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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Joint Labour Committees (7 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment given that employers, security officers and trade unions had up to 2 January 2024 to enter submissions and that almost one month has elapsed since; when he plans to sign the Security Industry Joint Labour Committee Employment Regulation Order draft proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5467/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed date for the completed construction of the Dún Laoghaire Education Together National School; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5125/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the Department is calculating the data which allocates special education teachers and the adjustments made based on complex needs; if the Department has received this data and will report on it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5126/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (7 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 345. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that has been spent by the Legal Aid Board to personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers under the PIA Review of the Legal Aid Service for 2022 and 2023; the details of these payments; the companies and individuals that received same; the amount received by each company and individual; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (7 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 346. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that has been accrued, but is as yet unpaid, by the Legal Aid Board to personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers under the PIA Review of the Legal Aid Service since its inception in 2016 to date; the details of these liabilities; the companies to which they are owed; and if she will make a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are settlers.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Waiting lists for driving tests are ridiculously long. In my area, which is the worst in the country, it is over 50 weeks. Nationally it is about 30 weeks. In many cases this means jobs are lost for people who have jobs that are dependent on having a driving licence. People may have relatives they need to care for, including elderly, vulnerable or disabled relatives, and they need a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is 50 weeks in my area.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Dead right.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I believe the Minister stated that the projected revenues for next year are €24 billion. Will the Minister confirm that? Could the Minister tell us what are the corresponding projected pre-tax profits? Working back on previous years, that would suggest €400 billion of pre-tax profits. I would be interested if the Minister could confirm that. Those allowances, credits,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Their profits have as well.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance the latest projections for corporate tax revenue, given the introduction of 15% effective corporate tax rate for 2024 and 2025; and if he is satisfied that 15% will in reality be an effective tax rate. [4572/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: One of the great untold stories of the Irish economy is the fact that over the last 15 years or so, working people were hammered, first, with an austerity crisis and, more recently, a cost-of-living crisis, yet in that period corporate profits increased, for example, by 235% from 2012 to 2021. Some of us campaigned for those corporations to pay more. We now have a 15% rate, something the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The big question is if there is actually going to be an effective rate of 15%. That itself is still a very low rate compared with what ordinary workers pay. I would argue that previously, the 12.5% was not effective. In 2021, there were €250 billion of pre-tax profits on which €15 billion was paid in corporation tax. That is a rate of 6.1% and it is due to the taxable income...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he intends to act on the motion passed by Dáil Éireann in October 2022 in favour of free public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4625/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline how he intends to address the impact of the shortage of drivers on the delivery of bus services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4626/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a digital tax on digital and social media companies, as an alternative method of funding public service broadband to replace the regressive and widely discredited TV licence model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4569/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Data Centres (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a specific tax on data centres given their high impact on our energy and resource infrastructure. [4571/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Film Industry (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 125. To ask the Minister for Finance the penalties he is considering on film production companies found to be in breach of their requirement and obligation for receiving section 481 film tax credit funding, given the recent Workplace Relations Commission rulings against a company (details supplied) for its failure to uphold the employment rights and blacklisting of 38 film crew; if he intends...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 145. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider and introduction of a wealth tax, given recent reports by an organisation (details supplied) and the Central Bank on the wealth distribution showing ever growing concentration of wealth in the hands of the very wealthiest households. [4570/24]