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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----we have children who are being put into situations that are simply not acceptable.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What is the Government going to do to prevent this continuing?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We need solutions temporarily.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (9 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a cap on mortgage interest rates to prevent mortgage holders and families being impoverished by rising interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21568/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (9 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the recent examination of the section 481 film tax credit by the Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight, and in particular the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) about the use of buy-out contracts by producer companies on the intellectual property rights of performers and the issues raised by film crew...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domestic Violence (9 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if hardship funds are available for victims of domestic violence who are left in financial trouble after leaving their abusive partner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21076/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how An Post will rectify deductions made in errors to the extra cost-of-living Department of Social Protection payment of €200 for some recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21083/23]

Transport Support Schemes for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Regional Group for tabling this important motion. I note that it is the second time they have tabled this motion, which indicates the failure of the Government to respond fully and adequately to the critical issue of equality for people with disabilities when it comes to transport. The equality to live independently, to participate fully in all aspects of life and to be provided...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The banks that are going to pass on the ECB rate hikes, the seventh that mortgage have experienced in the past year, are making absolutely obscene profits. The dirty secret of the hardship and misery that is being imposed on mortgage holders who are facing €500 and €600 a month - thousands of euro every year - in increased mortgage interest payments that many cannot afford and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Do it exactly the way the Government did it with moneylenders-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----where it put a maximum percentage that they can charge in interest. Bring the interest rates down to 3% to stop the profiteering.

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I just want to give the House a laugh, albeit a grim laugh, by reading from The Irish Timesfrom 2011. Mr. Conor Pope wrote an article at that time when it was announced that the Government was going to deregulate the electricity market. It is a real exercise in the ideological blindness and stupidity of people who believe in the efficiency of markets. In all seriousness, the ESB, the...

Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Second Stage (3 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have worked on a few building sites having said that but I did not do footings.

Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Second Stage (3 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not do footings; I did dry lining and labouring.

Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Second Stage (3 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I remember bricklayers pointing out that the work that was being done was substandard and that it would lead to cracks in the building and the occurrence of damp within a very short period. Of course, lo and behold, that is exactly what happened. The qualified bricklayer who had experience and knew what work should be done to do those things properly, was outside the gate protesting because...

Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Second Stage (3 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the face of it, introducing a licensing system for those working in construction and quarrying, areas which can be dangerous and where lives can be lost, seems reasonable, as does streamlining the process and introducing a licensing authority. Given the shocking figures the HSA has produced on fatal and non-fatal accidents over the years, there seems to be merit in bringing in measures...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (3 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government is committed to a referendum on the most urgent issue of all in this country, namely the housing crisis. When will we know what that referendum is about? Somebody who would like to know and to whom I want to give a shout-out to is Martin Leahy, an accomplished musician who has come to the gates of the Dáil every Thursday for one year to sing a song called...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (3 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was canvassing in Derry and Strabane for the People Before Profit candidates over the past couple of weeks and I wish to mention a couple of issues which were of concern in that north-west area. First, on the Ulster University Magee campus, there have been promises after promises about expanding the investment and the capacity to build up that university, particularly when many people...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (3 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is a republic. Whatever political differences there are, most of us identify with the aspect of it being a republic whereby we do not believe in kings and monarchs or inherited power and privilege, especially when it is associated with empire, colonialism and shocking inequalities between a tiny group among the royal aristocracy that has the inherited power and ordinary people. Against...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 428. To ask the Minister for Health when a catering assistant who worked in a nursing home all through the pandemic for a company (details supplied) will receive their pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20467/23]