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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I know the OPW does not operate it but it is a public-private partnership and the OPW is involved. Is that not correct?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The OPW has no influence whatsoever over what it does.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It would not be the intention but would it be allowed? We are going to miss our targets. Everybody knows that. One of the ways the Government has got out of that dilemma is by purchasing carbon credits - buying the right from other people to pollute more. I am just wondering if it allows for that.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not anymore?

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will probably only take ten minutes but you never know. I will try to keep to ten. This legislation comes before us every year. While we continue to operate a two-tier system of healthcare in this country, which we believe is fundamentally wrong, this legislation goes towards trying to keep premiums down for health insurers that cover a larger cohort of older people, particularly the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (21 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: One of the purposes of social dialogue is to address the question of poverty. I raise the issue, as the social welfare Bill begins its journey to the Dáil, of the fact that the series of one-off payments the Government is giving to help people with the crippling cost-of-living crisis as we head towards the winter will not be extended to people who are on short-term payments. This is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (21 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have four minutes and 39 seconds. We might as well use it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (21 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On another issue-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (21 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will be quick. It is on social dialogue so it is the same grouping. I brought up with the Taoiseach, as has Deputy Ó Murchú, on a number of occasions the budget scrutiny committee report on section 481. People before Profit, Sinn Féin and the Labour Party all have tabled amendments to the Finance Bill 2023 on the issue of employment conditions and remuneration for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (21 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Two precious minutes were wasted there. We will let it go.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (21 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have loads of say but I will not get it said in two minutes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is in the convention.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is in the convention.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is an amazing statement.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Listen to what the Israeli Government officials are saying.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not shouting the Taoiseach down.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sorry.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are able to live together.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (21 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [50903/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [50902/23]