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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach may have noted that Prime Minister Trudeau's Canada has today decriminalised cannabis and that follows the fact that in Canada, cannabis for medicinal use was previously decriminalised. In light of the Taoiseach's great admiration for Canada and all things Canadian, might that prompt him to stop trying to sabotage Deputy Gino Kenny's medicinal cannabis Bill which is being...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is, it is relevant to the discussions that were had with Prime Minister Trudeau and whether we might learn something from Canada in its attitude towards the issue of cannabis and specifically medicinal cannabis given that there are thousands of people out there suffering from pain and other conditions who could benefit from it. His Government has cynically tried to bury that Bill rather...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Discussion (19 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There seems to be general agreement that we need more expenditure on housing, including affordable housing and public housing, and infrastructure. While I agree with that - I do not see how anyone could disagree - I do not understand, based on the submissions made by ISME and the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, where we will get the money for this expenditure. The witnesses argue for reductions...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Discussion (19 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would like to ask all the witnesses what they think. It seems we have a problem or we could be reaching the point at which we have a serious problem with labour shortages in a number of key areas. I would like to hear what the witnesses think about this. I would have thought that one thing we absolutely must support - they probably agree with this - is the provision of affordable...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Discussion (19 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the witnesses from TASC and Social Justice Ireland for their contributions and their good work. I agree completely on the revenue-raising exercises they are talking about. It might be worth elaborating on the logic of how they came to their proposals. It is not talked about much by the Government or the main Opposition party or even some of the think tanks. They talk about...

Incorrect Birth Registrations: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There has to be a full audit because the State has failed potentially thousands of people whose identities and records were, in some cases, falsified. In other cases we do not know if they were. That can have very serious implications at so many different levels for the people affected in terms of their right to their identities, medical histories and heritages. There is simply no...

Incorrect Birth Registrations: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Then we will speak after him.

Death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 3:To insert the following after "orders made on persons previously convicted of offences.":"— ensure that any inquiry should extend to the information-sharing systems between the Garda, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the courts; — ensure that any inquiry should extend to the information-sharing systems within the judicial system; and —...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank everybody who contributed to the debate, particularly those who are supporting the motion. Earlier, I should have thanked Mr. Mel Reynolds and Ms Orla Hegarty for the briefing they gave us. Many of the facts and some of the ideas in the motion came from them and the Government should start listening to them. To be honest, apart from the brief attempt to engage with the matters by...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Sharing is caring.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move:“That Dáil Éireann:notes that:— the worsening shortage of social and affordable housing and emergency accommodation in Ireland now constitutes a national emergency; — almost 10,000 people are living in emergency accommodation and 144,000 applicants are on housing waiting lists, including the Rental Accommodation Scheme and Housing Assistance Payment...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report June 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Mr. Coffey is saying that we should have a rainy day fund as a countercyclical buffer. He assumes that there is a cycle. Where does he think we are in the cycle? It is ten years since the last downturn. I think we are a lot closer to another downturn than people are projecting. Where does Mr. Coffey think we are in the cycle? Realistically, how much of a buffer can we create given what...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report June 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, Donald Rumsfeld. It is a known unknown and we know what we have to do to guard against its potential impact, that is no hard borders and as little friction between ourselves and Britain as possible. At least we know what we have to do. What do we have to do to protect against the possible dangers of a downturn? From where are those dangers likely to come? To me, where we should gear...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report June 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In a way Mr. Coffey has hit the nail on the head. He is asking for a rational central scenario-type approach. The evidence is that is not actually how things work in this economy. Frankly, I think that it is fairly dramatic irrational movements of capital that decide when a downturn comes. We should behave rationally, but we know that capital does not behave rationally. What can we do to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department's legislative priorities. [25390/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the NESC, a number of the appointments to that body have not yet been filled. Are they to be filled and does the Taoiseach know by whom they will be filled? I particularly urge the appointment to those vacant positions of people who have ideas on how to deal with the current housing and homelessness crisis. The NESC recently published a report on the property sector. Is there...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government should support the Private Members' motion today.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach might point me to the nonsense.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Did the Taoiseach discuss the issue of multinational tax evasion with the Belgian Prime Minister? I say that because it was reported late last year that $221 billion worth of profits were shifted offshore from Belgium to tax havens around the world, which is obviously a matter of very serious concern to the tax authorities. That equates to about half of Belgium's GDP. We might be...

Questions - Ceisteanna: Brexit Issues (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May. [22709/18]