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- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Analysis and Fiscal Risks: Central Bank of Ireland (27 Feb 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On the final point, I am not so sure we are doing so well but we will leave that discussion for another day. I find the table on page 73 quite striking. It indicates that Government net financial wealth fell by €2.3 billion during quarter 2 of 2018 as the increase in liabilities outstripped the increase in financial assets. I am referring to the quarterly bulletin of the Central...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Analysis and Fiscal Risks: Central Bank of Ireland (27 Feb 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is exactly what I am doing. When one looks at the extent to which the Government's housing plans, particularly on social housing, are dependent on renting back property, through the housing assistance payment, rental accommodation and social leasing schemes, from the institutional investors to which NAMA sold that property-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Analysis and Fiscal Risks: Central Bank of Ireland (27 Feb 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am asking if it is connected. Would our financial assets be greater if we had held on to those assets?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Analysis and Fiscal Risks: Central Bank of Ireland (27 Feb 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: One of the big assets is property.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Analysis and Fiscal Risks: Central Bank of Ireland (27 Feb 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am only asking a question.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Analysis and Fiscal Risks: Central Bank of Ireland (27 Feb 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: My specific question is what was the impact on the State's assets and liabilities position of the Government's decision to sell large amounts of property assets. I would be very happy if the witnesses could come back to me with the answer. There is also the question of the cost of renting those assets back and the outgoings. Is the projected expenditure included in the liabilities?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Analysis and Fiscal Risks: Central Bank of Ireland (27 Feb 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have one final question. I am always interested in the table on household wealth-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Analysis and Fiscal Risks: Central Bank of Ireland (27 Feb 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: If I read the Central Bank's table correctly, household wealth is now as great as it has ever been. It has increased dramatically both in terms of financial and property assets. One can look at that alongside the Central Statistics Office survey on income and living conditions, SILC, reports on the distribution of those assets, which show a very high concentration. I believe they show that...
- Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Feb 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The most important issue facing this country in the event of a no-deal Brexit is the threat of a hard border. That is an issue that is not dealt with in this legislation and we still do not know from the Government what it will do in the event of a no-deal Brexit where pressure comes from either the UK or the European Union to impose a hard border. While other considerations that are looked...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Feb 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I challenged the Taoiseach's answer.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Feb 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 12. To ask the Taoiseach the number and type of Cabinet committees held since January 2019. [9305/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Feb 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Have any of the Cabinet sub-committees discussed the issue of the plan to impose a VAT rate of 23% on food supplements? That plan led people to protest outside the Dáil again this morning. Deputy Gino Kenny and I challenged the Minister on this issue a couple of weeks ago. The response was that it was nothing to do with the Government. It was an issue for the Revenue Commissioners....
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (26 Feb 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Following on from Deputy Howlin's questions and in light of the debacle around the national children's hospital, the reporting obligations of civil servants appointed to the board require very considerable further explanation, and not just in that particular instance because of the particular clauses referred to by Deputy Howlin. More generally, the issue has arisen with public interest...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (26 Feb 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the State boards and agencies that civil servants from his Department are appointed to. [9304/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (26 Feb 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the changes citizens of the UK living here post Brexit will face; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8990/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Brexit Issues (26 Feb 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a non-EU spouse who holds a stamp 4-EUFAM residency permit will be permitted to remain living with their spouse with British citizenship here post-Brexit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9008/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (26 Feb 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 563. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether it is acceptable that Bus Éireann requires at least 24 hours' notice for disability access; if public transport should be accessible at all times under the EU directives; and the steps he is taking to ensure that bus stations that have been given at least 24 hours' notice will have the facility to offer the...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am asking the Tánaiste.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: No, it is a matter for the Government.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2019)
Richard Boyd Barrett: You have not seen the real me either.