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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is all to play for, as it were.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As Ms Coogan said, however, if a Minister said that in order to get section 481 there have to be certain minimum requirements in contracts-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I understood from our guests that the forum is envisaged as a single-day affair. If it is to go beyond that, that will be up to the forum, the Houses, the Ministers and so on. That is as far as we have got. There will be this event and there will be a report. Is that an accurate characterisation of where we are at?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is a fair question and a good challenge.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is a reasonable consideration. In establishing a forum where the different stakeholders come together and consider the problems, it should not be a one-off. Trying to get a balance between those two things is worth considering. I do not have all the answers, but I do not think everything will be resolved in a day. It would be a good step forward, however. We all need to think about...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I accept the point made by Ms Donaghy that there is incredible talent in the industry. Neither the committee nor any of the members are trying to talk down the creative ability and potential of the Irish film industry and all those who work down it. Far from it. We could bolster that potential significantly if we resolved some of these issues, however. I hope we are all on the same page....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the process for allocating school buses to schools or to areas within the greater Dublin area. [3120/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (24 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will lift the mandatory 90-day period for being declared homeless for HAP tenants if the tenant finds a property before the 90 days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3173/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Middle East (24 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 193. To ask the Minister for Health if, in light of the worsening humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza, the alarming rate of conflict-related injury and illness affecting children there, the rate at which children are made orphans there, the destruction of Gazan hospitals, and the severe pressures on hospitals in the wider region, he is aware of calls to host Palestinian orphans in severe...

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling the motion on housing. I do not think we need to pore over the litany of failures of the Government. The facts and reality speak for themselves in terms of the catastrophic situation we are now facing with the human misery the housing and home crisis is inflicting. There are record numbers of people in emergency accommodation. People are absolutely...

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government is trying to deliberately mislead the public and this House about its shameful failure to discharge its responsibilities under the genocide convention. On 22 November, People Before Profit tabled a motion in the Dáil through which we appealed to the Government to discharge its responsibilities under the convention, which I remind the Government are not about holding...

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That was our idea; it was the Opposition's proposal.

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is a fact.

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No, it did not.

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No, it did not.

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It did not.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (23 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Saint John of God Community Services is facing a funding crisis. The organisation has informed me that a meeting of the board is taking place this Thursday. If the €32 million deficit, which the HSE and the Government were supposed to address, and additional funding is not made available, it will not be able to provide services. We need to understand there are 8,000 children in its...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are a lot of issues that will have to be dealt with in the Covid inquiry but certain things are beyond question. The Irish health service is operating at near 100% capacity. Most countries in Europe operate at about 80% to 85%. If we are hit with further public health emergencies or major accidents, unless we have a buffer within our health system, which means additional capacity so...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is because they ripped it apart.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Just ban them.