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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (19 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 530 of 11 December 2012, if he is satisfied that he has no obligation to ensure detailed consultation and full engagement between the Health Service Executive, the Irish Hospital Consultants Association and the Irish Medical Organisation in issues that impact on their members; if he does have an obligation in this regard if...
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I was called to speak.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is ironic that the Minister would ask for five minutes to reply, when he has ruthlessly guillotined the debate.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: -----because he would be better off working for them than designing taxes like this. This is farcical.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: These amendments highlight how farcical, how unfair and how full of anomalies, holes and injustices the Bill is.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Earlier this evening, the Minister revealed the prejudice that lies under his humour and intelligence, because he is funny and intelligent. Underlying his earlier comments was a deep prejudice. He said some people get up for work in the morning and walk past houses where other people do not get up for work in the morning, and why should they not make a contribution too? That gets to the...
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: They are out of work through the reckless behaviour of bankers and speculators and the mismanagement of the State by Fianna Fáil and by the Opposition who did not raise a voice against Fianna Fáil's facilitation of those developers, bankers and speculators. That is why they are out of work, not in a position to pay this tax and in negative equity. They had to pay enormous sums of...
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: This point has been raised with the Minister time and again. He gives us a comic routine in response.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not funny for the people who cannot make these payments. Government party Deputies do not like it now. They put the guillotine on.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government is breaking our economy and families and destroying lives and livelihoods. They do not like it when they cannot give a smart answer back.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister also made an erroneous comment about funding local government. He did not answer the point that local government will be charged. Local authorities will get nothing from the property tax this year but they will be liable to pay for every council house in their ownership and they will load that cost onto the rents of local authority tenants. Even if they get money, they will...
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The revolution in Russia was spurred on when the peasants joined up with those in the cities who were faced with injustice.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I did.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I thought we were told the troika was ruling.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The troika has slipped the Minister's memory.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not a tax on assets.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not a tax on assets.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Along with Deputy Mitchell.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Who is Groucho Marx now?
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to hear it.