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Ceisteanna - Questions: Defence Forces (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The decision of the Putin regime to sanction the Taoiseach and other Ministers is a further worrying sign about what is happening to our reputation as a neutral country. It has implications for our Defence Forces whose safety when deployed on missions is also linked to our reputation as a neutral country. We all condemn Putin's bloody war and the escalation we are seeing at the moment....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The SDGs are an internationally agreed set of progressive goals and aspiration. Goal 16 relates to justice, strong institutions and access to same. I put it to the Taoiseach that the Government's commitment to CETA threatens access to justice. He should not throw sand in people's eyes with talk about who is for free trade or trade generally. I am for fair trade, by the way, rather than...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is fine but we do not need this body standing above normal institutions for justice and favouring multinational companies and threaten access to justice for ordinary people.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach did not respond to my question.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the senior officials group chaired by his Department to provide a strategic overview of the implementation of the sustainable development goals. [54840/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Government Information Service unit of his Department. [54841/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: One of the most depressing aspects of being a Deputy is dealing with the hardship and despair of people suffering from the housing crisis and the fact that they just do not know what to do. This week, I had two families in tears in my clinic. They felt absolutely hopeless owing to the prospect of their being made homeless with their children. They were worrying about the mental health...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that Ireland has taken to address human rights violations in Bahrain at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva; the actions that he has taken to request the release of all the political prisoners in Bahrain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56813/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if school caretakers who worked during the pandemic are included in the Covid bonus payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56776/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the case of a student (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56770/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the threshold for free legal aid was last reviewed; if there are any plans to review it in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56867/22]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the witnesses from the OECD. I certainly am in favour of wealth taxes. Ms Perret said any country looking to introduce a new wealth tax should avoid the pitfalls of previous such taxes. Will she give examples of wealth taxes she considers were poorly designed? Has she any examples of wealth taxes elsewhere in the world that were better designed and that have, in her opinion, worked?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay. In the OECD statement, property taxes were referred to as having various pitfalls and as “under-used and poorly designed”. Could the witnesses elaborate a little bit more on good and not so good examples?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, absolutely.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is my view now, rather than the report’s view. The difficulty is that in recent times – this is the second time in the past 20 years – we have seen property values and house prices, whichever way one wants to look at it, shoot up to astronomical levels. We saw it pre-2008 and we are just about to see us reach the same levels of property prices that we had before...