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Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I support this amendment. The biggest source of tax avoidance by corporations globally centres on this digital area. We know these companies can, essentially, write their own tax bills. In Ireland, that is because of loopholes that I believe we have helped them create. We have worked with them on a nod and a wink basis to create a situation to allow them to write down their taxable...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not what the Deputy said.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (22 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister did.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (22 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 8. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking or considering taking to prevent possible abuses of the tax relief such as artificial inflation of costs or failure to adhere to the requirement in the legislation for the provision of quality employment and training in relation to section 481 tax relief in the film industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48532/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (22 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 37. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which he defines quality employment and training in relation to section 481 tax relief for the film industry, access to which is conditional in the legislation and on the provision of quality employment and training; his views on whether such a definition should at a minimum require adherence to all relevant employment legislation (details...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (22 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We had an extensive discussion on section 481 tax relief for the film industry when we were considering the Finance Bill. I am very keen to press the issue. The monitoring of the quality employment and training condition that applies to those who get this funding must be improved if we are to ensure quality employment in this sector is actually manifest.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (22 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am glad to hear what the Minister has said. It would be a major step forward. I would like to get as much detail and information as possible on this. The allegation being made by some workers can be summed up by comments made by the SIPTU equity representative when he was asked about blacklisting in the film industry. He said:People are terrified of rocking the boat in any way, shape or...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (22 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are many things that could be done, but I would like to focus on one of them in the short amount of time available to me. It would help if we had a clear register of the employees in the film industry. If the various stakeholders had to provide a list of the people in the industry, it would help us to ascertain the level of direct PAYE employment, as opposed to contractor employment,...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I to support this amendment. It could be called the let-us-tax-the-leprechaun amendment given this window was opened after the double Irish arrangement was closed down because of political pressure. This window was the mechanism through which the companies that had availed of the arrangement then moved into a new tax avoidance mechanism which seemed to be designed for them. It is a...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As the Minister knows, there has also been talk of building a new film studio-----

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not to be parochial about matters, but there has been talk of building-----

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----a film studio on the Poolbeg Peninsula. To my mind, all these options would be good, but what would not be good would be us robbing Peter to pay Paul, with one area benefitting and others losing out. Given that we have such a pool of talent at every level in this industry and the associated sectors, we should start looking at this matter in the way we look at theatre. The Abbey...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There has been much discussion on section 481 both on Committee and now on Report Stage. We focused on those topics last night. Specifically, we discussed the economic benefits of section 481 in terms of jobs, social impacts and so on, but I would like to hear more from the Minister about the rationale for the regional uplift measure that he has proposed. Do not get me wrong - we need to...

Brexit: Motion (21 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 1:To insert the following after “an integral part of the Draft Agreement”:“— declares that the Brexit crisis must not be used as a pretext by employers or the Government to enforce wage restraint, reduce income of workers or cut public services; and — commits to seeking an agreement with the British Government to hold a simultaneous...

Brexit: Motion (21 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the Tánaiste stating that quote is not accurate?

Brexit: Motion (21 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: For the people out there listening, I will read it. "I think in a no-deal scenario it would be very difficult to avoid a hard border because of the obvious fact that, Ireland remaining part of the European Union, would no doubt be asked to implement European Union law". That sounds clear to me. Pressure will come on to protect the integrity of the market and, therefore, the issue of...

Brexit: Motion (21 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sharing time with Deputy Barry. To clarify, do we need to move our amendment now?

Brexit: Motion (21 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay, but I may speak to-----

Brexit: Motion (21 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As socialists and internationalists, our imperative in the whole Brexit drama is twofold: one, to protect the interests of working people, and two, to oppose any attempt to impose a border, North and South. These two immediate imperatives flow from more general principles we hold which are internationalist in outlook. We think borders divide people, whether they be north-south, east-west or...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (21 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach should not have said what he said, then.