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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (12 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international, European Union and Northern Ireland division of his Department. [23993/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (12 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A popular revolution in Sudan has been ongoing for several months to overthrow the dictatorship of al-Bashir. He fell in April, but a military junta is viciously repressing a popular movement of ordinary people demanding democracy. Just in the past week we have seen a massacre in which up to 100 people were killed, bringing the overall death toll to many hundreds more. It is worth saying...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (12 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to improve employment and working conditions for workers in the film industry following the recent debate in Dáil Éireann on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24235/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (12 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider establishing an expansive nationwide public programme to employ artists and creative workers to work in schools and communities, particularly with young persons, in exchange for a living income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24234/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (11 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with EU leaders at the informal European Council meeting. [22683/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings in Paris on 15 May 2019. [22684/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not true. How can the Taoiseach say that?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (11 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some landlords or their agents are refusing to rent to HAP recipients due to the fact they are adding HAP to the income of the recipient (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23825/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Transport Support Scheme (11 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 393. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce a replacement scheme for the mobility allowance for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24182/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (11 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 924. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the household benefits package will be restored for those in receipt of carer's allowance that are not living with those they care for; and if such carers will be made eligible for the fuel allowance. [24075/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the members of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council for their attendance. I always enjoy their contributions and reports. I do not always agree with them, but they are always informative. I think I understand their critique which, in layman's terms, is that given the uncertainties in the economy and outside it, including Brexit, a possible downturn, the onset of protectionism and an...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The fact that we are such a small cork is part of the problem. In general, the more things the Government can control, the better the control we have, but to my mind, private interests have too much control over what will happen and they will just do it to us, as they did in the past. That is an ideological point. One of the issues on which the council should focus a little more and which...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is my point.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The rents for housing provided by the AHBs are controlled. They are largely controlled, whereas they are not controlled in the private sector.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can I ask one more question?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can Mr. Coffey go into any more detail on what he considers to be sustainable sources of additional revenue? He knows my view on where we could and should get extra revenue, including from a wealth tax, higher or at least effective taxes on corporations and an increase in employers' PRSI to European levels. Is Mr. Coffey willing to give a few examples of sustainable sources of additional...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: People Before Profit, among others, has always opposed the property tax. Given the review that is under way and the fact that, at some point, the Minister will have to make decisions on all these matters, will he consider abolishing the LPT at this time? When it was introduced, the Government said it would provide more funding for local services. It has not done so. We were told it would...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister stated earlier that some of the problems he is facing in reworking the LPT are to do with the unevenness of property prices, price increases and so on. How can he say that in one breath and then state that it is fair to levy a tax based on the value of somebody's property when there is no consistency or fairness as to how those prices have, as in most cases, increased? How can...

Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not me.

Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That was pointed.