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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I notice the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media coming into the Chamber. As she is present, jobbing musicians, entertainers and performers on the ground have been appealing for a meeting with her to explain the particular difficulties they are facing, including the anomalies, inconsistencies and refusals.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay. I talked to them this morning and they still felt there was no movement. Many of them are being denied. Whatever the Department is telling the Tánaiste, I tell him they are being refused on spurious grounds around PRSI contributions that they could not possibly show. If their gigs have collapsed for December, they are being asked in for an interview and being told they must...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are telling me there has been no movement.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are none on the EWSS.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: At the end of the year.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The public health measures that have been introduced out of concerns about Omicron, social gathering at Christmas and so on have once again impacted on particular groups of workers and sectors in our society in their ability to work at all or their ability to earn a sustainable living. While the Government has been quite laissez-faire, as has rightly just been referred to in many ways, in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Prices (16 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 104. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he plans to take to curb inflation and the impact it is having on the cost of living for those on low and middle incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62402/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Prices (16 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to deal with the increasing cost of living and the impact this is having on low and middle-income households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62405/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (16 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the single-parent tax credit given the increases in the cost of living and the disproportionate effect this can have on single-parent families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62403/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (16 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 153. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering other measures within his remit notwithstanding the €100 grant being paid to every household towards energy costs in 2022 to offset the increases in energy prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62404/21]

Finance Bill 2021: From the Seanad (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We support the extension of the EWSS and the CRSS schemes. Are we dealing with all the amendments together?

Finance Bill 2021: From the Seanad (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The debate, though, is a short one.

Finance Bill 2021: From the Seanad (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We support these schemes for the obvious reasons. The pandemic continues to impact particular sectors of the economy. We should remind ourselves that these are the ones that have been hit the hardest and most consistently right from the beginning through to now. Everybody has been affected by the pandemic in one shape or form. To be honest, the past two years have been pretty grim. For...

Finance Bill 2021: From the Seanad (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I know, and I want to be fair to others. I just want to get this point across because this is my last chance to do so. Then I will stop. The arbitrary date of 7 December is ridiculous because much of the work for musicians collapsed in the weeks before that date. This arbitrary cut-off means that people impacted on or after that date are okay but anything that happened before then does...

Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Instruction to Committee (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We will support the amendments insofar as they seek to facilitate planting of native trees on small parcels of land and provide for schemes to be set up to allow that to happen relatively easily. However, as others have said, there is concern about the way this has been sprung on people and the lack of consultation with stakeholders who are concerned with forestry, including those in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on discussions with the Central Statistics Office, CSO, with regard to the 2022 census. [60670/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Do I have a bit longer than a minute and a half?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not planning to use them all. Do not worry. I just wanted to clarify we have 15 minutes. Something interesting has come to my attention about the census. Given the scale of the housing crisis in this country, there has quite correctly been a focus for quite some time, extending to years, on the question of vacant and derelict properties in the country. Many people, including me,...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Extension of Notice Periods) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Simon Community for bringing forward the provisions of the Bill and I thank Deputy Ó Broin for co-ordinating the all-party effort to support the legislation. The Bill would give people three months leeway when faced with eviction into homelessness and it would give local authorities the right to trigger that three-month extension. The most important element of the Bill is...

Appropriation Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is a lot to discuss when talking about €88 billion in expenditure in a year but I will first raise things that I consider urgent for people who have endured a particularly difficult time, or who are likely to as we face into Christmas. Obviously, a considerable amount of the additional money spent on Covid income supports relates to the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, the...