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European Year of Skills: Statements (10 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: When I studied economics in school, there was a debate about what created value in society. There was one page about Karl Marx, which stated that he argued that all value derived from the labour of workers. There was one paragraph that said Karl Marx was wrong and that it is much more complicated. It then went on to say that entrepreneurial skill, capital, rent and various other factors...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is done regularly, though.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In the Dublin Rathdown constituency, which is not even my constituency, a family with working parents - one works in a bakery and his wife works in an insurance company - and two children have been evicted. They are HAP tenants, they have a court order against them and the sheriff is due around. The house is owned by receivers, Ernst & Young, which want to sell it. I contacted the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We regularly do that. The Cathaoirleach often gives the Taoiseach an extra five minutes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is normal practice.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [21530/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Good idea.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with the circular economy will next meet. [19912/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have just returned from the funeral of a very lovely man, Mr. Owen Gallagher, a friend and fellow activist. I once again pass on my sympathies to his partner, Carolann, and his family. I raise it under this particular question because I first met Owen when he was a bin man working for the council in Bray. He was fighting against the then drive to privatise waste collection services. He...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (9 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will stop the sell-off of two banks (details supplied) and use the State's majority stake as the basis for a publicly owned non-profit banking system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21571/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (9 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Ulster Bank abandoned approximately 1 million loyal customers. We have vulture funds, such as Lone Star Funds, Mars Capital Ireland and Start Mortgages ripping people off with ridiculous interest rates. Is it not time for a public not-for-profit banking system? Instead of selling off the remaining Government share in Permanent TSB and AIB, we should use those institutions, which we...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (9 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is there a single shred of evidence that privately run for-profit banks have worked in our lifetime? We had to bail them out after the madness of the Celtic tiger that they helped to instigate. They are now ripping off people with mortgage interest hikes, profiteering-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (9 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I agree with that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget 2024 (9 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not; I have another go.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget 2024 (9 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Hold on, a Cheann Comhairle. I get a second go. That is part of the process. I tabled the question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget 2024 (9 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Hold on, a Cheann Comhairle-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget 2024 (9 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am going to have an argument, a Cheann Comhairle. I am one of the few people who turned up for their questions tonight. People have come in to substitute for other people. That is fine; I did not say anything about that. All these people did not turn up and then substitutes came running in at the last minute but then I get short-changed when I do turn up for my own question. That is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget 2024 (9 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I know, but I put the question down.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget 2024 (9 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to ask about the stick. I know there are valid reasons sometimes for properties being vacant or derelict. I will give the Minister two quick instances in my area. Directly across from my office is a multi-unit apartment complex owned by a vulture fund. There are 16 perfectly refurbished apartments that have been sitting empty for approximately four years. That fund is doing it...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget 2024 (9 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to make further tax changes in budget 2024 to address the issue of vacant and derelict properties, given the current housing emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21570/23]