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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are not doing that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Israel is not interested in peace.

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (28 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: All of our hearts go out to the five-year-old girl and her carer who were the victims of a horrendous and tragic event. However, the expressions of bewilderment from the Government or An Garda Síochána about how the unfolding events could have happened are, to be honest, quite staggering. People, and not just us but others, who are watching the far right have been warning how...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In the 1980s Governments across the world stubbornly resisted the demand to impose sanctions on the apartheid South African regime for its horrible racist system. It took people power and the resistance of black people in South Africa to eventually force the world to recognise that apartheid South Africa had no place in the civilised world. When the Taoiseach is having discussions with the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (28 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The numbers are creeping up though.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (28 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: One of the major obstacles to child welfare is access to suitable secure housing accommodation. I highlight the case of a young mother, Jamie, with two children, Cody and Brody, aged two and four, who have both been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy. This is probably a unique diagnosis in the world. The doctors do not know of any other. She is living with her two...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (28 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why a person (details supplied) is receiving a reduced rate of social welfare of €129.70; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52213/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales (28 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 415. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to report on the general scheme of Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022, which seeks to reform alcohol licensing legislation in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52136/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (28 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options for Irish citizens who have family members in Gaza in terms of refugee or family reunification programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52374/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance his views and recommendations with regard to introducing a wealth tax;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51575/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (23 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the basis of his projection for inflation in 2024 of 2.9% when the annual inflation rate in September was 6.4%, and has been increasing recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46961/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (23 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has reviewed the report on Section 481 tax relief from the Budget Scrutiny Committee; what actions he is planning in relation to the recommendations from that report, in particular those with regard to quality employment and training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51574/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (23 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is planning to implement the recommendations of the report on Section 481 tax relief from the Budget Scrutiny Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51573/23]

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Let us just press it to a vote.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have had the discussion at length but the Minister is giving an extra €50 million on top of the €100 million that goes to the film industry. Other money is going in as well. We want the film industry to thrive. We want more money to go into it but we do not believe it is right that, despite the perception of the film industry as terribly glamorous, for the vast majority of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Housing Policy (22 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 12. To ask the Taoiseach to provide a progress report on Housing for All for which his Department is responsible. [51156/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Housing Policy (22 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Jennifer Bray recently did a fact check on the Government's Housing for All progress and it was pretty revealing. She revealed that in 2022, the Government's target for affordable housing was 4,100, but what it actually delivered was 1,757. In fact, it was really less because it had included 750 approvals for the first time buyers scheme, and there was actually only 137 draw-downs. This...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (22 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The well-being framework refers to the issue of quality of employment. In that context, I draw the Taoiseach's attention once again to issues that will be discussed later this evening during the debate on the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023. Deputies from Sinn Féin and the Labour Party and I have put forward amendments to the Bill advocating on behalf of people who work in the arts, such as...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (22 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I also want to ask when the referendum will take place on the right to housing that the Government promised, and when it would be inserted into the Constitution. Will it renege on the promise to have that referendum during the course of this Government or will it keep that promise? I have no doubt that the Taoiseach may say - because he has certainly said it in the past - that inserting a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (22 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland, overseen by his Department. [51155/23]