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Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Which comes first?

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If the Taoiseach could indicate which comes first, it would make a major difference to the context in which the referendum will be held. Can he not tell us which comes first?

Finance Bill 2012: Report and Fiinal Stages (13 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I pay tribute to the officials who have had to wade through the tax codes while preparing the Bill. This is my first time to study the tax codes but from what I understand of them they cross-reference legislation all over the place. It is an impressive achievement for anyone to apprehend this level of detail. As regards the substance of the Finance Bill, most of it is irrelevant to the...

Finance Bill 2012: Report and Fiinal Stages (13 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This amendment is correct in its intent and is the very least we can do. There is significant dispute about how the Government's response to the economic crisis impacts on different sectors of society. Some of us on this side of the House have repeatedly made the point that all the pain and punishment is inflicted on the least well off in our society when other sectors could far better...

Finance Bill 2012: Report and Fiinal Stages (13 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The value of this amendment is obvious in assessing whether this budget will help or hinder our progress towards economic recovery. There are a number of very controversial proposals in this Bill, most obviously, the increase in VAT. Some Members and many people in the wider public believe this will be very damaging to consumer demand and the ability of many SMEs to survive. There must be...

Finance Bill 2012: Report and Fiinal Stages (13 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I support the amendment. On a moral level, it is unacceptable that the universal social charge was imposed on people earning the minimum wage or lower. The Government acknowledged the injustice at some level of hitting low-income earners by exempting the lowest income earners from the universal social charge but leaving people on the minimum wage and lower paying this punitive austerity tax...

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Taoiseach indicate if there is joined-up thinking between Cabinet sub-committees such as the Cabinet Committee on Social Protection and the Cabinet sub-committee on jobs, the body which his Government has given priority to create jobs? I ask that question because it has become clear that many of the measures introduced in the budget will act to drive loan parents in particular out...

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is about how these two committees connect.

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is, honestly.

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Many of the measures will drive loan parents out of work-----

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----particularly because lone parents payments will be withdrawn after a child has reached the age of seven. Loan parents are asking a simple question.

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If the Government wants them to work, who is supposed to look after the children-----

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----after the age of seven? Has that issue been discussed at the Cabinet sub-committee?

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I can ask, a Cheann Comhairle.

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Others have asked it, and they got an answer.

IFSC Clearing House Group (13 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Tax the hedge funds.

IFSC Clearing House Group (13 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What about hedge funds?

IFSC Clearing House Group (13 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Who lent the Irish banks the money?

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is what the Taoiseach thinks about the troika, namely, they who must be obeyed.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am seeking clarification on the same issue. Will the European Stability Mechanism, ESM, be debated in the Dáil before or after the referendum on the fiscal treaty? As the Taoiseach seems to be indicating, the reason this is a critical question is that, if the Dáil passes the ESM legislation, we will pass the clause that denies us access to the ESM in the event that we oppose the treaty....