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- 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.
- Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We do not know who the employees are.
- Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The people concerned are not employed.
- Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It was to the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act, statutory instruments and the Organisation of Working Time Act.
- Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We need people to talk to each other in this industry. I agree with Deputy Smyth that aggression is not the answer. The problem is aggression is rampant at this point in the film industry. If we do not address it, it will get more and more bitter and it will do immense damage to the industry. I had also heard the story that Deputy Joan Collins reported. The Minister should think about...
- Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: ------and I will not do so. Let me put it this way. A prominent international actor who is also a producer sought to employ somebody here to work in transport on a movie and was informed by the Irish producer company that it could not have and was not willing to employ that person. This is clear evidence of a blacklist. Think about the consequence of that for this prominent international...
- Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It said he was a troublemaker and could not do his job.
- Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Does that mean the Minister will not respond initially?
- Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is a good point.
- Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes. We can contribute again.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (29 May 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is nonsense.