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Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Sorry. The Minister must acknowledge there is a problem that is out of control and that the current policies are not addressing it.

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 10: In page 11, after line 34, to insert the following: “11.Within three months of the passing of this Act, the Minister shall produce a report on abolishing the USC on all those earning less than €70,000 per year and replacing it with an emergency Covid-19 Solidarity Tax on the incomes of those earning in excess of €100,000 per year and on the...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not think the tax system is the primary way through which to alleviate our extortionate rents but I would support this or any other measure that would give any relief to people paying an absolutely shocking proportion of their income on keeping a roof over their head. I would be surprised if the Minister could stand over the status quo, whether he agrees with this measure or what I...

Pre-European Council: Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I repeat to the Minister of State that as we go to the European Council, the question of ensuring a safe and effective vaccine is available to everybody in the world is critical to the effectiveness of the vaccine anywhere in the world, including in this country. People, including European leaders, need to get that into their heads. We do not need a repeat of the disgraceful position with...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategy Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I agree with Deputy Murphy. The main point I wish to make concerns another issue. The Taoiseach is taking a very serious gamble, as Deputy Murphy said and as I pointed out yesterday. The gamble will be disastrous if it results in the further restriction of family visits because infections go crazy in the next few weeks. The Taoiseach will be in trouble if that happens. I wish to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategy Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department plans to publish a statement of strategy. [40486/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The biggest international issue we are facing is obviously the Covid-19 pandemic and the impact it is having across the globe. A vaccine that is safe and effective will be critical to exiting this current crisis. If the roll-out of a safe and effective vaccine is going to work, a number of key things have to happen. First, the profit motive has to be removed completely from the roll-out....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee dealing with foreign affairs will next meet. [40169/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the status of plans to reopen society and the economy when level 5 Covid-19 restrictions are lifted. [40168/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Even if there is a lifting of restrictions, one sector which is not going to see any significant recovery in its ability to earn an income involves people in music and many of the performing arts. The Taoiseach may have heard a controversy breaking out regarding the 1,400 applicants for the music industry stimulus package. Of those 1,400 applicants, some 83% were refused. That was...

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank all those Deputies who rose to support the motion tabled by People Before Profit and Solidarity in support of the students and midwives and our call that they should have the healthcare assistant rate they were given earlier in the pandemic restored and that, more generally, they need to be paid for their placements because it is work, not simply education. The fact that they have to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 59. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the decision making bodies responsible for the allocation of the funds from the music industry stimulus package; the decision-making methodology used in deciding upon the successful applicants; the amounts awarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40629/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the process through which a company (details supplied) was selected to be the public relations company assigned to work with successful applicants of the music industry stimulus package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40630/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 61. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to run a further fund similar in scope to the music industry stimulus package from the €50 million fund for the non-funded live entertainment sector arising from budget 2021; if she will use the same bodies involved in awarding monies of the stimulus package; if she will alter the manner in which applications are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 89. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure that all those in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment who are due arrears receive the arrears before Christmas 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40747/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 111. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Mother and Baby Commission report will be published; the records that will be accessible; the records that will be sealed; the length of time they will be sealed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40748/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (2 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 150. To ask the Minister for Health if there is guidelines or regulations governing the charging of patients by general practitioners to email prescriptions to pharmacists using the national electronic prescriptions transfer system including repeat prescriptions before and during Covid-19 restrictions; and if so, the amount agreed as appropriate to charge a patient for this service; and if he...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on social affairs and equality is due to meet next. [40167/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: One of the key areas that it is necessary to address if one is to really try and strive towards equality is education. I wish to continue to put to the Taoiseach certain points I was making earlier, but just to focus them a little bit more. Fees are increasingly becoming a major barrier to equality of access to education. That is bad, not just for the people who have financial impediments...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Garda Reform (1 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not intend to speak on this issue but Deputy McDonald referred to anti-social behaviour. It is an issue we all encounter and it can be difficult to address, particularly during the pandemic. We get reports of people complaining of large groups of young people gathering and so forth. There are two ways to deal with that. We can blame the young people and take a coercive approach,...