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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (22 Jan 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 450. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a report of the work of Ballymun Regeneration Limited, Dublin, to date including a report on the consultation process with local residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2582/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Investigations (22 Jan 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 672. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure there is an immediate independent inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) [3143/13]

Social Welfare (Amnesty) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Jan 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I commend Deputy Ó Snodaigh and his Sinn Féin colleagues on the introduction of this Bill, which is welcome for a number of reasons. I will speak in a moment about the specific provisions in the legislation which will offer an amnesty to people who have been overpaid, in most cases through no fault of their own. It is extremely important for us to highlight an issue that is raised...

Other Questions: Tax Yield (17 Jan 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Ceann Comhairle, I have another question.

Other Questions: Tax Yield (17 Jan 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is twice I did not get a supplementary question.

Other Questions: Tax Yield (17 Jan 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Everybody else gets a second question.

Other Questions: Tax Yield (17 Jan 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That response is completely inadequate. We had a report that over a six year period Google had €47 billion in sales but had paid only €69.9 million in corporation tax, an effective rate of less than 1%. In replies to questions I had tabled to the Minister for Finance it was revealed that in 2010 total gross profits in this country made by corporations amounted to €70...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bank Debt Restructuring (17 Jan 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The European Commission, in its recent review of our circumstances, suggested that if growth, particularly that in the domestic economy, continues to remain poor and does not rise to the desired level and if the issue of chronic mass long-term unemployment is not dealt with, there is a real danger that our debt will become unsustainable. The rating agencies consider our debt to be junk....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Code (17 Jan 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Where would they go?

Further Education and Training: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Jan 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The cuts the Government is planning to impose on the further education sector are retrograde, stupid and defy any logic. The Government regularly claims that its priorities are to create jobs, re-skill and retrain those who have lost jobs in order to prepare them for a return to employment and to protect the vulnerable against the impact of austerity and cuts. The cuts in the further...

Order of Business (17 Jan 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am opposing it.

Order of Business (17 Jan 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In respect of Deputy Martin's comments, the phrase about the pot calling the kettle black comes rushing to mind.

Order of Business (17 Jan 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The amnesia has settled deep into the consciousness of Fianna Fáil because it used to regularly punish dissidents. Deputy Mattie McGrath over there-----

Order of Business (17 Jan 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The substantive point is correct. The Government promised to be different. It promised a democratic revolution and a new level of accountability but is clearly closing down dissent through this move. If we want to have a genuinely diverse Parliament, the idea that Members should be removed from these positions as soon as they disagree with the Government does not sit well with the promise...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister thinks we are all saving our money.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: "Squeeze" is the word.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is in tatters.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The rich are saving.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (17 Jan 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the most up to date figures on corporate profits declared and corporate taxes paid for 2011 and 2012 with a detailed break-down in the application of allowances, deductions and write-downs applied to declared profits, reducing the total corporate tax liability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1932/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Jan 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the claim that the effective corporation tax rate is 11.9% when the total corporation tax paid suggests a far lower effective tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1931/13]