, including Google, Facebook and Apple, which have been accused in a number of quarters internationally of engaging in aggressive tax avoidance, in order that members will be able to ask them questions on the matter. It...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I will repeat what I said. I used the words "it remains to be seen".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not a presumption.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not accuse anybody of dishonesty. I stated it remains to be seen whether they would be dishonest.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It remains to be seen whether the multinational companies would give us the inside track on their tax avoidance strategies. The companies at the centre of these allegations are based here and Ireland has been directly accused in the United States, Britain and elsewhere of facilitating aggressive tax avoidance by multinational companies. It defies belief that there does not appear to be a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes. It is beyond belief that we cannot discuss the issue and bring the people at the centre of this controversy before the sub-committee to ask them some questions.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I support this amendment. It is a very reasonable one that underlines the need for the State to make a commitment to the care and protection of women. The Minister has pointed out that maternity services in the State have a good record but there have been significant concerns expressed by individuals in the aftermath of cases such as that of Ms Savita Halappanavar. Owing to traditional...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It was mentioned in the context of amendment No. 47. The Minister should consider tabling an amendment on Report Stage with the same effect as amendment No. 76.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The amendment provides that a person who has indicated publicly his or her opposition to abortion or terminations in the circumstances outlined in the Bill should be excluded from any panel charged with making decisions in that regard. There is at least a danger that such a person might bring his or her personal views or biases to bear in making a judgment as to whether a woman has an...