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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Unlike the witnesses, I am an opponent of SARP. It is difficult for many people to swallow the fact that these extremely highly-paid executives get this tax relief. Given that there are so many other tax reliefs available, and that such large profits are being made by the corporations coming in here, what evidence do the witnesses have that there would be any less investment by these...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will return to the issue of research and development and direct expenditure by universities, grants or whatever else, as opposed to research and development tax relief. Would our guests accept that it is going to a relatively small number of private corporations? Do they know what the comparison is between how much is going in direct expenditure as against the approximately €700...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I had not read the figures helpfully provided by our secretariat on the beneficiaries, their numbers and the salary range. It would shock many people to learn that a small but significant number of incredibly well-paid individuals are paying less tax than they are. The salary ranges about which we are talking are morally shocking. It is worth noting that 359 people who have incomes of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is the amount of tax relief. That is the tax break.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A person can be given three times the average industrial wage in tax relief.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will make one additional brief comment. That is morally repugnant. Aside from the morality, Ms Gunnell is making a pragmatic argument that these people would not come here otherwise. She has mentioned other jurisdictions with which we are competing and which have similar tax break schemes for these incredibly well-paid people. Has the Irish Tax Institute carried out a comparison with...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does Ms Gunnell believe it is a relevant question?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Ms Gunnell.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue generated by applying the financial transactions tax currently applied in a number of EU countries to financial transactions here. [34713/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the 1984 Civil Service superannuation scheme constitutes discriminatory treatment for disabled civil servants according to the 2002 Institute of Public Administration report (details supplied); if consideration will be given to refunding contributions to officers who retire single; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 908. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations regarding the administration of medicines by carers assigned by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35202/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 961. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reverse his decision to abolish the rehabilitative training allowance from 1 September 2019 for persons with disabilities that are applying to do a rehabilitative training programme in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35500/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 962. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person (details supplied) can access treatment they require. [35503/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1555. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available for sports facilities; the way to apply for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34712/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1556. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of fully electrifying the national public transport bus fleet. [34714/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1914. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of deep retrofitting all local authority and social housing stock to the highest standard by unit; and the cost of installing solar panels in the same housing stock. [34715/19]

Public Service Pay Commission Report on the Permanent Defence Force: Statements (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is deeply ironic but maybe typical of Fine Gael that this report has been published at a time when it pushes ever harder to abandon Ireland's traditional military neutrality and deploy Irish troops in extremely dangerous missions, such as that in Mali, or push us into greater involvement with the emerging European army and its relationship with NATO. Mali is effectively a French colonial...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh (Atógáil) - Questions on Promised Legislation (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The programme for Government includes a commitment to improve services and increase support for people with disabilities. Some time ago, I raised the concerns of people with visual impairments in Dún Laoghaire regarding the possible closure of the NCBI office. The commitment made by the Government at the time that the services would all be retained and in no way eroded has not been...

Brexit Contingency Action Plan: Statements (11 Jul 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Absolutely, and what happens in British politics will impact upon it very significantly. We should want a Corbyn government. It is the better option if we are to have any sort of sane resolution to this situation. However, if I do not trust Boris Johnson, the Tories, Jeremy Hunt, or the UKIPs of this world, neither do I trust the European Union to protect the best interests of working...

Brexit Contingency Action Plan: Statements (11 Jul 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The rottenness, the recklessness, the dishonesty and the overweening personal ambition of people like Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt are plain for all to see. They do not give a damn about people in Ireland or Britain. They just give a damn about themselves, their hunger for power and pathetic attempt to restore the notion of Great Britain and the Empire, the irony being that their stupidity...