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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Just one question was not answered though. There are things we agree on, but what about the things we do not agree on? If the witnesses are rightly asking for certainty, why are members of SPI so unwilling to give that certainty to their crew? To put it bluntly, why do they not want to give the same certainty that they are looking for from Government funding to their crew in terms of...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would only say, and I am sure the Chair will indulge me, that this is chicken and egg stuff. We are not going to progress unless we get over this chicken and egg. First, state aid is dependent on a permanent pool of people. Yes, it is project to project, but let us be honest; the producer companies are there all the time. Some may go in and out but they are there all the time. They...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 9 o’clock The vacant homes tax is a failure. We learned at the beginning of this year that only €2 million was raised from it and it applied to less than 3,500 properties. That is against a background where the census showed 160,000 vacant residential dwellings, 48,000 of which were vacant in both the 2016 census and the 2022 census. We then have about 20,000 derelict...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister has just confirmed how much of a failure the vacant homes tax is in the context of tens and tens of thousands of vacant properties. Of course, I am for being fair to people where there is a good reason but there should be an imperative to say that by hook or by crook, this house will be brought back into use. It is obscene for that not to be the case. Yes, if somebody has a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering further taxation measures to address the issues of long-term vacancy, dereliction, land hoarding and property speculation in light of the severe housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23005/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: One of the most obscene aspects of the absolutely dire housing and homelessness situation we face in this country is the phenomenon of people being homeless, being crammed into overcrowded conditions and being hopeless about the possibility of ever owning their own home or getting a social house while you can see vacant property, derelict sites and speculators sitting on land or property to...

Housing Situation: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Housing Commission has simply confirmed what the dogs in the street know, namely that the Government's housing policy is an absolutely disastrous failure. The catalogue of human misery that this failure is visiting on thousands of individuals, families and children should be well known to the Minister of State if he is knocking on doors. He could not possibly miss it, because house...

Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes. I asked for this debate on the housing emergency weeks ago. I have been given four and a half minutes and the Minister has just left the Chamber. It sums up my frustration in trying to get across to the Government what an absolutely disastrous situation we are facing. The human misery that people are suffering because of this housing crisis never fails to shock me. Anybody who has...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [21750/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A major anomaly has emerged for taxi drivers as regards their licensing that I would like the Taoiseach to address. During the pandemic, taxi drivers whose taxis were just about to reach the ten-year point when they had to get rid of them were given a two-year extension because there was no work for two years. Taxi drivers got the two-year extension if their cars were registered 141, 131 or...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the well-being framework launched by his Department. [21749/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: One of the important categories in the well-being framework is housing. There is nothing more damaging to the well-being of children and families than living in very poor housing conditions. An increasing phenomena is of mothers, fathers and children being crammed into tiny spaces, which is seriously damaging to the well-being and mental health and physical health of children. When there...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The decision about prioritising the physical or mental health of children and families should be based on the medical evidence, not on the availability or lack of availability of certain types of housing. This needs to be addressed.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on migration, integration and Ukraine will meet next. [21326/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: For generations, Irish people were the subject of foul racist stereotypes. Tory Governments in Britain specialised in scapegoating the Irish for problems that they themselves were responsible for. They implied that the Irish were a problem, and that there were too many of us. In fact, Irish people contributed significantly to building British society, particularly in the areas of housing...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The International Criminal Court has sought arrest warrants for the Israeli Prime Minister and defence minister for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the crime of deliberately starving the people of Gaza, blocking aid to them and wilfully killing ordinary people. This comes on top of the indictment for plausible genocide handed down by the International Court of Justice. I...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance if, given the urgency of boosting housing supply, he is considering further changes to the residential zoned land tax to accelerate activation of residential zoned land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22766/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is planning further taxation measures to address property speculation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22767/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering additional taxation measures in budget 2025 to address dereliction and long-term vacancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22765/24]