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Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 13: In page 32, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: "Report on wealth and higher incomes taxes 26. Within 6 months of the passing of this Act, the Minister shall produce a report on establishing a wealth tax and increased taxes on high income earners with view to achieving a more equitable distribution of wealth and income.". Something most people...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 5: In page 15, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “Report on key employee engagement programme 11. Within 6 months of the passing of this Act, the Minister shall produce a report on the implementation of the key employee engagement programme.”. I have very little to say on this amendment other than that it has not been a particularly...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will withdraw it.

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The point has been made and the Minister knows we disagree. There are many talented people who have left or who are leaving this country. We need those people in our construction sector, public services and a number of other areas where there are quite serious labour shortages. The reason many people do not return to Ireland is due to the fact that the cost of accommodation or that wages...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 2: In page 10, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: "Report on special assignee relief programme 9.Within 6 months of the passing of this Act, the Minister shall produce a report on the implementation of the special assignee relief programme.". The Minister will be aware that I am a big critic of what I describe as tax loopholes that reduce the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The European Investment Bank, EIB, however, does not believe that any more.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: One of the central demands of the young people who have led the fight for radical climate action is to keep fossil fuels in the ground. Scientists have indicated that we must keep 80% of known reserves in the ground if we are to have even a chance of not passing the tipping point as regards the climate overheating. The Government has tried to justify its decision to block People Before...

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (19 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What about the Palestinians?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 11. To ask the Taoiseach to provide a progress report on the Climate Action Plan 2019. [47382/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (19 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What action, if any, does the Taoiseach believe the EU should take in the face of the latest assault by the US-Israeli axis on the rights and lands of the Palestinian people? The decade-long assault on the Palestinian people by Israel has taken a worse turn since the coming to office of President Donald Trump, be it the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel through moving the US...

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (19 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to European leaders since the last European Council meetings on 17 and 18 October 2019. [47381/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are many disgraceful aspects to the Government's ideological determination to force local councils to privatise public land and hand it over to developers who helped bankrupt this country, but the aspect of this on which I would like the Taoiseach to comment is the price the State will pay. The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Murphy, speaks of stripping...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----to these developers who wrecked the country only ten years ago?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If the Taoiseach sends me his mobile number, I will text him the document.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (19 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the school inclusion model is fit for purpose, providing the necessary resources for children with additional needs and not placing undue pressure on schools to manage the provision of the resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47386/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the best interests of the students of a school (details supplied) are being best served by their accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47387/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the short, medium and long-term plans for a school (details supplied) for children on the autism spectrum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47383/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with a delegation of parents and board of management of a school (details supplied) to discuss the short, medium and long-term plans for the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47384/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (19 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes to the way in which SNAs are allocated to students with additional needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47385/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance if one of the tenants in common of a property involving two tenants in common can declare 100% of the rental income of the property for tax purposes in circumstances in which the other tenant in common is registered with the Revenue Commissioners for 40% of the rental income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47111/19]