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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would if they were like they to used to be, with proper energy prices.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Go on.

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: By indicating the Government intends to vote against our motion seeking to reinstate the eviction ban for no-fault evictions, the Government - Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party - has essentially said it is okay that thousands more, including families, individuals and children, will end up homeless and in emergency accommodation with all the trauma and suffering that involves....

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Which we proposed.

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — on 22nd February, 2023, Dáil Éireann agreed the second reading of the Eviction Ban Bill 2022; — in the intervening period, the number of homeless people has risen sharply, with an additional 1,093 people, which includes an additional 398 children, living in emergency homeless accommodation; — there has...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As the Ministers know, we are very consistent in that regard. We think the Government has to spend more but needs to raise it elsewhere. There is general acceptance and acknowledgement that those who are less well-off and on lower incomes, and even people on modest incomes, have been disproportionately hit by the cost-of-living crisis, whether it is the proportion they have to spend on...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The mantra has been that we cannot fully protect people from the impact. It is not just those on the very lowest income but also the average working family who are dealing with higher costs at every level. They have been hammered, whether it is with energy costs, groceries, mortgage interest or rent. There are loads of different estimates on this but in real terms, low- and middle-income...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have one brief question.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am asking it on behalf of Mental Health Reform, which has asked me to ask the Minister a question today. We have had a big debate already about the health overruns. The mental health organisations should not fall victim to that because there has been massive underspending and underinvestment in mental health.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I just want to bring that point to the Minister.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have asked the Minister for Finance for information on corporation tax before and he gave it to me but I cannot find his note. Is the projected corporate tax receipts for 2022 in the region of €22 billion? I would be delighted to have the figure for 2023. If he does not have the figures now he can forward them.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I ask the Minister to please resend his note. The projection must be based on a projected gross level of pre-tax profits. I know that the receipts run behind so the Minister does not know the exact figures. These are projections. Obviously that level of receipts must be based on projections for what in the tables are, I think, called gross trading profits before deductions, allowances,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Please forward that to me.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is there any change in the projections for the level of surplus and windfall profits, notwithstanding all the caveats about how long this may last? Is the projection still a €65 billion surplus over the next four years?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am out of time but I wish to mention one issue.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I ask the Minister to consider this question and I do not expect an answer now. The CSO publishes figures, including those for immigration and migration. They show that there has been the highest level of emigration for many years at 65,000 people. We still have net migration. A lot of people are leaving. I presume many of them are young people and skilled. The Ministers should think...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We should just raise it with taxes on wealth.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: National Security (27 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects the report from the fora on international security policy to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41694/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have been contacted by somebody in Cork about a new development in the rental sector. A company called HomeHak has apparently taken over a significant part of the rental market in Cork and is spreading beyond that area. People are required to put together CVs that include the name of the tenant, background references, employment history, minimum rent desired, maximum rent, the number of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (26 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If we had the forum first it would be helpful.