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Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What do you mean, a Cheann Comhairle?

Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order-----

Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am genuinely not trying to be difficult. I know this needs to get passed and we are not trying to extend the debate unnecessarily. However, on Committee Stage we get to scrutinise and this is our only chance to scrutinise this Bill. I take the point about the arts committee and pre-legislative scrutiny, which is fair enough. Sadly, I am not on the arts committee but the point is we are...

Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As I see it, the whole point of committee is that we get the opportunity to have a little back and forth on, in this case, the one substantial section in the Bill. We have heard from the Minister and we want to have an opportunity to respond. I do not see why that would be considered a problem. That is what a committee is for.

Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: First, I fully accept the Minister did not rule the amendments out of order. I talked to the person in the Bills Office this morning and she was very reasonable and gave me an explanation. However, I am just making the point that this is a very important issue. Some of us believe the continued operation of the film board, which is imperative for the Irish film industry, should also be...

Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have not finished.

Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We need to have those things. One way to establish that would be - as I proposed in my amendment - by having a register of employees. If we can find out who is working in the industry, we can then gauge how we are doing. We can then say that we are putting in this amount of money and this is how many jobs we are creating. We can then ascertain if the number is improving year on year; if...

Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is there not a debate on this?

Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We can only speak on the section because amendments have been ruled out of order. It should be noted, although I know there are reasons we are having to short-circuit the normal legislative process on this Bill, that there was no pre-legislative scrutiny and Committee and remaining Stages are being rolled into one. It is a bit unfortunate for me and other Deputies whose amendments were...

Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The amendments tabled proposed to create a new section 2 but now that they have been ruled out of order, the only substantial section that we are able to talk to is section 1.

Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My amendment was after section 1 and before section 2, and proposed to create a new section 2.

Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Section 3 is just the citation, is it not?

Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The substantial section of the Bill is section 1, which spells out the increasing loan capacity. The amendments we hoped to move, which were ruled out of order, provided that there would be a certain conditionality on that. We agree with section 1 but we want conditions put on it. While for the purposes of pressing those conditions, they have been ruled out of order, it is entirely in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee A on the economy last met. [50391/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he has recently met church leaders. [50390/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (11 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance if the drugs Nivolumab and Pembrolizumab will be made VAT exempt and tax allowable in circumstances in which a patient has no option but to self-fund these drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51695/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (11 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if language schools will be required to provide evidence of financial viability to ensure that closures such as that of a college (details supplied) is not allowed to happen again in view of the fact that non-EU students applying for visas to study English here must produce bank accounts and evidence of financial viability; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (11 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being considered to ensure jobs in the lucrative English language teaching sector are not precarious (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52222/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (11 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure in cases in which a person (details supplied) wishes to become a primary school teacher if they have to resit their mathematics examination when they have already sat the exam in 2012; if the applicant for primary teaching will be exempt from the new requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51538/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (11 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if measures can be taken to ensure that checks are put in place in order that language schools involved in overseas trade missions encouraging students to travel here must in some way prove they are financially viable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52220/18]