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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the work safely protocol issued on 20 November 2020, are implemented with particular reference to the contents of section D3 (details supplied) in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42605/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 311. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the Work Safely Protocol issued on 20 November 2020 are implemented with particular reference to the contents of section D3 (details supplied) in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42603/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the Work Safely Protocol issued on 20 November 2020 are implemented with particular reference to the contents of section D3 (details supplied) in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42599/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the Work Safely Protocol issued 20 November 2020 are implemented with particular reference to the contents of section D3 (details supplied) in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42604/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 532. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the work safely protocol issued 20 November 2020 are implemented, with particular reference to the contents of section D3 (details supplied), in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42606/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Hospital Staff (8 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 614. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new post of paediatric rheumatologist additional to the two posts currently in Children's Health Ireland, Crumlin initially to have been in place by end of 2019; if the application process for this new post is still open; if applications have been closed; the date or deadline by which this post will be filled; the hospital the new...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for an MRI in Children’s Health Ireland, Crumlin; the expected time spent on the waiting list; the projected time it will take to clear the backlog for MRIs in Crumlin for children; if his Department and the HSE are examining the use of the MRI and paediatric unit in a hospital (details supplied) as a viable...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 616. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting on an MRI for both diagnosis of and-or monitoring of disease in all CHOs and hospitals nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41363/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 879. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the work safely protocol issued 20 November 2020 are implemented with particular reference to the content of section D3 (details supplied) in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42607/20]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-Budget Analysis: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (8 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the witnesses from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council for their contributions, which I always enjoy and learn from, and I welcome them to the committee. I know that they are reluctant to comment on particular policy proposals but in their report, they are willing to go as far as using the word "appropriate" when it comes to, for example, the decision of the Government to borrow to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-Budget Analysis: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (8 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Mr. Barnes for that because I want us to legitimise the debate about wealth taxes, which has generally been considered to be off the radar to date. It is interesting that countries such as Argentina and others are now beginning to introduce these taxes on the back of the Covid-19 crisis. I will press Mr. Barnes further on the question of wealth taxes, although I acknowledge there...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-Budget Analysis: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (8 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will press Dr. Lawless on that. I take her point. The wealth tax that we in People Before Profit have designed and proposed in our budget submissions excludes the family home but is there not a fairly simple calculation to be done? We have approximately 1.8 million or 1.9 million family homes in the country. We can work out roughly what they are worth on average. If we multiply one by...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-Budget Analysis: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (8 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My time is nearly up, so I might ask a couple of quick questions. A lesson we have learned from Covid is that, if we scrimp on health spending, particularly on capacity, staffing and so on, it can have more dire economic consequences in a health emergency. To a significant extent, our requirement to close down large sections of the economy was linked to the low level of capacity within our...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Again, I genuinely thank the Minister for those commitments and his engagement and interest on the issue. I will make one or two other brief supplementary points for his consideration. There has been much talk about the possibility of a collective agreement as a way of resolving this. I will point out that the producers to whom I refer, and the people who support no change in the situation...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the basis the Minister has said genuinely that he will look into it, I will not press the amendment. I thank the Minister for his engagement.

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 69: In page 45, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “22.Within three months of the passing of this Act, the Minister shall produce a report on the effective rate of corporation tax being paid across the country and the effect of the closing of tax loopholes would have on revenue.”. I was hoping Deputy Barry would take up the mantle...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the Minister's engagement and the commitments he just made. I have given him some new information, which I hope he will follow up. The letter, which he would have got today, elaborates on that. There is Orwellian, Janus-faced double-speak coming from the producers that are getting the relief. In order to get the money, they are telling the Minister that they will do certain...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 68: In page 45, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “22.Within three months of the passing of this Act, the Minister shall produce a report on the extent to which producer companies in receipt of section 481 tax relief are complying with requirements to provide quality employment and training, with employment legislation, taking direct...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can we stop the clock?

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This amendment concerns the approximately €80 million in tax relief that is given to film producers every year under section 481. It is a considerable relief to support the development of the film industry. However, as the Minister knows, the specific condition attaching to this relief is that, in order to access the relief, the film producers must provide quality employment and...