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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They have a 19% rate.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Fair trade.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Where are they going to go?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I, too, wish to pass on my condolences to the friends and family of Tom Burke. Tom was a bright presence outside the gates of Leinster House and just a very nice person. He will be sadly missed here, although more so, obviously, by his family and friends. I was going to address my question to the Taoiseach. I meant the Tánaiste. The co-Taoiseach, perhaps. People Before Profit is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Corporations earned €200 billion and paid €11 billion in tax. In other words, workers paid 20%, on average, in tax and corporations paid 5%. Why does the Tánaiste defend the corporations instead of looking after working people?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Those are scare tactics in order to justify the pitifully low levels of tax these corporations are asked to pay. As even the US Chamber of Commerce and representatives of many of these multinationals have said, the reason they are here is not primarily or exclusively the tax rate. It is to do with the fact that we are an English-speaking country, we are within the European market, we have...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister has not answered that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Stop the data centres.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This morning, in response to the People Before Profit motion seeking a deferral on carbon taxes to prevent further winter deaths and fuel poverty, the Government reiterated its promise or commitment to continue with increases in the carbon tax. Can the Minister explain how the Government can morally justify how the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance and the Government have spent weeks...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: How does the Government justify those extraordinary double standards?

Energy Prices: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To put it simply and bluntly, energy poverty is going to kill several thousand of our most vulnerable citizens this winter. So-called climate action in the form of the carbon tax is going to kill many thousands of our most vulnerable and elderly citizens this winter unless the Government does something about it. That is what we are appealing to the Minister of State to do. We are edging...

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (5 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: People Before Profit has proactively supported the vaccination campaign and has encouraged people to get vaccinated as a critical measure to give us a layer of protection against Covid-19. The vaccination programme undoubtedly has done this, putting us in a position whereby, fingers crossed, we can edge our way out of the grim period we have been through and the terrible hardships, mental...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Has the Government confirmed over the past weeks that we are actually trying to defend a tax haven status for big multinational corporations in this country? While the rest of the world has finally recognised that staggeringly profitable corporations making billions in profits should pay a greater contribution, a minimum effective corporate tax rate, Ireland is almost alone in trying to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The French finance minister has said that the decision is already made, by the way. He just said it today.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (5 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 43. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department's role in the certification of section 481 film relief and in monitoring compliance with the quality employment and training conditions of that relief; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47960/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Budget 2022 (5 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 58. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will support the demands by groups (details supplied) for the implementation of the universal basic income for those working in arts, music and entertainment and the other additional supports that they are requesting in advance of budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47959/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (5 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider re-establishing the school library fund that was cut in 2008 in Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47471/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (5 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the breakdown between online and in-person learning that each of the higher education institutions are providing; the rationale for same; if he is providing guidelines for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47491/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (5 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 547. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined and a general practitioner allocated to them in view of the circumstances of the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47467/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (5 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 559. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an onus on the HSE to inform medical card patients that their doctor is retiring from treating medical card patients; if so, if the HSE plan to inform the patients of a doctor (details supplied) in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47509/21]