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Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is this not another example of how there is one law for the rich in this country and one law for the poor? Does the Minister consider it appropriate that a Minister should benefit from such a tax relief-----

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and that such tax reliefs should exist for some of the wealthiest people in our society, when ordinary working people are being crucified with austerity measures to pay off bankers and bondholders?

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A Cheann Comhairle, why are they allowed continually to interrupt when I am speaking?

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are all in favour of protecting heritage and it is entirely legitimate to give support to people when they are not in a position to maintain heritage homes or any dwelling which has a heritage value. The Minister is right to say there are Georgian homes and so on in Dún Laoghaire and elsewhere where it is reasonable to give financial support or tax breaks to people who are not in a...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and that multimillionaires gain these tax reliefs.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is it not part of an architecture of tax reliefs that, as the latest revenue figures indicate, the 11,000 highest earners in this country pay an effective tax rate of only 29%? This is simply a way of protecting the rich from taxes, while ordinary working people are being crucified with levies, charges and cuts. Does the Minister think it is appropriate that a Minister should benefit from...

European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, my speaking time is directly after Deputy Halligan's. Could I give him five minutes of my time so that he gets 20 minutes?

European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Maybe we will do that.

Written Answers — Sale of State Assets: Sale of State Assets (13 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the latest report on plans to use the proceeds from the sale of State assets for shovel ready projects; if he will identify the projects that are being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28363/12]

Written Answers — Sale of State Assets: Sale of State Assets (13 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on plans to sell State assets as part of the Troika programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28362/12]

Public Sector Staff (13 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I asked the same question of the Minister in the autumn. As per the Minister's reply, I sought and obtained, and continue to receive, statistics on the number of contract and temporary staff in the public sector from various agencies operating under the aegis of his Department and, crucially, the comparison between the cost to the Exchequer of employing agency staff versus direct employees....

Public Sector Staff (13 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is it the Minister's intention to have a centrally held record of the number of agency staff employed across the public sector and a comparison in terms of how much it would cost if those people were directly employed?

Public Sector Staff (13 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If the Minister continues to cut numbers he will need more of them.

Public Sector Staff (13 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We need to know if it is saving money.

European Communities (Amendment) Bill 2012: Motion to Instruct Select Committee (13 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is a shoddy attempt to muddy the waters on the European stability mechanism. It is part of a systematic campaign by this Government to prevent serious discussion on the European Stability Mechanism, its contents and its far-reaching consequences for the citizens of this country in terms of further austerity when we enter a second so-called bailout programme. Given the austerity...

Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (13 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No, that is what Denis O'Brien does.

Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (13 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is what your friend Denis O'Brien does.

Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (13 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He does not want to talk about them in case they do not use their newspapers to support him.

Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (13 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As Deputy Higgins has already said, we all welcomed the enormous movement by people in the North - Catholic, Protestant and those of no religion - who in response to some of the most horrendous atrocities in the conflict there demanded an end to the sectarian violence that had blighted the Northern state for so long. It was that pressure of people power uniting against sectarian atrocities...

Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (13 Jun 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister has had his chance and he will have it again. It helps to move away from sectarian quotas which are included in the Northern Ireland peace agreement. However, repressive legislation such as this is not the way to continue the momentum for peace and for breaking down sectarianism. In many cases this legislation is used to target the wrong people. I will not elaborate on Deputy...