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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...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 120. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent trip to the United States of America and the meetings he had there. [30692/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 119. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the British Prime Minister. [30691/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 121. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E (Health) last met. [30693/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to secure a permanent building for a school (details supplied) in order to facilitate the demand for places in Educate Together schools; and when the permanent building to be ready; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30354/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Shortages (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 353. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to identify areas in which there are particular labour shortages; the measures she is taking to address these shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30689/18]