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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (11 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They do not give an inch to racism – not one of them.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (11 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is why I mentioned housing.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (11 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 20. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the most recent European Council meeting. [29396/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Urban Renewal Schemes (11 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I also want to raise the issue of housing conditions in the inner city. Recently I was contacted by residents in the south inner city complaining about the chronic damp conditions in their flat complexes, which they have been suffering for long periods of time. There is absolutely no doubt that in areas of big disadvantage the issue of housing is desperate. It has knock-on effects for...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach said that he spoke to Jean-Claude Juncker and used the phrase, "strengthening the external borders of the EU", which has been used regularly at recent meetings. I want to interrogate what he is talking about and what it means. I will put it bluntly and dramatically, and also accurately. European leaders, including the Taoiseach, unfortunately, are sleep-walking back into the...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with European Union Commission President, Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker. [29098/18]

Other Questions: Corporation Tax Regime (11 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance the work he is undertaking to review the system of corporate tax relief and expenditure in preparation for budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31031/18]

Other Questions: Corporation Tax Regime (11 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As I have made clear repeatedly since I was elected to this House in 2011, I think the system of corporate tax reliefs and allowances are the dirty secret of the Irish tax code in that they bestow enormous tax breaks and big tax loopholes to the benefit of a small number of corporations. Whether it is research and development tax credits, knowledge development boxes, losses forward or...

Other Questions: Corporation Tax Regime (11 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: For the Minister to describe it as a small number of targeted allowances is incredible. The latest available figures for corporate tax, which are always a few years behind, which is itself a problem, are for 2015. They show €144 billion in gross profits and tax paid of €6.2 billion, which is less than 5%, not 12.5%. Let us look at one example, the research and development tax...

Other Questions: Corporation Tax Regime (11 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The facts speak for themselves. Irish universities have tumbled further down the international rankings. Why? As the professors of those universities explain, our teacher to student ratio in the universities is now rising to 1:20 as against 1:10 in China, for example. A few buildings might be built but teachers must be employed and registration fees that are blocking people from going into...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 32. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Ms Christine Lagarde. [29096/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (11 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance if the mandate of NAMA will be changed to become a vehicle for the delivery of public and affordable housing rather than selling land and assets under its control to private investors engaging in these practices in view of the mounting evidence of widespread land hoarding and property speculation and the impact this is having on the housing crisis; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Economic Dialogue (11 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his attendance at the National Economic Dialogue. [29397/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with a person (details supplied). [27746/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do find it slightly ironic, but I am glad that the Labour Party is now proposing the introduction of a minimum effective corporation tax rate.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: When we proposed it, when the Labour Party was in government for five years, it did not bring forward a minimum effective corporation tax rate.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It did not bring forward a minimum effective corporation tax rate. That is a fact. There is no history to read. We asked the Labour Party to do so time and again. I am glad that it is now in favour of it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is amazing. It is strange that Tim Cook's name cannot be mentioned. It is a little odd. Perhaps it is symptomatic, or just an office thing, but there is a fear of and deference shown to Tim Cook, Apple and similar corporations which I find extraordinary, with the access they enjoy. The Taoiseach and I disagree on Ireland's role in tax avoidance by Apple, but one thing is beyond...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does that mean we ought to ignore tax avoidance?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The programme for Government indicates that this Government should be judged on the basis of how it addresses the housing crisis. I wonder how accountability for that commitment is being pursued, given the ever-worsening housing and homelessness crisis and record numbers who are homeless. There has been a pretty pathetic output of public housing. I ask particularly about two of the big...