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Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Well, if one has the time, one might as well use it. One of the newer areas of cultural output is film. The Committee on Budgetary Oversight, which is looking into the section 481 film credit, heard testimony from actors and performers about their lack of rights over their work, the performance that they put into what becomes part of our cultural heritage.

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I beg your pardon?

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is relevant because the Bill refers to mobile heritage, as far as I know. This is not just about physical landscapes and sites. It could be argued that our cinematic heritage and more recent cultural heritage deserves protection as well, where it is important. I do not know if that means we have to protect the site where "Game of Thrones" was filmed. That could be the subject of a...

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, "The Quiet Man" or "Darby O'Gill and the Little People". In all seriousness, a point I did not know until the performers made it at the committee, is that when movies are made, often by international film production companies in conjunction with companies based here, performers are required to sign buy-out contracts on their copyright or their intellectual property rights on their...

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the face of it, this Bill to protect our historic and archaeological heritage is a very good and welcome thing. Looking at the size of the Bill, some officials deserve thanks for putting it together and it is clear a lot of work has gone into it. I am not going to pretend at this stage, given we are only a few Deputies trying to cover all of the bases, that I have read all of it, but I...

Personal Explanation by Minister of State (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister of State did not really answer the question.

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: Cover-up.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she has any plans to re-open the residential institutions redress in order to accommodate those people who, due to the nature of their personal trauma, were unable to apply before the deadline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19975/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-East Inner City Initiative (26 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I agree with the broad principle of what Deputy McAuliffe said. We should have this approach in every area where there are concentrated pockets of significant disadvantage. We need a much more proactive and on-the-ground approach in order to address some of the persistent, often intergenerational problems that can be concentrated in areas of particular disadvantage. Despite what some...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (26 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Following neatly on from Deputy McAuliffe’s intervention regarding the cost rental the Government trumpets, I will highlight something important for the Taoiseach and the Government. If someone is over the social housing income thresholds, that individual is not entitled to HAP or social housing, obviously, so the Government, under pressure, developed cost rental. What are the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (26 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Child poverty has significantly increased as a result of the cost-of-living crisis. It has increased from 202,000 to 236,000 children facing enforced deprivation. The number at risk of poverty has jumped by about 20,000. We now have 89,000 children living in consistent poverty. All of those suggest a serious failure of this Government to protect children, who are our most vulnerable...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (26 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the proposed child poverty unit in his Department. [19371/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have raised, and indeed have campaigned for some years on, the plight of people studying psychology and trying to get doctorates in psychology. We have a chronic deficit of psychologists in terms of assessments for children with special needs in education, health and in many other areas. In fairness, the Government responded to the campaigning of psychologists by announcing funding for...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What about now?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not fair to leave people in debt. What about people now?

Rent Reduction Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was not smirking, actually.

Rent Reduction Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Who will?

Rent Reduction Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government seeks to pick holes in People Before Profit-Solidarity's Rent Reduction Bill, but offers absolutely no alternative on how to control rents that are off the charts and that are directly contributing to the worst homelessness crisis on record. A record number of 11,600 families, including nearly 4,000 children, are languishing in emergency accommodation and thousands more have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (26 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the legal basis on which she can refuse to answer Parliamentary Question No. 670 of 21 March 2023 in relation to the annual rental costs for the current temporary accommodation and site of a school (details supplied); if such a request for those costs is not disclosed, how oversight and transparency on the expenditure of these public funds are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (26 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 282 and 292 of 23 February 2023, while noting his acknowledgement of the recommendations of the Comptroller and Auditor General Report for 2018 that the previous cost-benefit analysis for State Aid for forestry 2014-2021 failed to account for a number of factors, the reason he does not...